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"Thought crimes" is right-wing-speak denouncing what used to be called political correctness or ... not being racist, sexist or a bigot.

by ant6n 9y ago

Corristowolf 9y ago
lmao & smh
megous 9y ago
"Thought crime" comes from Orwell for me. Except his meaning was probably a bit different than I thought. Anyway I define it as criminalizing certain expression of ideas in a violent attempt to control what population thinks. Also you're reacting to Thailand story, so I'm not sure what American right has to do with this.
- ant6n 9y ago
  I'm merely trying to give a possible explanation for codydh's reaction. Searching "thought crimes" for example on Google news also shows how the meaning appears to have changed. Also this discussion started with somebody asking what they can do to help, given that Thailand is far from our sphere of influence. In your response of "Find and support people who are against persecuting thought crimes within the country", the "within the country" could be easily interpreted as whatever country the people discussing are in, which will likely be some Western democracy. So I believe your statement can easily be interpreted as trying to make a connection between free speech issues in the Thailand and the 'fight to free speech' of the alt-right in Western Democracies, asking for tolerance of their intolerant opinions (this is not just a US phenomenon btw). Note also how the example of Chinese tourists getting arrested in Germany for making the nazi salute is used as a suppossed freedom of speech issue in this thread. A news article about that was actually one of the first results in the google search for "thought crimes" [1]. [1] http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/07/chelsea-handler-wants-thought-crimes-to-be-a-thing/ http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/07/chelsea-handler-wants-thou...
  - megous 9y ago
    Maybe the meaning changed in the US. I'm not from/in US. I just use English. The only country that was mentioned was Thailand, so I thought that "the country" would have a clear meaning.

"Thought crimes" is right-wing-speak denouncing what used to be called political correctness or ... not being racist, sexist or a bigot.

by ant6n 9y ago

"Thought crimes" is right-wing-speak denouncing what used to be called political correctness or ... not being racist, sexist or a bigot.

Corristowolf 9y ago

lmao & smh

megous 9y ago

"Thought crime" comes from Orwell for me. Except his meaning was probably a bit different than I thought. Anyway I define it as criminalizing certain expression of ideas in a violent attempt to control what population thinks. Also you're reacting to Thailand story, so I'm not sure what American right has to do with this.

ant6n 9y ago
I'm merely trying to give a possible explanation for codydh's reaction. Searching "thought crimes" for example on Google news also shows how the meaning appears to have changed. Also this discussion started with somebody asking what they can do to help, given that Thailand is far from our sphere of influence. In your response of "Find and support people who are against persecuting thought crimes within the country", the "within the country" could be easily interpreted as whatever country the people discussing are in, which will likely be some Western democracy. So I believe your statement can easily be interpreted as trying to make a connection between free speech issues in the Thailand and the 'fight to free speech' of the alt-right in Western Democracies, asking for tolerance of their intolerant opinions (this is not just a US phenomenon btw). Note also how the example of Chinese tourists getting arrested in Germany for making the nazi salute is used as a suppossed freedom of speech issue in this thread. A news article about that was actually one of the first results in the google search for "thought crimes" [1]. [1] http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/07/chelsea-handler-wants-thought-crimes-to-be-a-thing/ http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/07/chelsea-handler-wants-thou...
- megous 9y ago
  Maybe the meaning changed in the US. I'm not from/in US. I just use English. The only country that was mentioned was Thailand, so I thought that "the country" would have a clear meaning.