[gitaarik]

I don't think insult should be socially accepted, it shouldn't, it's not a nice thing. Rudeness, impoliteness, offense, why would we socially accept them?

Freedom and cencorship is another thing. You have the freedom to be rude and impolite, and it shouldn't be censored. But yeah you shouldn't expect people to like you or listen to you.

[zahlman]

>Rudeness, impoliteness, offense, why would we socially accept them?

Because multiple kinds of social space exist, and some people enjoy being able to interact with each other that way and are happy to accept being the butt of the joke their fair share of the time.

[gitaarik]

Ah yeah, you are right, there are people that have been exposed to it so much that they think it is normal, and a necessary part of life.

Well you know, things can change. In the past it was a family outing to go watch a beheading. That was normal for them and good entertainment. And they would have used the same arguments as you to somebody critical about it.

And you're right, it is a valid choice, and if you really enjoy being humiliated, by all means, you have the freedom to.

I do think eventually when the rest of the people have grown up and moved on to much more intelligent endeavors, that you might start to think differently too. But maybe not, everyone has their own interests.

[zahlman]

This sort of dismissiveness is not helpful to your cause.

[gitaarik]

What am I dismissing?

[gitaarik]

Haha, wait, are you offended? I thought you were one of those people who would enjoy that.