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Social consequences is a cute term for savage justice.
by NewEntryHN 4y ago
Social consequences is a cute term for savage justice.
- Zagill 4y agoNo justice more savage than a bunch of people on Twitter saying mean things about you
- josephcsible 4y agoTrue, just saying mean things isn't savage justice. Savage justice is when the lynch mob successfully bullies your employer into firing you.
- 1270018080 4y agoAfter someone get fired from their job for saying something evil, they still have the freedom of speech to continue saying it.
- UncleMeat 4y agoSavage justice is when somebody comes to your house and beats you to death with a tire iron. People calling JK Rowling a hateful bigot on Twitter and telling people to stop purchasing Harry Potter content isn't that.
- int_19h 4y agoIt's a cute term for freedom of association, which is a right even more fundamental than freedom of speech.
- giraffe_lady 4y agoWe have always understood that there are consequences of unpopular speech that are detached from whether that speech is good or necessary or correct. It's why we characterize people as courageous who fight long, but ultimately justified or righteous battles in the popular sphere. Courageous in the face of what? This! The negative social consequences of unpopular speech.
- tstrimple 4y agoWhy do you hate the freedom of speech? It seems odd that "free speech absolutists" only seem to care about the speech of right wing trolls and even want to curtail other people's freedom of speech and association in doing so.