06-06-2016, 10:58 PM
(05-14-2016, 04:24 PM)Kinser79 Wrote:Controlling the speech of a bunch of political pussies is one thing. Controlling the speech of millions of people who don't give a shit about what might happen to them is another thing. The prissy people of the "bubble" world better wise up.(05-14-2016, 04:20 PM)TnT Wrote: Just for the sake of argument, if society evolved somehow so that a large fraction of the folks began to think that complimenting someone is too forward or too intrusive or something, then the civil thing to do would be to dial it back. However, I don't think we are anywhere near such. No doubt, someplace on the InterWebs, there's a woman shrieking about being complimented. Doesn't mean it's really an issue though. I'll wait for more evidence.
Actually we already are at that point. Have been for about half a decade now. Or have you not kept up with intersectional feminism?
The end result is that retreat is the wrong course of action. These very people I complain of will not be satisfied until they control all speech, and if they are right thought--thankfully they are wrong. The end result of course is that the US will become one of those countries where people shoot each other over politics because in societies where people don't talk about politics they end up shooting each other over politics.