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Re:Inside Patreon, the economic engine of internet culture by type0 on Sunday August 06, 2017 @09:48AM (#14941296)
The problem is that we still keep labeling a satirical speech as a hate speech and it's getting worse.

> Violent rhetoric normalizes that behavior.

Consider "A Modest Proposal" where Swift normalizes eating babies http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html

I see this trend as deeply disturbing where only those official journalist are allowed to write satirical essays online and common persons are banned because they become labeled as racists, mysogenists etc. Heck even PewDiePie was kicked from youtube red because some journalists blatantly mislabeled his satire as racism.

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Re:Inside Patreon, the economic engine of internet culture by specialist on Sunday August 06, 2017 @01:28PM (#14942295)
This debate, like most, has a bell curve distribution of positions. Two tails of snowflakes on either side, throwing tantrums, yelling at each other, and the majority in the middle who are tired of their shit.

Who's right? Who's wrong? I don't care. I'm fresh out of goodwill.

My only desire is that society stop enabling the bickering. Which will continue as long as clickbaiting (selling advertisement) makes money.

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