Because: think of all the bigots in high places identified in this article. Do you think "PC culture" made them bigots? No!
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My hottake on the Buzzfeed Milo/Breitbart article: far from proving the "liberal shame" tactics are harmful, it shows that they work.
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So these powerful bigots were so constrained by culture that their only real outlet for their bigotry was emailing fucking milo.
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And even that is going to get them in trouble bc Buzzfeed named names and spilled tea.
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Do you understand that means that what we're doing is WORKING??? Think about what these bigots would be doing if not for cultural pressure.
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Think about how much harm they would be causing if they were allowed to be hateful openly and explicitly. And all you can do is whine...
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To a third-rate provocateur on a slimy low-traffic alt-right "news" website? Bad as Milo is, it doesn't COMPARE to what these ppl could do.
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So whine about social justice tactics all you want, right, left, and center. But read that article and understand it's working.
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