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But their situations aren't equivalent.
by tomlock 8y ago
But their situations aren't equivalent.
- downandout 8y agoHow are they not? They both said truly terrible, almost unspeakable things. What makes them not equivalent?
- tomlock 8y agoThey clearly aren't equivalent. What specific people were harmed by Jeong's speech? Were you specifically upset by Jeong's speech? Yes? Ok, now imagine your child has been shot and then someone says you're a liar, and that since their death people keep showing up at your house and church calling you a liar. Do you think you'd be more or less upset by this?
- downandout 8y agoWere you specifically upset by Jeong's speech? Yes? Yes, I specifically was indeed very upset by Jeong's speech, as any other human should be (apparently you were not). Nobody should be saying those things about any race, period. Arguably, some of her tweets also called for violence. Her favorite hashtag - "#CancelWhitePeople" - calls for the elimination of white people from the planet. You're going to try to stick to your argument, but there's no winning this one. Calling for the elimination of an entire race of people is just as bad if not worse than making some ridiculous assertions about a mass shooting being a hoax.
- tomlock 8y ago>apparently you were not Apparently a lot of people weren't because she still has a job at the New York Times. Clearly your belief that humans should be upset isn't reflected in society or reality. Your view that you'd be more upset at someone You and I never heard of before this outrage saying white people should be "Cancelled" (lol) than someone deliberately accusing you that you lied about the death of your child is, simply, ridiculous.
- downandout 8y agoWhat's ridiculous is this argument. Why can't you just admit that they both said terrible things that clearly violated Twitter's policies, and for that, both of them should have been thrown off the platform? You're essentially saying that what she said was OK. You're tacitly endorsing her statements, many of which were incredibly vile. So, this discussion is over, since I refuse to engage with people that endorse racists or racist statements of any kind. Have a nice life.
- tomlock 8y agoI asked for a visible far-left figure that you thought ought to be banned, and I'm saying you haven't found an equivalent to Alex Jones. I am not endorsing what she said, I simply don't care about it. I'm white. At least, by later definitions of white. By Huxley's original definition my Scottish ethnicity doesn't qualify :) I have a lot of sympathy for the parents of dead children though. I hope you learned something. Bye!
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- dang 8y agoRidiculous flamewars like this will get your account penalized and/or banned from Hacker News. Please don't post like this again. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html