Good piece by @CathyYoung63
Yes, it's not that the bullying is nastier when its from far-left loons but that it is harder to brush off because it has public respectability & threatens people's careers and reputations.https://forward.com/opinion/390296/its-time-to-call-out-bullying-by-social-justice-warriors/ …
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They know this, of course. They don't bother telling actual sexists, racists, homophobes they are those things because they already know this and think its the right way to be. The accusations have power only if the accused abhors such attitudes & that's what makes it so toxic.
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The other problem is that the words then lose power. If I hear someone described as a misogynist now, I'm much more likely to assume he once disagreed with a feminist idea than that he hates women. This matters because we still need to be able to talk about misogyny.
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I don’t see the importance of catering to every whim with legislation. Nor in hating large groups of people for who they are, not what they do. It’s non-stop violence.
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Not sure what you're referring to.
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I’m referring to your basic commitment to support the appeasement/happiness/pleasure of the so-called far left as well as your dismissal, or at least crude caricature, of ethical claims made by their so-called opposite (obesity is harmful, motherhood > career, etc).
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Well, I think you've misunderstood something then coz I'm not doing any of that.
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Oh? You haven’t characterized the far right or mentioned support for certain pet projects of the “far left”? Maybe you’ve misunderstood me.
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Plus, there's also trolling that's every bit as vulgar and racist as alt-right twitter from left-wing accounts which aren't considered toxic, but just edgy humour, and thus not on the fringe of twitter, but part of its "establishment". Case in point:https://twitter.com/KrangTNelson/status/908734854103207938 …
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What a lovely person
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I really find it quite shocking how popular this guy is on Twitter (followed by Hollywood stars and everything). Racialized trolling seems to be no problem when you've got the right politics.
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