No, you're not you dumbfuck. I doubt you'd want people posting your name, address, social security number, photo, medical records, and school transcripts online for everyone to see. Not to sell it, mind you, just posting it because they can. Because that would fall under "absolute free speech," that I can make anyone's personal information public.

Total free speech would also include shit like CSAM, espionage, yelling "Bomb!" on an airplane, playing music at 150 decibels at 3 AM in a residential area, would eliminate all copyright laws (which would be based, actually, but I doubt this crypto fash would agree), and allow for stalking/cyberbullying/phone calls/etc. where the intent is to harass and intimidate someone.

Since we don't do these things, that means we already have limits on free speech. So why not include bigotry? Oh right, so this asshole can whine about Jennifer Lawrence being 34 and not 20.

[–] Lyudmila@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, no, that's the point. They want to be allowed to stalk and harass people and not get in trouble for CSAM.

"Free Speech Absolutism" is just a dogwhistle for dudes who want to distribute snuff and CP and incite stochastic violence against random individual queer people, in the same way that "libertarian" is just a dogwhistle for pedos.

Attacks on free speech in their eyes are whenever they're limited in any way from doing these things, or face criticism for their opinions or actions. It's a one way street.

[–] WorkingClassCorpse@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

His take on this is that 'free speech absolutism' somehow doesn't include harmful speech 'by definition' (he does not bother elaborating on this, it just 'is')

It drives me up a fucking wall when 'centrists' just accept common practice as self-evidently good and literally cannot do the minimum amount of critical thought about why common opinions exist as they do, even if literally fucking dragged to the water's edge and have their head forcibly submerged. The smug debatelord centrist is possibly my least favorite internet personality type - it may even be worse than outright white nationalist groypers.

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago

I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.

Malcolm X was complaining about these assholes 61 years ago lmao

[–] EatPotatoes@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago

Criticism is an attack on free speech for these guys. The goal for it to become the only speech.

[–] WorkingClassCorpse@hexbear.net 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

9 times out of 10, anyone that claims 'in a centrist, everyone else is just crazy and needs to chill' is just lowkey fash and just hasn't admitted it to themselves yet

Saw this developing and i thought 'hmm, I bet this guy is a dick'

[–] GeneralSwitch2Boycott@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

Do you remember that NYT article arguing that centrists are basically fascist? They hate democracy more than "left" and "right" and view themselves as philosopher kings.

[–] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 31 points 3 days ago (2 children)

comment from this dude 1 day ago on dot zip

And I would feel fairly confident that the commenter was a woman because attacking someones personality (that they don't know at all) is typically done by women

[–] Comrade_Mushroom@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I know this is not true because I'm masc as hell and my ability to snap-judge people is something I brag about constantly

oh also because it's obviously bigoted bullshit

[–] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago

if you want more slop, i went through his profile on zip so that i could see all the comments, there is a wild amount of misogyny

https://hexbear.net/comment/6025251

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

Oh, of course lmao

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This guy is a real centrist

[–] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

so wild to just believe in nothing and have no convictions lol

edit this guy is clearly more of a crypto fash than a case of pure ignorance.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 20 points 3 days ago

Literally doing the "If someone believes that it should be legal to hunt the homeless for sport, we should hear them out" thing without even a hint of self awareness lmao

[–] Barabas@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago

You can tell federation has come back. Encountered a German who thought that it is cool and good for Germany to deport people for not supporting Israel since there is a law saying it is illegal. The only reason anyone even cared about (according to them) it was because the US is doing the same but for them it is bad because they don't have a law mandating fealty to Israel yet.

Makes for a change of pace.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

Myself and most men I know around my age who all did very well in the dating scene when we were younger have just completely given up on dating now.

You know this guy and his friends never did well at dating.

There are endless studies that in general women are more attracted to “masculine” men. Strong looking deep voiced men.

Is anyone else getting horny?