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Originally Posted by vesavius
Well, as demonstrated one person's homophobia is another person's edgy joke, so... Who gets to decide? The most offended? That's just a race to the bottom.
But, do I see how it could be dangerous? No more than I can see the authoritarian suppression of action and speech under the jackboot of the 'we know what's good for you' new puritans to be dangerous.
People are already in real danger from that.
I am a firm believer of exposing bad ideas and actions to sunlight, because they grow a lot worse in the darkness. I would 100% have a Mickey in there, for example, than a 'pick me' creeper like Chris. Atr least Mickey wears who he is openly and allows you to make a judgement on him based on that.
Question; Why are so called 'Liberals' the most authoritarian in every conversation these days?
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I think intention is the biggest decider between what makes something a homophobic joke and what makes someone a
homophobe, and I was referring to a hypothetical scenario of the second one.
I do agree with your option of exposing bad ideas and actions to sunlight, but not on the principle they could potentially be rewarded off the back of those bad ideas. More to the point, in the example I gave, why would anyone
want to watch someone be and out and out homophobe. Grim.
I really am not an authoritarian, though I can understand that some on the extreme left do make it seem like liberals are that way inclined. Aside from being for small government, I am absolutely for free speech: people should be free to say whatever they feel and think. However, I think just because you're free to say something, it doesn't mean you're free to say something without consequence, rebuttal or objection and that is different in different settings. If you expose your free speech in a workplace and say that gays are immoral, like someone said earlier on this site, then don't cry about free speech when you get the sack.
Question: Why does your definition of authoritarian seem to start and end at people objecting to other people say hateful ****?