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A protest that doesn’t make anyone uncomfortable has no teeth.
by TehCorwiz 3y ago
A protest that doesn’t make anyone uncomfortable has no teeth.
- lotsoweiners 3y agoPlenty of protests that make people uncomfortable also have no teeth.
- redwall_hp 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denying_the_antecedent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denying_the_antecedent
- acheron 3y ago[flagged]
- mburns 3y agoShe spoke truth to power. With the benefit of hindsight, how is there any doubt she was on the right side of history for bringing attention to the issue?
- notfromhere 3y agoA whole institution spent decades covering up child sexual abuse and you’re complaining about decorum? People upset with her over that completely missed what they should be mad about.
- bigbillheck 3y agoBet it's a whole lot more than 'decades'.
- Gabriel_Martin 3y agoYour HN account is probably older than many of those kids the church covered up the abuse of. But sure, she's the asshole for making you think about it.
- CWuestefeld 3y agoI don't think that's fair. Nobody claimed the converse, and that's what would be a more apt target of your comment. And I think that there's a lot of space between "making someone uncomfortable" versus being an asshole.
- DonHopkins 3y agoThere are words much more devastating than "asshole" to aptly and fairly describe people like you who carry the water for child abusers.