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J on the block's avatar

Having video access to every passing comment is something we'll have to deal with better as a society in order to get along. Amplification of things on media is such a super-stimulus to many people now. Not defending Rogan, but in general I live in a state eager to let killers and felons out on the street asap out of "mercy" and "kindness" but some terrible words on the internet? - burn the witch. And the witch is never sufficiently crispy enough. However, these same standards end up transmitting to normies who don't have the wherewithal to just deal. Not everyone has the bank of Chappelle or JK or Rogan. Another aspect is prosecuting past comments in light of evolving modern moral standards. I don't see any evidence that we're getting to a sensible place there. SF schools trying to scrub "Lincoln" from their names, while eliminating advanced classes for talented kids of all hues (black included) is a giant facepalm. Who are you really helping? Telling that they got recalled.

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Steve QJ's avatar

"Having video access to every passing comment is something we'll have to deal with better as a society in order to get along."

This. And the frustrating thing is, it doesn't take much. All we need to do is normalise the radical notion that maybe you don't know everything you need to know about a situation after watching a 30 second clip!😅

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