What ever happened to "If you don't have anything nice to say, say nothing at all"

[Azadina]

We convinced the world that words hurt , so now you can hurt someone without physically doing so. Much easier to effect someone emotionally than it is pulhysically.

Was a much simpler time when words were just words and people shut the fuck up when they didn't have something positive to say.

When was that again? The further back in time we go, the more likely those words got you badly hurt, prisoned, heavily fined or flat out killed, depending on what sort of person you insulted.

Seems to be some revisionist history at work here.

[unfilteredJW]

Everyone got a microphone + egoism running rampant

[sarahtasher]

Dumb question guys, suppose you live in a frontier American town in 1880, what do you think would have happened if you had called someone ''a cuckold'' on main street ?

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We convinced the world that words hurt , so now you can hurt someone without physically doing so. Much easier to effect someone emotionally than it is pulhysically.

Was a much simpler time when words were just words and people shut the fuck up when they didn't have something positive to say.

Beyond the agitprop campaign against Hamilton, does Hamilton-Burr reminds you something ?

[Strangebrew]

When was that again? The further back in time we go, the more likely those words got you badly hurt, prisoned, heavily fined or flat out killed, depending on what sort of person you insulted.

Seems to be some revisionist history at work here.

You mean, kinda like how lefties are ruining peoples lives, careers or even going as far as physically hurt people with different opinions and daring to utter "those words"

[Triceratrozer]

MMO-C happened.

[Independent voter]

Pete Campbell says some really nasty things about Layne Price, around 1965.

[Strangebrew]

I've never considered that an intelligent position to take due to the absolute nature of the expression, though certainly discretion in picking your battles is something to be valued.

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Better than the authoritarian alternative the rest of you would have us subjected to.

We don't like your supposed authoritarian alternative, so we'll just introduce our own authoritarian alternative.

[Exeris]

Better than the authoritarian alternative the rest of you would have us subjected to.

I know you don't mean that but it sounded like you mean the lesser evil is ok.

[Strangebrew]

I know you don't mean that but it sounded like you mean the lesser evil is ok.

That's also implying it is the lesser evil, which it isn't.
We have seen a huge rise in leftists wanting to bring back fucking segregation and they are at full force labelling everyone and everything by the colour of their skin and sexual orientation.

[Strangebrew]

It's not authoritarian though. It depends entirely on the exercise of individual freedoms. The alternative would strip people of those freedoms all so that a handful of people who have views you're sympathetic towards can enjoy a privileged position.

I am sure this is what you keep telling yourself to keep up those delusions that your kind of authoritarianism is fine.
For some reason, having people getting beat up for their opinions just doesn't seem like the better alternative to me, strange.

[Halyon]

People developed spines? Well, that and a ridiculous dose of entitlement, depending on the demographic. We can say what we wish to say, nobody has the right to not have their fee-fee's hurt by words. And not challenging anything at all is just plain dumbassery.

[Azadina]

You mean, kinda like how lefties are ruining peoples lives, careers or even going as far as physically hurt people with different opinions and daring to utter "those words"

As opposed to far right extremism, aka, terrorism? So instead of some people beat up, your idea of better alternative is people blown up at airports, shopping malls, mass shootings and running people over with vehicles?

If you want to play stupid political jab games, you'll lose every single time. That tends to happen when you cheer the side that has worst of the worst of extremists in it.

[unfilteredJW]

This thread took an... interesting turn.

Xekus and their crusade tends to spill out.

[Exeris]

Evil is a myth.

It's hard to change how we are taught to speak, I don't believe but keep referering to God quite often.

[Charge me Doctor]

Looks like OP is advocating censorship

[Enthusiastic Steward]

As opposed to being a cis white male scum.

I have no idea what this is.

[Drutt]

People frequently confuse rudeness with strength. It's a growing problem and has been for years.

[Dug]

People still follow the rule. Anonymity of the internet allows people to act like jerks but once they get into the real world they usually keep their mouths shut.

[May90]

What ever happened to "If you don't have anything nice to say, say nothing at all"

The internet.

Fastest thread murder ever?

[Zandalarian Paladin]

Self-interest, which leads to individualism instead of maintaining a sense of community, which leads to self-centered defensive reactions, which leads to people being dicks.