Cessna571 wrote:From my point of view it just means any discussion on threads like this become a risk.
I can’t afford to be convicted of a hate crime, and if I don’t understand the boundaries properly or make a mistake, then I’ll be for it.
So, it’s best to simply stay away completely in social media.
Join the Free Speech Union. A lot of the stuff seems specious but they have got a number of people "uncancelled". Nice to have a small something in the back pocket in case you say something "controversial" like only women have vajayjays.
How DARE You!?!
It should all be specious but a vocal minority of people are so afraid of opinion now, it's pathetic. Grow a thicker skin, also forgive & perhaps counter to the start of the sentence, on all sides "have no opinion". You don't need to have an opinion on everything. Pyramid of needs, too much time to think about taking offence rather than being pitted against nature & focusing on not dying. Not enough adversity so we invent it.
https://freespeechunion.org/newsletters/Civilisation up the stairs in clogs, down in pampered soft silken slippers. In the last 5 years we are definitely going down the stairs. Which is stupid as life & the world has never been better. But people can't stop talking themselves into disaster, perceived oppression & conflict.
There is also a theory about the growth in extreme sports being because life is too safe these days. Screw the bleeding "safe space", especially at uni's that is the place to have thoughts challenged... and breathe
I think it will pendulum the other way soon. One can hope.
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