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My biggest worry would not be about today or even next year, but rather ten years from now. In 2010, I could have said "women do not have a penis" and faced ze

My biggest worry would not be about today or even next year, but rather ten years from now. In 2010, I could have said "women do not have a penis" and faced zero criticism. But if I say the same thing today in the ultra SJW woke society of 2018, it's grounds for instant allegations of transphobia, sexism, and a whole bunch of accusations that result in social and professional ostracizing without any sort of verification or context. All it takes for this is one person who dislikes me enough to dig through $age years of online history and finds that one statement that does not hold to this instant's ultra progressive intersectional social justice standards. Put simply: I do not trust society at large to remain rational enough to want to attach my real name to anything but the most mundane of statements.

meowface 8y ago
What about someone who once had a penis but no longer does?
theossuary 8y ago
Yes, if only the Nazis had anonymity. 10 years ago it was fine to round people up and send them off to their deaths, heck everyone was doing it. But now they're rounding us up and trying us for war crimes! It's outrageous! Stick to what you believe, or apologize and change your views. I'm tired of people just going along with what's "in", and acting indignant when they're called on it though.
- 0xCMP 8y ago
  In online discussions you have people of many varying levels of education and experience. You can not possibly compare ANYONE making a troubling statement to genocide in good faith. Making an ignorant statement in the past in no way fits the punishment of atoning for or possibly needing to constantly deny the statements made for the rest of your life (if you're so lucky to be able to deny them because many may just refuse to even ask you; Would you ask a possible Nazi if they deny it and believe them?). Most are indignant when they make statements they believe and are challenged. Sometimes people change their positions before understanding them to avoid ridicule. If you want things to be more honest then maybe changing your position shouldn't be so difficult. However, it is and often times a single post from 10 years ago is enough to ignore all the posts after.
  - theossuary 8y ago
    You're right, I'll start treating all bigots with more respect. After all, their comfort is more important than another's dignity and pursuit of happiness.
    - yesenadam 8y ago
      A comment you made 66 days ago: Comments like yours really piss me off. You have absolutely no self-awareness or empathy, and come off sounding like a know it all.
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expected_line 8y ago
But 'to be able to talk (and write) about everything - is just the beginning'... Some years ago, before the polarization-outrolling started countrywide (in Real Life -and of cos in my personal view of what happen ^^) this seems to be the 'Motto'. Jet one takeaway seems that censoring added the need for even censoring more, and for the country's digital-agenda (away from industry-production for environment protection to the production of more virtual 'goods') there seem to be shiny low-hanging-money in, while the disturbed people seem to reject regulation with much impulsive behavior as a result. And so the saga of action reaction effect continues... Plugins please, maybe tor-browser run out of the text-based-web-speeder 'request policy'-plugin -and no, 'ublock' is not an option (-;
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kaitai 8y ago
Having been called both a feminazi and an apologist for the patriarchy for reflecting on my own experiences of assault, just let me say you're not alone with respect to your last statement!

meowface 8y ago

What about someone who once had a penis but no longer does?

theossuary 8y ago

Yes, if only the Nazis had anonymity. 10 years ago it was fine to round people up and send them off to their deaths, heck everyone was doing it. But now they're rounding us up and trying us for war crimes! It's outrageous! Stick to what you believe, or apologize and change your views. I'm tired of people just going along with what's "in", and acting indignant when they're called on it though.

0xCMP 8y ago
In online discussions you have people of many varying levels of education and experience. You can not possibly compare ANYONE making a troubling statement to genocide in good faith. Making an ignorant statement in the past in no way fits the punishment of atoning for or possibly needing to constantly deny the statements made for the rest of your life (if you're so lucky to be able to deny them because many may just refuse to even ask you; Would you ask a possible Nazi if they deny it and believe them?). Most are indignant when they make statements they believe and are challenged. Sometimes people change their positions before understanding them to avoid ridicule. If you want things to be more honest then maybe changing your position shouldn't be so difficult. However, it is and often times a single post from 10 years ago is enough to ignore all the posts after.
- theossuary 8y ago
  You're right, I'll start treating all bigots with more respect. After all, their comfort is more important than another's dignity and pursuit of happiness.
  - yesenadam 8y ago
    A comment you made 66 days ago: Comments like yours really piss me off. You have absolutely no self-awareness or empathy, and come off sounding like a know it all.
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expected_line 8y ago

But 'to be able to talk (and write) about everything - is just the beginning'... Some years ago, before the polarization-outrolling started countrywide (in Real Life -and of cos in my personal view of what happen ^^) this seems to be the 'Motto'. Jet one takeaway seems that censoring added the need for even censoring more, and for the country's digital-agenda (away from industry-production for environment protection to the production of more virtual 'goods') there seem to be shiny low-hanging-money in, while the disturbed people seem to reject regulation with much impulsive behavior as a result. And so the saga of action reaction effect continues... Plugins please, maybe tor-browser run out of the text-based-web-speeder 'request policy'-plugin -and no, 'ublock' is not an option (-;

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kaitai 8y ago

Having been called both a feminazi and an apologist for the patriarchy for reflecting on my own experiences of assault, just let me say you're not alone with respect to your last statement!