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And when the consequences become obvious, the media will continue to complain about how shitty Western men are and how we need to crack down on them hard and fa
by fiblye 9y ago
And when the consequences become obvious, the media will continue to complain about how shitty Western men are and how we need to crack down on them hard and fast.
And it'll just keep snowballing, unless people realize we need to stop and try talking with people we disagree with, instead of doing our best to crush their every outlet to express themselves before they grow bitter and reactionary.
The media can't stop talking about how the internet is "dangerous" because men are being radicalized on it and we don't know why. It's more of a "no shit" situation due them having to hide their every against-the-grain opinion in real life. But yeah, let's start sending the police in on dumb shit that people say on Twitter. [1] That'll really make people reconsider their opinions and not further rationalize their anger.
[1] http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/arrests-for-offensive-facebook-and-twitter-posts-soar-in-london-a7064246.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/arrests-for-offensive-f...
- mnglkhn2 9y agoTalking assumes reasoning. Or, when you are in a power grab, reasoning is the last thing you want to do. The left does want the power not the talking.
- Brockenstein 9y agoAnd the people on the wrong side of history want to talk and talk and talk. They want to stall for time. And every individual who doesn't get a shot to talk and shape the culture feels like they've been robbed and their ideas and beliefs suppressed. They're just ignorant of the fact that these issues have been talked about, at length, ad nauseam, for decades, centuries even. And they don't understand that they don't have anything new to offer, they only have their ignorance. There's no particular reason to tolerate it forever. And when folks who are apparently ignorant of the subject history get pissy because no one has the time to entertain their ignorant BS, that's a personal problem. Rail against it all you want, it's a losing battle.
- mnglkhn2 9y ago:) Your comment must be something that came out of an AI bot: right down the middle, ambiguous to the max. Saying nothing with so many words :) and with the right amount of righteous indignation. Love it! It proves my point actually.
- hobs 9y agoLet me simplify it for you. People espousing hate because of their trash opinions that have already been consigned to the dustbins of history are not going to have their crappy thoughts entertained by those who have moved beyond that stupidity.
- mnglkhn2 9y agoIt is obvious that you guys on the left share the same manuals, since you also come up with the "history's dustbin" and "trash opinions". You learn your words and hammer them consistently. At least you get props for that. :) No pressure to exhibit coherent and consistent argumentation.
- hobs 9y agoThere is no argument, racism and sexism are bad ideas that were entertained widely in the past and are not up for debate anymore as potentially positive influences or the correct way to consider the world. I could have been referencing chattel slavery and your words would be currently for it. You can take whatever you like from my statement (and clearly are) but you calling me "the left" and pretending I was indoctrinated by some entity indicates your mind is as closed as you intimate mine is.
- dang 9y agoPlease don't post this sort of tit-for-tat, even when someone else is (or seems to be) wrong and posting bad comments. It only makes the thread worse.
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- jshevek 9y agoYour statement would be more fair and accurate with qualification, such as "some parts of the left". For example, would you agree that classical liberals are still on the left?
- snarkygoblin 9y agoClassical liberals are not "on the left." They lean left, maybe, but I would never consider them leftist.
- mnglkhn2 9y agoWhen I say left I do it through the eyes of an Eastern European that has been through communist dictatorship. I know how left looks like and what it means to be ruled by double think. It baffles me to see people in US basically jumping with both feet in this postmodernist social engineering ideology. I've lived it and you don't want to do it. You'll be reduced to cattle.