"We live in a city where female reporters need bodyguards to work at soccer games." My column: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/05/12/verbal-sexual-assault-on-women-reporters-must-stop-porter.html …
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@porterthereport a "cocksucker" I am not saying he is a literal penis sucker (though if he is that's fine). Can't assume language is literal
@TayNez81 .. If they all said, "Hang bro's by the neck from trees," would that be okay? A funny joke? Or "Kick homeless bums"?
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@porterthereport Disrupting live TV events is nothing new. The whole point is to say something shocking and dumb. -
@TayNez81 I can think of a million dumb things to say that wouldn't promote hate and fear. How bout "I love smurfs"? - 5 more replies
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@porterthereport So by this logic, does yelling "kick homeless bums" promote homelessness? -
@TayNez81 Nope. Promotes kicking homeless people. I think the public shaming and job loss will start to dissuade ppl from doing this.
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@porterthereport If people said "kick homeless bums" ppl would understand that they're not literally advocating the kicking of bums. -
@TayNez81 Really? I'd call that hate speech, which generally promotes more hate. - 1 more reply
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@porterthereport Listen, I think it's a dumb thing to say. I just think your reaction is hyperbolic. Ironically, all this media attn is justThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@porterthereport going to lead to more people doing it, too.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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