Y'know, if it'd just been people making Nazi-punching jokes, I might've continued to ignore it. But one of the people I follow excoriated a guy for this tweet:
Today is difficult, but cheering violence against speech, even of the most detestable, disgusting variety, is not a look that will age well.
The reaction was that this -- that saying "maybe don't cheer use of violence against speech" -- was a completely unacceptable, unforgivable, monstrous thing to tweet. His work needed to be boycotted! He needed to be destroyed! HOW DARE HE. He is Neville Chamberlain! He is saying we should all stand still and be slaughtered!
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So it's not just "Rape jokes are hilarious!" but "IF YOU SPEAK OUT AGAINST RAPE JOKES YOU DESERVE TO BE RAPED."
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I guess after a while of this, I lost my sense of humor. v_v
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Date: 2017-01-22 04:00 am (UTC)The reaction was that this -- that saying "maybe don't cheer use of violence against speech" -- was a completely unacceptable, unforgivable, monstrous thing to tweet. His work needed to be boycotted! He needed to be destroyed! HOW DARE HE. He is Neville Chamberlain! He is saying we should all stand still and be slaughtered!
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So it's not just "Rape jokes are hilarious!" but "IF YOU SPEAK OUT AGAINST RAPE JOKES YOU DESERVE TO BE RAPED."
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I guess after a while of this, I lost my sense of humor. v_v