Well sure, if there's one thing extremists of all types can agree on, it's those damn moderates and their calls for civility and free speech that are the true problem. Or less sarcastically, the reason we're talking about "civility" and the finer points of free speech is because actual incivility and suppression of free speech took place…
Well sure, if there's one thing extremists of all types can agree on, it's those damn moderates and their calls for civility and free speech that are the true problem.
Or less sarcastically, the reason we're talking about "civility" and the finer points of free speech is because actual incivility and suppression of free speech took place. If we wanted to discuss well funded advocacy of fascism, there are many ways to do that without using actual fascism to accomplish it. In the hierarchy of "things that are important to stop" actual suppression of free speech is higher on the list than advocacy of suppressing free speech.
It's funny how I keep getting comments that I'm advocating suppression of speech. That's telling. That shows how effective this trolling tactic is. The bullies get sympathy because they were shouted down, just as they hoped they would be, because they knew it would actually increase the reach of their sick message. It's so easy, and so many otherwise intelligent people fall for it every time.
My original most made very clear I believe the protesters chose a dumb tactic. Shouting down the bully doesn't work. Humiliating the bully with mockery works. One of the reasons it works is because it humor gets to the heart and truth of the matter, and when "neutral" observers are compelled by humor to laugh at the bully, it deflates the bully's power instantly. The neutral observer realizes that the person they were giving the benefit of the doubt to does not deserve it--that they're simply a bully who deals in lies and aggression.
And once again--the protesters' response was the wrong tactic, but an understandable one. They feel that they and their friends and loved ones are under attack--and they are correct. The bullies we are talking about are sadists who want to inflict pain on vulnerable people simply to score political points and fleece money off of rubes.
Well sure, if there's one thing extremists of all types can agree on, it's those damn moderates and their calls for civility and free speech that are the true problem.
Or less sarcastically, the reason we're talking about "civility" and the finer points of free speech is because actual incivility and suppression of free speech took place. If we wanted to discuss well funded advocacy of fascism, there are many ways to do that without using actual fascism to accomplish it. In the hierarchy of "things that are important to stop" actual suppression of free speech is higher on the list than advocacy of suppressing free speech.
It's funny how I keep getting comments that I'm advocating suppression of speech. That's telling. That shows how effective this trolling tactic is. The bullies get sympathy because they were shouted down, just as they hoped they would be, because they knew it would actually increase the reach of their sick message. It's so easy, and so many otherwise intelligent people fall for it every time.
My original most made very clear I believe the protesters chose a dumb tactic. Shouting down the bully doesn't work. Humiliating the bully with mockery works. One of the reasons it works is because it humor gets to the heart and truth of the matter, and when "neutral" observers are compelled by humor to laugh at the bully, it deflates the bully's power instantly. The neutral observer realizes that the person they were giving the benefit of the doubt to does not deserve it--that they're simply a bully who deals in lies and aggression.
And once again--the protesters' response was the wrong tactic, but an understandable one. They feel that they and their friends and loved ones are under attack--and they are correct. The bullies we are talking about are sadists who want to inflict pain on vulnerable people simply to score political points and fleece money off of rubes.