This conversation! Should teenage girls have the right to be able to undress and shower in penis free spaces? Aidan says the answer is "no", and any other answer is hateful.https://twitter.com/helenstaniland/status/1205974306733379585 …
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I've been noting a clear pattern on the "far left" (and I'm a Democrat from Massachusetts, so … I'm hardly a Neo-con). A) Words and deeds are the same B) Words can therefore be a form a violence C) Words that offend me ARE a form of violence D) Your free speech oppresses me.
Yes and not just in the far left anymore, in the progressive centre and 'polite society' in general; commitment to defend free speech is disappointingly puny in the face of offence. & point E) of the "words are violence" train of thought is "your speech justifies violence" ...
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Yes. That's chilling, but your observation is exactly right. I might edit it to be "your speech justifies my violence." Or even "necessitates". God help us.
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