Re:Mark in the Middle
by ThrowawayR2 on Thursday September 24, 2020 @04:40PM
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> "goes for masks as well as ideas"
Since physical actions don't equal thoughts/opinions, well, clearly no.
> "since a lot of "social justice" is "stop telling me who I am""
Except they flipped right around and started telling other people in the center and right who they are, at full volume. Hard to blame people for not taking them seriously.
Re:Mark in the Middle
by RangerScience on Thursday September 24, 2020 @04:58PM
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> physical
As a friend says, "genocide is not an opinion". IMO it's clear one should police speech advocating for it; between here and there is a gray zone.
IMO that gray zone looks awfully similar (although def not to the same severity on the far side) to the one between here and "I have COVID and will not wear a mask."
> flip
Aye. Appearances (and recent events) aside, the "right" does not have monopoly on hypocrisy.
This seems to be a question of the times. "What right do I have to police you?" - goes for masks as well as ideas, innit?
> believe it's their right to enforce their views
IMO this is deeply ironic, since a lot of "social justice" is "stop telling me who I am", either directly or as the irritant at the center of the "pearl".
Like, Manifest Destiny was literally this backed up with guns. Jim Crow was this backed up by laws. McCarthyism was this by congressional committee.
What's novel here isn't enforcing views on others.