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throwawayacc6 | 3 years ago

I think this article comes very close to saying "don't let words affect you", which is fundamentally impossible to ask anyone to do and taken to it's logical conclusion I should also not absorb anything in the article. I also think this article also ignores the fact that hateful people often use the language of free speech to justify their own behavior and to punish their critics.

Everyday on the internet I see White people threatened, disrespected, or legislated out of existence... then the ensuing backlash in which people try to reassert the rights of White people... and then the backlash to the backlash is always "these neo-Nazi cons trying to cancel us are the real gulag runners". It's exhausting. Infuriating.

Some speech suppresses the speech of others. And some people don't want to be taught that they are hateful. If you make declarative statements that villainize majority groups, you make others fear for their safety and it silences voices. That is a form of "violent speech", though that term sucks. Free speech isn't just about saying anything you want, it's also about maximizing the number of voices at the table, and to do that you can't just let people get away with saying vile shit.

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freejazz|3 years ago

Just because it is literally possible to type a sentence, doesn't make it true...

I'm not sure what point you think you are demonstrating past that.

throwawayacc6|3 years ago

You're almost there!

This is an /r/selfawarewolves tier post.

breadbreadbread|3 years ago

you could have said "I know you are but what am I" and it would've been easier and have the same effect

nuance is dead and internet comment sections killed it

throwawayacc6|3 years ago

>you could have said "I know you are but what am I" and it would've been easier and have the same ef

nuance is dead and internet comment sections killed it

This is an /r/selfawarewolves tier post.