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No, but denying people the ability to express part of the human condition under reasonable circumstances is cruel.
by rockskon 1y ago
No, but denying people the ability to express part of the human condition under reasonable circumstances is cruel.
- oblio 1y agoAren't you grasping at straws, at this point? The rule says: don't insult. Is it so hard to verbally destroy a person's stance on something without insulting the person itself?
- lostmsu 1y agoIt might be if the other side is allowed to insult.
- oblio 1y agoAre we talking about kids in a backyard here or about "powerful people", presumably engaged in a political struggle? Has insulting anyone ever stopped anything?
- lostmsu 1y agoThe answer is, unfortunately, yes. The problem is the court of public opinion can easily be swayed by insulting someone, and if that someone can not insult back, that's a political instrument that gives asymmetrical power to the current rulers.
- oblio 1y agoI'm guess I'm too European for this discussion to make a lot of sense.
- lostmsu 1y agoThis shit was literally invented in Europe. > No one can say that your propaganda is too crude or low or brutal, or that it is not decent enough, for those are not the relevant criteria. Its purpose is not to be decent, or gentle, or weak, or modest; it is to be successful. From https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/goeb54.htm https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/goeb54...
- oblio 1y agoThis discussion has officially fallen off any reasonable rails.
- rockskon 1y agoWhen you are some random person on social media, you aren't likely gonna be debating a policymaker or talking head. Not being allowed to express anger without risking legal penalties is cruel. I stand by that.