40% of Millenials are cool with censoring speech deemed "offensive"

Mordo · November 23, 2015, 04:28:56 AM

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/11/20/40-of-millennials-ok-with-limiting-speech-offensive-to-minorities/
This is the future we chose.

Super Irish · November 23, 2015, 05:02:12 AM

What is deemed offensive is the problem.

Different definitions for different people.

BaconShelf · November 23, 2015, 05:34:32 AM

DAS B00T x2 · November 23, 2015, 05:39:25 AM

So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.

challengerX · November 23, 2015, 07:37:16 AM

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Elai · November 23, 2015, 08:06:21 AM

are you fucking kidding me

gats · November 23, 2015, 08:11:38 AM

but but muh feelings

This is pretty terrible man

maverick · November 23, 2015, 10:38:13 AM

mfw people say the US needs to be more like Europe

Flee · November 23, 2015, 10:51:50 AM

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challengerX · November 23, 2015, 11:28:33 AM

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Luciana · November 23, 2015, 11:37:32 AM

Quote from: DAS DID NOTHING WRONG on November 23, 2015, 05:39:25 AM

So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.

YouTube

Sandtrap · November 23, 2015, 11:40:22 AM

I can practically hear the SJW's in the distance quivering in excitement as they lavishly lick their keyboards, ready to claim with absolute authority what counts as offensive.

Flee · November 23, 2015, 11:47:24 AM

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MyNameIsCharlie · November 23, 2015, 11:58:38 AM

And here is a good example of exactly why the Electoral College is needed, and why direct popular vote is a bad thing.

Incan · November 23, 2015, 12:03:46 PM

Quote from: MyNameIsCharlie on November 23, 2015, 11:58:38 AM

And here is a good example of exactly why the Electoral College is needed, and why direct popular vote is a bad thing.

The popular vote normally wins anyway, only 4 times has the President won without the popular vote. Alongside this, the US is a democratic nation where people's views and thoughts should be equally represented, even if you disagree with said views.

Luciana · November 23, 2015, 12:06:40 PM

Quote from: Incan on November 23, 2015, 12:03:46 PM

Quote from: MyNameIsCharlie on November 23, 2015, 11:58:38 AM
And here is a good example of exactly why the Electoral College is needed, and why direct popular vote is a bad thing.
The popular vote normally wins anyway, only 4 times has the President won without the popular vote. Alongside this, the US is a democratic nation where people's views and thoughts should be equally represented, even if you disagree with said views.

It's not that simple considering how massive the US is and the main stay areas. The people in the smaller states wouldn't have nearly as much a say as those in big ones.

ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗΣ · November 23, 2015, 12:39:56 PM

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ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗΣ · November 23, 2015, 12:43:04 PM

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Thun · November 23, 2015, 12:52:52 PM

I blame the parents for babying their fucking kids too much.

Flee · November 23, 2015, 12:53:36 PM

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cxfhvxgkcf-56:7 · November 23, 2015, 01:01:57 PM

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Mordo · November 23, 2015, 01:08:32 PM

Quote from: Flee on November 23, 2015, 11:47:24 AM

Quote from: challengerX on November 23, 2015, 11:28:33 AM
Quote from: Flee on November 23, 2015, 10:51:50 AM
Pretty sceptical of the outcomes of these surveys as those responses can mean quite a few things.
Such as?
Pretty big difference between opposing someone's ability to criticise minorities and the harm some of their beliefs and practices might cause for our society on the one hand, and thinking that it should not be legal for people to publicly proclaim that all immigrants are filthy subhuman mudslime niggers who should be round up and eradicated.

You don't get to arbitrarily pick and choose what can and cannot be said in the dialogue of society. Either everything should be allowed to be said, or none of it should be. The only exception should be direct incitement to violence.

Flee · November 23, 2015, 01:20:10 PM

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Flee · November 23, 2015, 01:21:45 PM

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Mordo · November 23, 2015, 01:25:27 PM

Quote from: Flee on November 23, 2015, 01:20:10 PM

Quote from: Mordo on November 23, 2015, 01:08:32 PM
Quote from: Flee on November 23, 2015, 11:47:24 AM
Quote from: challengerX on November 23, 2015, 11:28:33 AM
Quote from: Flee on November 23, 2015, 10:51:50 AM
Pretty sceptical of the outcomes of these surveys as those responses can mean quite a few things.
Such as?
Pretty big difference between opposing someone's ability to criticise minorities and the harm some of their beliefs and practices might cause for our society on the one hand, and thinking that it should not be legal for people to publicly proclaim that all immigrants are filthy subhuman mudslime niggers who should be round up and eradicated.
You don't get to arbitrarily pick and choose what can and cannot be said in the dialogue of society. Either everything should be allowed to be said, or none of it should be. The only exception should be direct incitement to violence.
We've been doing exactly that, though. Picking and choosing what can or can't be said.

And that makes it right?

cxfhvxgkcf-56:7 · November 23, 2015, 01:31:49 PM

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cxfhvxgkcf-56:7 · November 23, 2015, 01:41:34 PM

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Thun · November 23, 2015, 01:48:31 PM

Quote from: ObamaLover69 on November 23, 2015, 01:41:34 PM

It fucking worries me that people like this are the potential world leaders of tomorrow

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/free-speech-is-flunking-out-on-college-campuses/2015/10/22/124e7cd2-78f5-11e5-b9c1-f03c48c96ac2_story.html

Where did we go wrong?

aREALgod · November 23, 2015, 02:05:48 PM

If this country limits free speech on the sole basis that it's offensive, I'm gonna leave this cesspool. This just goes to show how overly sensitive millennials are and what entitled brats they become. A bunch of whiny pussies that can't handle a very uncensored world.

Mordo · November 23, 2015, 02:17:51 PM

I should also point out that the numbers increase within halls of academia. It's quite possible that up to 50% of millennial students believe in state sponsored censorship of speech considered offensive to minorities.

What kind of society you want fam?