You can't censor away extremism or any other problem

Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by SpicyLemonZest on Friday March 12, 2021 @10:50AM (#26437038)

I grew up reasonably familiar with devout Christian culture, and one of the things they were absolutely convinced of is that society was filled with anti-Christian shibboleths. When someone said "let's build a tolerant society" or "climate change is an important problem", those might sound like neutral descriptors, but they knew not to be deceived. Obviously, in their view, nobody actually cares about tolerance or climate change - those phrases are just slogans people use to signal their allegiance to the anti-Christian agenda.

I'm sure you can see the problem there, and I would encourage you to think about whether you've fallen down a similar hole.

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by jawarner on Friday March 12, 2021 @12:21PM (#26438175)

Siege mentality is real. I'm not sure I see the connection in this case to the racial issues. "All Lives Matter" is clearly a reaction to "Black Lives Matter."

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by SpicyLemonZest on Friday March 12, 2021 @12:52PM (#26438599)

Respectfully, it seems clear because you're living under a siege mentality. "All Lives Matter" is a short phrase composed of common English words - some people do use it as a slogan to oppose the BLM movement, but others use it as a compact expression of the idea that every human's life has value. When Jennifer Lopez tweeted "#AllLivesMatter #LoveMakeTheWorldGoRound" over a picture of herself holding hands with Lin-Manuel Miranda and rainbow flags waving in the foreground, is it really plausible that she was declaring her allegiance to anti-BLM groups?

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by jawarner on Friday March 12, 2021 @02:15PM (#26439669)

You don’t believe that recent popular usage of ALM is related to BLM?

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by SpicyLemonZest on Friday March 12, 2021 @02:47PM (#26440077)

No. Again, it seems impossible to believe that JLo (and Hilary Clinton, and Fetty Wap, and...) said All Lives Matter as a covert signal they don't like the BLM movement. I'm sure some people somewhere have said it to troll, but I think the concern over the phrase is mostly a moral panic.

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