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Makes me feel such hatred and contempt for liberals. In a liberal and
democratic age, when the HERD is liberal, liberalism IS liberal-conformism;
and we get the paradox of liberalism as the most intolerant ideology.
We all need to accept that none of us are above criticism, or mockery, and
get better at taking it. racism is ok; misogyny is ok; all unconventional
or politically incorrect attitudes are ok; the only things that're NOT ok
are censorship and the closing down of free speech. We only have free
speech at all so long as it extends as far as the right to OFFEND. When I
can't offend you, YOU'RE not in a free society any more.
+awwitshorace Your definition of "free speech" is racism/sexism. You said it yourself. If that's the world you want then I'll use my free speech to shut yours down.
+awwitshorace The right does the same thing, they have ruined lives of people who have written "shameful" tweets. An industry has developed around being "outraged" both the left and right feed off of each others outrage. Cable news outlets, and blogs make good money convincing their side to be angry at the other. There is no difference between Gawker and Breitbart they need each other, controversy generates clicks and what better way to get clicks then to get your side riled up.
+awwitshorace"it's better to live in a free society, and take responsibility for standing up for ourselves, and rising above 'haters'"That's your opinion. The fact that I disagree with your opinion does not make me insane.
then you're insane! you want the state to defend you against unkind words?! it's better to live in a free society, and take responsibility for standing up for ourselves, and rising above 'haters'.
absolutely on point. short messages are open to interpretation depending
upon someone's system of reference. so mediums like twitter are
particularly dangerous because what you want to express may not be conveyed
in the 140 character limit. a lot of people living in the power structure
of life are looking for an opportunity to tear someone down enjoying every
minute of it. tyranny of the masses at its best. people are more
comfortable being scornful through these mediums. but I am aware everything
you say or do on the net is public whether shared publicly or not. so I
always try to have a constructive discourse in open forum.
We live in a sensitive world, millions are on the bottom of society,
including myself so we expect people to let us live without having to be
reminded of the bad things around us. Joking about sensitive subjects tells
me the person is living good enough to have time to bully others. I don't
have time, I work hard. Think before you post.
+BlackTruthForeverAre you confusing left wing and right wing because if i swap Right and left on what you have written it looks like you're agreeing with me.spare a few wordsReplace "homophobia" with "Gawping at differences""class envy" with "cultural cringes"/ "Culture envy""white privilege" with "the patriarchy"
+BlackTruthForever"lose all credibility saying the right uses logic and reason. This whole video"This left wing feminist video"The right uses racism, sexism, homophobia and class envy to motivate "so does the left"If the right worked more on persuing worthy goals instead of flogging the dead horse of white privilege"There are right wing people who are not white you racist idiot.Also discrimination is discrimination regardless of the motives.Here is you a left wing person being a racist idiot"white privilege" = lazy and stupid people blaming all there problems on you because they are racist and blame 1 group of people basically "Whites" are the new "Jews"Compare "the Jewish question" to what you said and you will start to understand the point they are trying to make.you are throwing allot of red herrings around and completely ignored that i said both far left and far right are bad and a good balance is needed between them and you are living proof of this.its like talking to a creationist you just avoid addressing the question and quote shit that is irrelevant.Not everything is about race and gender,
+StraberrYKiler6789 You lose all credibility saying the right uses logic and reason. This whole video was one long, stupid plea for sympathy. No facts, just attempts to get pity. The right uses racism, sexism, homophobia and class envy to motivate their "base" --and base they are. If the right worked more on persuing worthy goals instead of flogging the dead horse of white privilege, phony outrage (#whitegenocide) and moneyed interests they'd have support. But that would take logic and reason.
“Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.”- Churchillpeople act like when somebody responds to a coment they disagree with and make it clear they disagree with said comment,they mistake this disagreement with a complaint that they are being censored(which they are not).furthermore free speech can be censored By the Left and the right wing for different reasons.Whoever has the most to gain form free speech, People with bad ideas that rely on ignorance and emotional response or people with ideas that are despised yet could work out better in the long run.The Right is at risk of being censored by the left because the right cant get the emotional response the left does and is forced to use logic and reason.just look at you associating the Right wing with racism to invoke an emotional response.Horseshoe theory purports that extreme left and the extreme right are just as bad as each other Like acids and alkaline they counteract each other/neutralize each otherNick griffin = far rightBahar Mustafa = far leftboth racistsand they actually talk about race and have opinions on the subjectXenocentrism and Ethnocentrism both negatively affect people and both are racist
+VisioningHail And people have the right to repsond. Free speech is a two-way street you know, not a right-wing loonybin of racist rhetoric. Words carry consequences. As they should.
its shameful, the dickweed cant even read the script convincingly.she had a nice job and was travelling the world.Wow such an oppressed person !they are trying to pass her off as underprivileged when was practically an aristocrat compared with allot of people.problem is in this world "lots of people, little opportunity" is the reason many people have it shit.professional victim-hood capitalises on this.people have a desire to fix the lack of opportunity and people exploit this by preaching about how "oppressed" they are. these people are often well to doproblem is "lots of people, little opportunity" though adding race and gender to the discussion turns the whole discussion into moot (not because nothing can be said for it but because it turns the discussion away from "lots of people, little opportunity" )there being lots of people with little opportunity for them is the issue that needs to be addressed and a "more people" isnt going to help the situation unless they can invest in the area instead of give everyone else more competition
You can not justify comments like that! Take the racism out of it for a
second, the statement that you would catch AIDS by just going to Africa,
ill advised, bad humour or what ever you want to call it, is culturally and
ethically unacceptable. The stigma surrounding AIDS has only JUST started
to go now. There are grannies still in some places that think that you can
catch this by touching somebody or drinking out of the same cup. There are
some things you just do not joke about. She was intelligent enough it seems
to have a job that allowed her to travel, she should be intelligent enough
to know not to do that. I have to take Katie Hopkin's view on this. If you
are completely naive to the powers of the internet and social media, don't
use it! People do though, because they want to be liked, they want to be
popular, they want to be funny...well you have to take the good with the
bad.
+Sarah Angel Alan Pierce said in his TED talk: "You do not want to make enemies in the digital world, where reputation destruction is all too easy and suicides all too common, so believe me when I say that Internet is a very dangerous place." Anyone can end up like Justine Sacco, even if they did not made such distasteful comments. She is not the only who has been the target of on line shaming, some victims have thought about suicide and even committed suicide because of on line shaming. "Vigilante justice" is an oxymoron. Vigilantes are not qualified to judge anyone, they act too fast and think too slowly.
+Joel Wende I wasn't after credibility thank you. No posts are really credible, they are opinions of the general public. Katie Hopkins is a fine example of people who say stupid things on the internet, to wind people up. I imagine she gets death threats every day.
+oisind1234 I have seen some other tweets that she made also. It didn't seem to be a one time joke. I am not saying she deserves what what happens to her, I am saying that the author of this video can not justify comments like that. Yes it was racist, yes it was stupid but she made a mistake. If you use social networking for whatever purpose you need to be prepared for what may happen. Celebrities and public figures receive death threats every day. I am not saying it is right. I am not being 'politically' correct,
It was just a joke. Why be so politically correct about it? The fact of the matter is - one social justice warrior caught on to what she tweeted and then thousands of people jumped on the bandwagon in order to gain exactly what you said people want - "to be popular".
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people in a few more weeks!
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