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You don't think we're at the most open and accepting time in history? No one gets beheaded for heresy, real or imaginary, anymore, except in Saudi Barbaria. A

You don't think we're at the most open and accepting time in history? No one gets beheaded for heresy, real or imaginary, anymore, except in Saudi Barbaria. And on Twitter. But you can pretty easily avoid both places. (Curiously, the people who will behead you on Twitter are the same ones who are most opposed to the dogma of Saudi Barbaria, but they're onboard with how to punish dissidents)

pjc50 7y ago
I am intrigued by this technology which allows people to remotely remove the actual heads of their enemies over the internet, but maybe I skipped that in the Twitter release notes.
- huffmsa 7y ago
  It's called swatting
- undecisive 7y ago
  > It's called swatting Dark but true :( Again, mostly geographically limited to the United States of Barberica?
philwelch 7y ago
I think at least in the US, maybe 10-15 years ago was much more open and accepting of dissenting ideas.
chroma 7y ago
I think we peaked 15 years ago. Today I have to worry about what I say lest I be branded a bigot and fired from my job. It's very stifling.
knolax 7y ago
> Saudi Barbaria What do you hope to achieve with petty quips like this?
- huffmsa 7y ago
  I hope to call a spade a spade. They throw homosexuals off of rooftops on a regular basis, for being homosexuals. They're actively bombing Yemen. They chopped a journalist up last year, and had an episode of "will it blend" with the bits. Then mixed it him with bleach and poured him down the drain. Let's not sugar coat it.
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  - knolax 7y ago
    You're doing the literal opposite of calling a spade a spade. You're calling a spade a shitpade because it fell over and hit your foot. I'm unqualified to judge your opinion on Saudi Arabia but making up an insult Stallman style only makes you sound childish to anybody who doesn't already agree with you.
    - pengstrom 7y ago
      > You're calling a spade a shitpade because it fell over and hit your foot. That's a mischaracterisation. He's calling a spade a shitspade because it systematically violates basic human rights.
      - huffmsa 7y ago
        As well because it is a shitspade. Let me reiterate, they chopped a man into tiny bits, and flushed him into the sewers of Constantinople. And then said "yeah, well, whoopsies ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

pjc50 7y ago

I am intrigued by this technology which allows people to remotely remove the actual heads of their enemies over the internet, but maybe I skipped that in the Twitter release notes.

huffmsa 7y ago
It's called swatting
undecisive 7y ago
> It's called swatting Dark but true :( Again, mostly geographically limited to the United States of Barberica?

philwelch 7y ago

I think at least in the US, maybe 10-15 years ago was much more open and accepting of dissenting ideas.

chroma 7y ago

I think we peaked 15 years ago. Today I have to worry about what I say lest I be branded a bigot and fired from my job. It's very stifling.

knolax 7y ago

> Saudi Barbaria What do you hope to achieve with petty quips like this?

huffmsa 7y ago
I hope to call a spade a spade. They throw homosexuals off of rooftops on a regular basis, for being homosexuals. They're actively bombing Yemen. They chopped a journalist up last year, and had an episode of "will it blend" with the bits. Then mixed it him with bleach and poured him down the drain. Let's not sugar coat it.
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- knolax 7y ago
  You're doing the literal opposite of calling a spade a spade. You're calling a spade a shitpade because it fell over and hit your foot. I'm unqualified to judge your opinion on Saudi Arabia but making up an insult Stallman style only makes you sound childish to anybody who doesn't already agree with you.
  - pengstrom 7y ago
    > You're calling a spade a shitpade because it fell over and hit your foot. That's a mischaracterisation. He's calling a spade a shitspade because it systematically violates basic human rights.
    - huffmsa 7y ago
      As well because it is a shitspade. Let me reiterate, they chopped a man into tiny bits, and flushed him into the sewers of Constantinople. And then said "yeah, well, whoopsies ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"