Since we're on another round of "let's litigate Fly" and I've been referenced a few times as "one of the good ones" or whatever, I feel fit to comment here.
I'll just this as a jumping off point:
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Originally Posted by All-In Flynn View Post
The people who can't handle the Flyperbole and melt down and become embittered and obsessed with him are all giant pussies with a side of sore loser.
True story I believe deeply: part of Fly's deep offenses to white guys on the internet is entirely cultural. ~Most white guys or at least a certain class of them are perfectly happy to offend others in ways that they can bet they won't be subjected to. Or laugh along with it, or embrace it as schtick. Cruelness and derision is everywhere. Just look around. Much of it done justifiably or under the guise of humor, of entertainment. Lots of civil discourse is frankly boring.
But very rarely are white guys the subject of the cruelty or the butt of the joke. That is, part of white guy privilege in America is the unspoken conceit that we treat each other (white guys) with respect. With civility. That is rarely afforded to women and racial minorities. Or the poor. Or other losers. They can be the subject of jokes, derision, be subject to pedantic explanations, a complete lack of empathy.
You can sense tons of white guy offense isn't that Fly's abrasive style is OBJECTIVELY offensive. If it was, plenty of you would be absolutely aghast, simply despondent at the state of the world. It's only CONTEXTUALLY offensive. The great offense of white guys on the internet is that they never expect to be treated like that. Because the world is full of Fly's. I am quite convinced in the right context, many of you embrace the Fly persona. I'm quite sure I do. It's common. Life is boring, and we get entertainment by mocking and being trangressive with those different from us. It's common!
That is to say, you should be a little shocked that people react to Fly with what is entirely common human behavior. Like they are special, precious flowers given the enormous amounts of anger, cruelty, and apathy in the world. The amount of people who are entertained by heaping all of that on others. But once you come to terms with the fact tons of white guys ARE treaed exactly like special, precious flowers for all of their lives by their Moms, maybe their Dads, by their love interests (if they have them), by their teachers, society at large, etc. then I suppose some of the surprise goes away.
So if I'm supposed to be "the good one" and the voice of reason here, then people who get super bothered by Fly should read what I say above and take it very seriously because I mean it and believe it deeply.
Last edited by DVaut1; 07-08-2017 at 11:32 AM.