It feels like the “culture war” is a less extreme extension of the US civil war here in America.
A bit like the Cold War was WW2 or WW3 but less total war and more mean girls with guns.
“This is about people’s freedom of speech!”
….. freedom to say what exactly…? Because we all know what it is that you WANT to say and don’t feel free to…. But… why does one need to say that…?
“Well- need doesn’t matter. It’s freedom! And if they come after this word or that word, suddenly you’re living in a dystopia! When they come for the poets!”
…. Yeah….. no. Slippery slopes are real but I’m not going to buy for one second that what are mostly slurs and epitaphs against already largely marginalized people are the gateway to losing the Frosts and Angelous of the next generation.
I can’t count a whole lot of enduring and poignant speeches or prose that required the use of slurs to make any sort of point other than calls to barbarism and hate.
It’s a bit like arguing attempted terrorism shouldn’t be a crime since nothing happened, what’s next, being arrested for plotting terrorism? Then comes being arrested for making threats like bomb threats and surely any sane person can see how being arrested for threatening to kill someone is not only a fascist and unjust world, but a logical path to no longer being able to send your grand ids birthday wishes without being arrested by the secret police! SMH. Y’all watch too much Tv and don’t read enough books written by people who are literate on their own.
So indeed. Freedom to do what?
A bit like the Cold War was WW2 or WW3 but less total war and more mean girls with guns.
“This is about people’s freedom of speech!”
….. freedom to say what exactly…? Because we all know what it is that you WANT to say and don’t feel free to…. But… why does one need to say that…?
“Well- need doesn’t matter. It’s freedom! And if they come after this word or that word, suddenly you’re living in a dystopia! When they come for the poets!”
…. Yeah….. no. Slippery slopes are real but I’m not going to buy for one second that what are mostly slurs and epitaphs against already largely marginalized people are the gateway to losing the Frosts and Angelous of the next generation.
It’s a bit like arguing attempted terrorism shouldn’t be a crime since nothing happened, what’s next, being arrested for plotting terrorism? Then comes being arrested for making threats like bomb threats and surely any sane person can see how being arrested for threatening to kill someone is not only a fascist and unjust world, but a logical path to no longer being able to send your grand ids birthday wishes without being arrested by the secret police! SMH. Y’all watch too much Tv and don’t read enough books written by people who are literate on their own.
So indeed. Freedom to do what?