tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post1555494612626198706..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Does Hate Speech Lead to Hateful Action?Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-11562595772629719252022-05-04T12:02:22.285-07:002022-05-04T12:02:22.285-07:00Ah, the "Ministry of TRUTH!!!!" The fir...Ah, the "Ministry of TRUTH!!!!" The first lie...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-4174990695274908472022-05-03T05:47:03.006-07:002022-05-03T05:47:03.006-07:00If we had Weimar laws repressing irresponsible and...If we had Weimar laws repressing irresponsible and dangerous speech we would never have had Jim Crow, Prohibition, feminism, or anti-slavery and pro-slavery arguments.<br /><br />Both Weimar and the Nazis imprisoned Carl von Ossietzky for his use of freedom of the press.ErisGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383064735664269791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-62665460484352531742022-05-01T20:05:05.987-07:002022-05-01T20:05:05.987-07:00Even if one accepts the Wiemar argument, look past...Even if one accepts the Wiemar argument, look past it. If we had such speech repression earlier, we would have never had female voting. We would have never had a civil rights movement. We would have never had most any social "advancement", good or bad.<br /><br />That's because speech repression doesn't repress "bad speech." It represses change. It is a tool for the empowered to retain their power.bobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05541153566289316156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-54383085837953819402022-05-01T17:19:39.820-07:002022-05-01T17:19:39.820-07:00Does Hate Speech Lead to Hateful Action? It would...Does Hate Speech Lead to Hateful Action? It would seem so. And The "Ministry of Truth" shows that the Dems are ALL-IN on that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-67215110612609784922022-05-01T03:18:16.496-07:002022-05-01T03:18:16.496-07:00Dear jmod46: What you propose simply could not ex...Dear jmod46: What you propose simply could not exist under current circumstances. You see, our popular media, being composed of doctrinaire democrat fascists would not allow it to happen. Whereas everything that those of their political persuasion do is perfectly acceptable, in fact preferable and righteous to them, when their opponents (nominally "Republicans," although there is doubt regarding the true allegiances of many who wear that cloak) attempt to use the same tactics, they shriek and cry out at the top of their lungs, "Hate speech," "racist," "tyranny," "oppression," etc., and create an atmosphere in which they make it impossible for the actions of which they now disapprove to continue. As evidence of this, I offer Exhibit A-the treatment of Elon Musk and Exhibit B-the Biden regime, which has the support of the popular media (did you check out the recent "Correspondents' Dinner"?) its efforts to throttle publication of dissenting political/social views. There is only one "approved" line of thought, and to fail to mouth/print/publish the approved platitudes is tantamount to a media death sentence. In case you were wondering, those who now control most of the popular media are quite comfortable with adopting the same tactics as their counterparts on Russia and China, where to hold contrary views can be an actual, not merely theoretical death sentence. IamDevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11428556757808878749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-81030601926508727372022-04-30T07:47:43.274-07:002022-04-30T07:47:43.274-07:00If the new Ministry of Truth pursues censorship wi...If the new Ministry of Truth pursues censorship with zeal it will be a very short-term victory and eventually a pyrrhic victory, if even that. What, in theory, would happen if the next Republican administration decided to politically weaponize the same Ministry of Truth?jmod46https://www.blogger.com/profile/02727446883638344885noreply@blogger.com