JMA
Re: Racists Getting Fired
Originally posted by Sin I AM
We live in a time where your entire life can be pulled up with a click if a mouse or touch of a keypad. That being said we also have a larger medium or platform to express our ideas to people that a few decades ago wouldn't have been possible for the "common man". My question is should people be outted? We see it all the time on newsfeeds, a racist or phobe makes a comment then has his whole life put on blast. And since the internet is pretty much a lawless place in this degree is it right? We champion the freedom of speech (unless it's something we disagree with) but we are quick to ostracize those who comments are somewhat....inflammatory. Thoughts?
Freedom of speech is okay.
Unless you're an *******, then you don't deserve Freedom of Speech.
ART
ArtificialGlory
God-Emperor of Eternity
Re: Re: Racists Getting Fired
Originally posted by Jmanghan
Freedom of speech is okay.Unless you're an *******, then you don't deserve Freedom of Speech.
Yes, you still do. It'd be a piss-poor excuse of a right if someone could just take it away based on an ultimately arbitrary definition of an a**hole.
SUR
Re: Racists Getting Fired
Originally posted by Sin I AM
We live in a time where your entire life can be pulled up with a click if a mouse or touch of a keypad. That being said we also have a larger medium or platform to express our ideas to people that a few decades ago wouldn't have been possible for the "common man". My question is should people be outted? We see it all the time on newsfeeds, a racist or phobe makes a comment then has his whole life put on blast. And since the internet is pretty much a lawless place in this degree is it right? We champion the freedom of speech (unless it's something we disagree with) but we are quick to ostracize those who comments are somewhat....inflammatory. Thoughts?
We are a country that loves destroying people for the most asinine reasons. Look at Hulk Hogan. He didn't post a racist tweet, he made a racist comment in the privacy of his own home when unaware he was being recorded. Not only did this get him fired, but the WWE more or less erased him from their history.
If he'd gone onto the WWE's official facebook page and began posting racist tweets that is one thing, but it is not what he did.
We like to destroy people over the most stupid shit and people should be ashamed over it. The dentist who killed the lion? Who gives a flying f*ck, yet people wanted to destroy his life. Stanford rapists character witness? Has her life f*cked over for that. Because she was a god damn motherf*cking character witness for a childhood friend.
Yet the people truly damaging this country get off scott free and we tippy toe around using specific words just so we don't offend these people.
SNO
Re: Re: Racists Getting Fired
Originally posted by Surtur
We are a country that loves destroying people for the most asinine reasons. Look at Hulk Hogan. He didn't post a racist tweet, he made a racist comment in the privacy of his own home when unaware he was being recorded. Not only did this get him fired, but the WWE more or less erased him from their history.If he'd gone onto the WWE's official facebook page and began posting racist tweets that is one thing, but it is not what he did.
We like to destroy people over the most stupid shit and people should be ashamed over it. The dentist who killed the lion? Who gives a flying f*ck, yet people wanted to destroy his life. Stanford rapists character witness? Has her life f*cked over for that. Because she was a god damn motherf*cking character witness for a childhood friend.
Yet the people truly damaging this country get off scott free and we tippy toe around using specific words just so we don't offend these people.
This is the issue. We live in a time that sjw (crybullies) dominate social media. We were better off socially when everyone didn't have 24/7 access to the internet.