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by theossuary 1712 days ago
> You may agree with some of my positions and disagree with others, but in a free society they cannot be considered beyond the pale. I think this is a bad take. In a free society people can consider whatever they want in order to judge a person.

I do see the irony in watching those who traditionally used the mob to force conformity of minorities now experiencing it themselves. Saying things like "the threat woke ideology poses to our culture, our institutions and to our freedoms." As if this is some new phenomena that's only now being discovered, and hasn't been leveraged against different groups since the dawn is society.

This is what it looks like when a traditionally dominant social group becomes somewhat relegated.

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Do you see the irony in thinking this is any kind of improvement?

It was wrong then and is still wrong. Which is precisely why unpopular voices need to be heard.

I never said it was right or wrong, it just is. Like currents in the ocean or solar radiation, we don't debate if those are right or wrong either. I see a lot of "well it matters because it's happening to me now!" in these situations, and I don't feel a lot of sympathy.