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Try to have a debate in any moderately left forum about topics like feminism or economics without having some people come out of the woodwork with character ass
by kakarot 8y ago
Try to have a debate in any moderately left forum about topics like feminism or economics without having some people come out of the woodwork with character assassination and insults, disregarding your opinion as a priviliged cis white male. It's a real thing and it's ridiculous. I get told all the time I'm not allowed to participate in conversations based on my sex, sexual orientation, and skin color.
- pvg 8y agoI feel like I need to correct you on a couple of things. People being mean to you in a forum is not evidence of "a very real assault on demographics like the straight white male". You don't have to be a genocidal maniac to be a white supremacist. 'White genocide' is not something someone yelled in the heat of the moment - it's an old neo-Nazi term and it is obviously intended to justify extremism - after all, what response is inappropriate if you're a victim of genocide? The people Niemöller was talking about faced imprisonment, torture and murder. The oppression the owners of Gab face involves putting on pants and driving some servers to the nearest colo facility. Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not "Every man for himself." And the London Underground is not a political movement.