Ask them to name the things they can’t say anymore, ask them to list each one.
https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1075368147480403969
Don’t allow these bullshit euphemisms.
Make them say the things they “can’t” say.
They things they still say, in certain company.
Make them say the things they “can’t” say.
They things they still say, in certain company.
No one who complains that they “can’t say ... things ... anymore” is prevented from saying anything.
What they mean is, now, if they say those things, they are perceived as the kind of people who say those things.
What they object to is simply personal accountability.
What they mean is, now, if they say those things, they are perceived as the kind of people who say those things.
What they object to is simply personal accountability.
The real objection isn’t that there are suddenly so many things they can’t say.
The real objection is there are suddenly so many things that other people CAN say.
Things like, “what do you mean by that?” and “here’s why those words demean and hurt me.”
The real objection is there are suddenly so many things that other people CAN say.
Things like, “what do you mean by that?” and “here’s why those words demean and hurt me.”
“There are things we can’t say anymore” is a phrase intended the skirt accountability.
Poll the exact things. Ask those questions.
“What things?”
Let’s see the demographics of Americans mad they can’t say n***** any more. Or f**.
And a hush fills the punditry.
Poll the exact things. Ask those questions.
“What things?”
Let’s see the demographics of Americans mad they can’t say n***** any more. Or f**.
And a hush fills the punditry.
Harder to write those “New Poll Offers Warning to Democrats About Identity Politics” pieces now, I bet.
The fact that polling doesn’t ask those specific questions, but it does employ accountability-evading terms like “political correctness” tells you a lot about the poll’s complicity in the dodge.
As do the articles analyzing the poll.
As do the articles analyzing the poll.
Why do we only see “Poll Offers Stark Warning to Democrats for Identity Politics in 2020” and not “Poll Shows White People Still Love Slurs?”
Both require the same amount of analysis. Both bring a worldview to data.
Thus can you detect the worldview of seemingly neutral parties
Both require the same amount of analysis. Both bring a worldview to data.
Thus can you detect the worldview of seemingly neutral parties
What happens then is that the person who made the hurtful comment misses yet another chance to learn and grow, and remains the less thoughtful person they’ve now chosen to be.
And proves the lie of the phrase “there are things you can’t say anymore.”
And proves the lie of the phrase “there are things you can’t say anymore.”
https://twitter.com/gmbuckeye/status/1075748806547922944?s=21
Telling someone “that hurts and demeans me” isn’t forcing them to do anything.
Nor does it represent intolerance—a badly misunderstood concept.
You’re asking the right questions, but you’re not seeking the answers.
Nor does it represent intolerance—a badly misunderstood concept.
You’re asking the right questions, but you’re not seeking the answers.
https://twitter.com/gmbuckeye/status/1075751971959783424?s=21
"There really is no other way to see it" is a very intolerant expression, by your definition of intolerance.
But that's not intolerance.
But that's not intolerance.
https://twitter.com/gmbuckeye/status/1075755667229720581?s=21
Luckily, I've written plenty on tolerance, so here you go.
https://twitter.com/juliusgoat/status/1020600581629542405?s=21
This doesn’t describe censorship, it describes criticism.
You’re free to make “you’re overreacting” your instinctive reaction to hurting or demeaning someone, but you’ll probably be criticized both for what you said and your indifference.
This is grade-school stuff.
You’re free to make “you’re overreacting” your instinctive reaction to hurting or demeaning someone, but you’ll probably be criticized both for what you said and your indifference.
This is grade-school stuff.
There are hundreds of specials produced annually. Chappelle had four alone. Almost every mid-sized city has a club. There are thousands of podcasts. You can admit to a long history of assaulting women and still get booked.
Other than that, good point.
Other than that, good point.
https://twitter.com/dhopek794/status/1075756140598886400?s=21
There’s always been the guy who thinks he’s funny and complains the reason people aren’t laughing is because everyone so sensitive. It’s not new.
This fundamentally misunderstands comedy:
• shock comedy and clean exist on a spectrum requiring skill/empathy at all points
• even “shock comics” want to please their audience
• the cringiest cheapest most pandering comedy around is bad shock comedy
• shock comedy and clean exist on a spectrum requiring skill/empathy at all points
• even “shock comics” want to please their audience
• the cringiest cheapest most pandering comedy around is bad shock comedy
https://twitter.com/ceeeeples/status/1076224019429392385?s=21
Someone in my mentions straight up said that he no longer felt he could say “niggardly” or “sniggering,” the British variant on the word “snickering,” or the traditional use of “gay” meaning “happy.”
Very tough times i guess if you are President James K Polk or something.
Very tough times i guess if you are President James K Polk or something.
The answers to this thread are just so endlessly self-exposing.
https://twitter.com/hans_oferbach/status/1076450806587506689?s=21
Would-be edgelords: the reason you have faced so little criticism in the past is because so many people justifiably fear for their physical safety when they commit the crime of speaking their minds.
You’re not being silenced.
And now, finally, neither are they.
You’re not being silenced.
And now, finally, neither are they.
1) Just from your comments, no I bet they totally wouldn’t be wrong.
2) Their reaction to your opinion is also an opinion. Maybe listen to it instead of dismissing it.
3) That opinion, right or wrong, isn’t silencing you.
2) Their reaction to your opinion is also an opinion. Maybe listen to it instead of dismissing it.
3) That opinion, right or wrong, isn’t silencing you.
https://twitter.com/hans_oferbach/status/1076453412328267776?s=21
The age of immunity from criticism for white boys is over.
This means more people are free to speak, not fewer.
That’s good.
Now us white boys can be as tough as everyone else has had to be forever.
This means more people are free to speak, not fewer.
That’s good.
Now us white boys can be as tough as everyone else has had to be forever.
When it comes to points of view that are best met with intolerance, I hope I will always be found intolerant.
All people deserve tolerance. Not all ideas.
All people deserve tolerance. Not all ideas.
https://twitter.com/apolivka/status/1076562788565299200?s=21
I absolutely do tolerate conservatives. Though I must say, frequently conservatives do not understand what tolerance is, and as a result think I am being intolerant of them.
if you read what I’ve written, I have explained it pretty thoroughly.
if you read what I’ve written, I have explained it pretty thoroughly.
https://twitter.com/apolivka/status/1076567600807796741?s=21
I believe conservatives have the right to live with equal standing dignity & opportunity under the law, w/basic human needs met regardless of financial viability
That is tolerance
Uncritically accepting their opinions and actions that would withhold the same from others, isn’t
That is tolerance
Uncritically accepting their opinions and actions that would withhold the same from others, isn’t
Every response I’ve gotten from people describing what they “can’t” say, without fail, actually just describes an aversion to criticism, and conflates their own intransigence—to consider the other person’s perspective, apologize, or change—with censorship.
https://twitter.com/manofsteel_216/status/1076545637871697920?s=21
Black people have had to walk on eggshells. Gay people. Trans people. Women. They have had to be careful what they said.
There is language designed—sometimes aggressively, usually subtlety—to tell them they don’t belong and should fear for their safety.
That is true silencing.
There is language designed—sometimes aggressively, usually subtlety—to tell them they don’t belong and should fear for their safety.
That is true silencing.
I think there is a dominant cultural narrative says you can believe anything you want about people, support any kind of policy to enforce against them, and you’re still above reproach, as long as you’re superficially nice.
And this superficial civility is seen as tolerance.
And this superficial civility is seen as tolerance.
If you’re committed to such a dominant cultural narrative, then criticism is to be greatly feared.
But if you assume you are not above reproach, then reproach holds no terror. You have free yourself from criticism’s fearfulness.
in other words: if you bump someone, apologize.
But if you assume you are not above reproach, then reproach holds no terror. You have free yourself from criticism’s fearfulness.
in other words: if you bump someone, apologize.
Just apologize. Apologize and adjust.
And if your very identity involves bumping people and never apologizing, you might want to look into that.
What other, greater harms might you have interwoven into your identity?
And if your very identity involves bumping people and never apologizing, you might want to look into that.
What other, greater harms might you have interwoven into your identity?
Don’t fear *being* wrong.
Fear *staying* wrong.
Fear *staying* wrong.
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