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Are you the arbitrar of what speech should be tolerated? Sometimes a person will wrap uncomfortable truths in provocative language simply to draw attention to
by hyperdunc 9y ago
Are you the arbitrar of what speech should be tolerated?
Sometimes a person will wrap uncomfortable truths in provocative language simply to draw attention to those truths. We shouldn't mistake this tactic for malice.
- jakelazaroff 9y ago> Are you the arbitrar of what speech should be tolerated? I am! And so are you! We're literally talking about social pressure here; everyone is the arbiter of what behavior is acceptable, and in aggregate that has a lot of coercive power. > Sometimes a person will wrap uncomfortable truths in provocative language simply to draw attention to those truths. We shouldn't mistake this tactic for malice. Sometimes. Re: Milo Yiannopolous (and Richard Spencer, and Steve Bannon, and Alex Jones, etc) specifically, what he's wrapping are not truths, and the motivation is malicious.