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Where they draw the line on some of these things seems... odd. A degrading generalization about a nationality like one of their examples > the Irish suck seem
by Zak 9y ago
Where they draw the line on some of these things seems... odd. A degrading generalization about a nationality like one of their examples
> the Irish suck
seems relatively harmless, while the permissible
> Keep the horny migrant teenagers away from our daughters
seems much more dangerous. The latter is much more likely to spur some sort of antisocial behavior from a reader.
- iratewizard 9y agoIs the latter dangerous because it is dissent? It sounds like we are now defining a framework for what dissent is acceptable and it seems to align to a dominant political ideology. Sort of defeats the point of dissent.
- SomeStupidPoint 9y agoCensorship is always a framework for defining acceptable dissent (or deviance, if you prefer).
- Zak 9y agoIt's dangerous because it evokes a specific fear that's likely to inspire action. You could swap migrants and Irish in an area with a sufficient Irish population and it would still be true. > the migrants suck Is pretty harmless, while > Keep the horny Irish teenagers away from our daughters might well lead to someone assaulting people they perceived to be Irish teenagers who were getting too friendly with their daughters.
- partycoder 9y ago"The Birth of a Nation" (Ku Klux Klan propaganda film) for instance, uses that tactic to dehumanize black men... that film is to blame for a temporary expansion of the KKK. So I think accusing a demographic of being perverted should be considered hate speech in my opinion.