1y ago

‘You can’t say anything these days’ insists man saying exactly what he thinks, every single day

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His desire is not to say what he wants. His desire is for no one to be allowed to disagree with him when he does.
- And / or face the consequences social or otherwise
  
  Just for him though. For others he loves consequences; exclude or browbeat them or or firebomb their office or slam them on the pavement and arrest them. Whatever.
- I was out with friends the other week and we went to the pub that we hang out in almost 20 years ago. Shockingly, some people were still there and never really left. We sat next to a table wth 3 dudes talking about how they just grew up different and they miss to be able to say what they want. They didn't use the word cancelled, but that's what they ment. At some point i turned around and asked them what they wanna say that they can't anymore. I didn't got a real answer because they were really drunk. I told them that i believe they just want to be openly racist, which they still can, they just don't like the repercussions.
  Lots of complaining, lots or arguing, but it always boils down to racism
- "I just want to be able to shit all over people with certain racial or sexual characteristics without anyone pointing out my bigotry, telling me to 'go fuck myself', or punching me in my stupid face. You're not allowed to say anything anymore!"
- I AGREE WITH YOU
My mother said basically that the other day and I just yelled out the window that the current president sucks and said "now we wait for the police! Anytime now!" (I don't live in the US BTW)
- Lol try that in Thailand and let me know how you go
  
  That's OK, you can't say that about the monarchy though...
  
  Vajiralongkorn can suck the blood from my hemorrhoids.
It's because conservative voices are being silenced [from Death to 2020]
- I can't tell if this is real or satire and I am super hoping it is the latter...
  
  It's satire :) That clip comes from the mockumentary Death to 2020, there's also Death to 2021.
These days, you can’t find a comedian that hasn’t used this joke before.
Fun to poke fun at the boomer stereotype, but is there really anyone here that doesn't self censor due to the state of public discourse?
- I filter myself based on the environment and people I'm around. This would always be the case. I don't go on unhinged socialist rants to my boss in 2024, and I wouldn't have done that in 1964 either. Hell, in 1964 I'd have an astronomically higher chance of being questioned and jailed for my "extreme" anticapitalist views in the U.S.
Logically, that just means he can't think anything, right?
dude im as left as they come, when it comes to free speech, i believe that it should exist, and that i should also be free to beat the ever living shit out of someone if they have a bad opinion.
But that's just me practicing free speech, who knows what my actual opinion on the topic is. Holding "extremist" views as a method of articulating my points is one of my favorites. You can literally just say shit, and nobody will care. It's incredible how little other people care of your existence.

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