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I am going to respond with a paraphrasing of a well known quote about one such truth. The truth is that you are a slave in a prison without walls where prisoner
by A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago
I am going to respond with a paraphrasing of a well known quote about one such truth. The truth is that you are a slave in a prison without walls where prisoner never dreams of escaping.
They exist, but the woke crowd is purging them hard now. Any moment now I expect Columbus city to be renamed.
- contrapunter 6y ago>They exist, but the woke crowd is purging them hard now. Yes, thereby creating tomorrow's woke crowd. Tomorrow's woke crowd will ultimately purge today's woke crowd. So we may as well just politely state our opinions because self-censoring and trying to be nice won't save us.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 6y agoBut, and this is the important point, stating your opinion today may actually hurt you ( job loss, public media shaming, loss of business ) regardless on how politely it is stated. In a sense, it is starting remind of me stories my parents told me of the old country during communist regime. Political jokes could and were reported by your friends. This could result in various social sanctions including 'wolf ticket' ( effectively blacklist of dissidents ) preventing you from getting a job, car, you name it. Amusingly, today you find out, who your friends are by being unflinchigly open.
- throwaway4666 6y agoWe live in a prison because some folks are doing a historical reckoning about Columbus' past exactions?
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- goatinaboat 6y agoAny moment now I expect Columbus city to be renamed. There’s a movement to have Yale renamed as it was named after a slave trader, not merely a slave owner. But so far Yale has managed to frame it as a troll
- selimthegrim 6y agoYou’re leaving out the large scale drug dealing (opium wars)