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Popular opinion had the same attitude towards witches. Times change. We had the same attitude towards communists and communist sympathizers, yet its making a c
by veryserioustho 9y ago
Popular opinion had the same attitude towards witches. Times change.
We had the same attitude towards communists and communist sympathizers, yet its making a comeback in 'popular culture'.
America came down on the side of 'I don't agree with what you have to say, but I will defend your right to say it.'
That being said, this whole debacle is a slippery slope and that should be the key takeaway here, regardless of which way your political spectrum leans.
- zimpenfish 9y ago> America came down on the side of 'I don't agree with what you have to say, but I will defend your right to say it.' That's a nice aphorism but isn't even slightly true given the number of wars they've been involved in (even just this century!) and regimes they've plotted to overthrow and organisations the government has infiltrated and ... etc. For a recent example, compare and contrast the police responses to white supremacist marches vs BLM marches. If your hokey aphorism was true, both would be treated equally.
- veryserioustho 9y agoWe're talking about Americans. Not other nations that cry about American imperialism out one side of their face, then demand protection, food and money out the other. If America ceased all humanitarian services and closed all military bases in other nations you would see unprecedented loss of life as we would be labeled an uncaring nation that let women and children starve. You're right about the different police responses, though, as BLM was allowed to burn an entire city while the white people were kicked out of a park. Labeling all gatherings of white people as 'white supremacists' is disingenuous and racist in and of itself.