The Maelstrom of Violence

[Bob Butler 54]

(07-07-2017, 08:34 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: They have to be rebutted. Evil is allowed to triumph if good people do nothing. Fake news and lies prevail in the public discourse if they are not rebutted. The goal is not to communicate with the liars. The goal is to make sure that some truth and reality gets out.

If you are interested in truth and reality, then why are you pushing blue spin?

I have been imagining the amount and degree of humiliation and lies that you are spamming being directed at a minority group, say the blacks or the jews.  Do you think you’d raise a little objection?

Yet, the same degree of hatred and prejudice seems to be accepted as normal when directed at a political group.  It isn’t hard to understand why red folk are upset with the major media dissing them constantly.

In an odd way, I’m reminded of the Alt Right’s attitude that political correctness should be equated with tyranny, oppression and government over reach.  You are whining at the notion that you ought to be civil and polite to reds.  You see it as your duty to spam humiliation and propaganda.  Red folk are bombarded constantly from both coasts by tons of it.  If the blue folk can be blatantly and continuously obnoxious to them, why can’t they pick on racial or religious minorities?  The Alt Right believes in a right to be obnoxious, that no one should attempt to stop them.

I’m dubious about that notion, but obviously in the minority here.  The right to be obnoxious seems to be riding high right now.  It’s so much fun to be cruel and antagonistic towards people.  Why should a bully stop when there are so many people to be cruel to out there?

[irony] Except no one is allowed to be mean to me.  Being mean to someone else is clearly OK.  Being mean to me?  That’s different. [/irony]