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Originally Posted by 13ball
Maybe I don't notice it because we have a president attempting to ban Muslims. We have people pushing propaganda and lies about black crime. Yeah, I can see not liking that some guy was harassed because of his stupid shirt. But the idiots on Twitter affecting a few people don't bother me because they are utterly insignificant. And your attempts to portray them as some sort of serious problem are not grounded in reality.
I don't control these people and I have said that the tactics against Milo are counterproductive.
Good, so you condemn them.
Now if you could just understand that they are simply the tip of the iceberg. They're the representation of how ridiculously unhinged many people have become on the social justice end of the spectrum. You say there are lies about black crime, but would it matter if all of the crime stats your interlocutor presented were true, or would you find one mistake and call him a liar and racists?
Because that's what I see. Every day. Instead of acknowledging facts about black crime and then going into the root causes, like poverty and the drug war, having a conversation... the same sorts of people who harass someone for his stupid shirt and their defenders jump to trolling and shaming people who are defending the police, and dismiss them all as racists. Condemn that why won't you. I'll condemn lies about black violence, and you condemn lies about police. We can get somewhere then. But too few conversations ever get there because everyone is so outraged all the time and we're on the internet so we can't smack each other silly.
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Originally Posted by aoFrantic
No, I mocked the example because of the banality of it. That seemed to go over your head.
Someone getting made fun of over a shirt or fired for calling a woman a slut just aren't problems I find worth devoting my time.
Again, a Milo supporter shot somebody outside a speech of his two weeks ago. This is so, so much worse than what any SJW has ever done to Milo or anyone against him. This gets a giant shrug to those supporting him.
Banal, yes, I agree. And so is Milo. But realize that many more people are going to end up shot at these types of protests, because the protesters are violent, throwing crap at cops, and burning ****... over Milo FFS. Banal indeed. The guy makes fun of feminists for a living. The protesters have the same attitude as many over in the Milo thread that it's cool to punch a Nazi. Hey, I agree in theory, except unlike them I don't think everyone is a Nazi. Apparently Milo and his supporters are fascists so they're fair game, except there's scant evidence he's anything but a troll, and most of his supporters are just kids who enjoy making fun of people like you.