"A difference in degree is a difference in kind. The speed and immediacy, combined with the anonymity, of social media has put us on a whole new playing field."
Absolutely. The scale of that difference can't be overstated. And more, it's such an all-consuming environment that people literally grow up in it.
"A difference in degree is a difference in kind. The speed and immediacy, combined with the anonymity, of social media has put us on a whole new playing field."
Absolutely. The scale of that difference can't be overstated. And more, it's such an all-consuming environment that people literally grow up in it.
TV was at home, and available for a few hours a day. Social media is everywhere. And is pinging people 24/7. And as well as giving you instant access to celebrities and whoever else you'd like to direct your ire at, as well as the algorithmic outrage it curates for you, it has the ability to punish you if you say something you're not supposed to. Or, increasingly, if you don't say the thing you're *supposed* to be saying loudly and stridently enough.
To whit, I was banned from Medium and from a nice thousand a month plus another half that in bonuses, for stating the uncontroversial fact that a "trans" woman is biologically male.
Wondering how long until inclusiveness requires no disagreement with geocentrism.
"Or, increasingly, if you don't say the thing you're *supposed* to be saying loudly and stridently enough."
Found on the web, In our society, a man can say he's a woman, and was "born this way," but a man who says he wants to be traditionally masculine is "conditioned by society" and "toxic."
"A difference in degree is a difference in kind. The speed and immediacy, combined with the anonymity, of social media has put us on a whole new playing field."
Absolutely. The scale of that difference can't be overstated. And more, it's such an all-consuming environment that people literally grow up in it.
TV was at home, and available for a few hours a day. Social media is everywhere. And is pinging people 24/7. And as well as giving you instant access to celebrities and whoever else you'd like to direct your ire at, as well as the algorithmic outrage it curates for you, it has the ability to punish you if you say something you're not supposed to. Or, increasingly, if you don't say the thing you're *supposed* to be saying loudly and stridently enough.
To whit, I was banned from Medium and from a nice thousand a month plus another half that in bonuses, for stating the uncontroversial fact that a "trans" woman is biologically male.
Wondering how long until inclusiveness requires no disagreement with geocentrism.
"Or, increasingly, if you don't say the thing you're *supposed* to be saying loudly and stridently enough."
Like "Trump won."
Found on the web, In our society, a man can say he's a woman, and was "born this way," but a man who says he wants to be traditionally masculine is "conditioned by society" and "toxic."
I am stealing that, albeit with attribution (to the web)