No, free speech does not end when it touches something that offends you, and you have no equivalent right to silence those who are
insensitive to your feelings.
No, you have no right to feel safe. You have no constitutional
right. You have no moral right. You have no right at all. You have a
right not to be physically harmed, but your feelings, just like everyone
else’s, are fair game for bruising. No one says you have to suffer in
silence. Don’t like how your Columbia professor uses classic literature
that “triggers” your unsafe feelz? Go to Dartmouth. Don’t like how other
people on the internets call you stupid? Don’t be stupid. Or turn off
the computer. Or only click on links to cute kitteh pics.
Or just toughen up already, you special little snowflakes. But
neither you, nor Ali Jaffe, get to make up constitutional rights based
upon how deeply you feel. And the fact that Vice would publish such
tripe is a disgrace.
1 comment:
moral offense in the media isn't hurt feelings, its a tactic of offensive censorship. Their concept of free speech is trimmed to fit their agenda, but you know that.
Such offense deserves only derision and ridicule, unfortunately the inmates are in charge of the asylum. One can only laugh it hurts too much to care.
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