Subj : Re: Computer Kits
To   : Jeff
From : boraxman
Date : Mon Jan 31 2022 00:13:21

 Je> All of those views (except the first) are now considered unacceptable
 Je> because they attempt to limit what people can do with their lives. Are
 Je> those not examples of bullying? Are those not aggressive attempts at
 Je> "cancel culture" in their own right? Are those not attempts to convince
 Je> others that certain behaviors should not be socially acceptable? It
 Je> seems quite fitting to me that these oppressive opinions should be met
 Je> with the same "cancel culture" that they seek to impose on others.
 Je> 

They were limited because they were considered to be immoral.  There are still things that are limited, because they are considered to be immoral, such as professing a preference for your own race.

This thinking is nihilistic, because you would have to accept EVERY view, even the "bigoted" and "racist" views.  Are not people engaging in cancel culture infringing upon peoples rights to hold "bigoted" views.

If you are policing what I think, then YOU are the oppressor.

Cancel culture is oppressive.  Period.

 Je> Am I? Or is minimizing, harassing, and demonizing gays, interracial
 Je> couples, and non-binary individuals skirting with supporting
 Je> authoritarianism? Which is the poison and which is the antidote?
 Je> 

All evil in this world is perpretated by people who think they are doing good.  They take action against people they believe are in the wrong, and justify oppression, silencing, censorship, destroying them personally.

Its the same old story.  Communists murdered people and they honestly believed they were killing the bad guys, getting rid of harmful views.  Nazi's honestly believed they were getting rid of harmful views.  Spanish Inquisition believed they were doing good.  People with religious and dogmatic views who think they know what views the world needs to have in order to make us better begin removing those who don't go along.

Same old story, same old cycle, same old evil.  Cancel Culture is just another chapter in this evil.  Yes, they are EVIL.  Ideologies finding reasons to persecute.

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