@dcc@Maholmire "Inside-out Niggers" was the term they used. https://www.history.com/news/anti-german-sentiment-wwi I'm not at all Irish but my 3rd great grandfather, where my surname comes from, was a German furniture maker who immigrated here; we hand down things he made in the family.
@Zerglingman That makes sense, but it's similar logic to blocking. If someone blocks me, I am still able to reply to their posts, I just get to mock them unopposed; I am not worse off for that.
People use favorites as a barometer for how much the groupthink in the thread agrees with them, like Reddit's gay voting system. Problem is "winning" that contest is tangential to actually being right, but that's not their emotional reality. Husky_1690054640076_5XQ01RP3FY.jpg
@Zerglingman I hate that I enjoy the skinnerbox that is likes, etc. I do everything in my power to devalue it for others, as well as myself. If I hate a post I will always like it. If I like a post, I will also like it. Husky_1690053293468_HQMDO3UB68.gif
@Reluctant_Weeb@Killred40@idea_enjoyer I'm an oldtime 4chan user and had no idea what to expect. Honestly, everyone has been super chill and cool here. @Boomerman helped show me the ropes and I think I'll just have to stick around :)
@thatguyoverthere@NailBomb@Shadowman311 If you could get an intellectually honest trial then saying "I hate niggers!" or "I am sick of all of you niggers!" would not get counted as fighting words, but just yelling "Nigger!" Or "You're a nigger!" would. One is an offensive opinion, the other is an insult.
But Derek Chauvin's trial has shown that sometimes the mob craves blood, and the law goes out the window.
@thatguyoverthere@diceynes@Shadowman311 Yeah, in the US we can't really LOSE any of our freedoms, but every now and then congress or the president passes what I consider a "Bad check law" temporarily taking them away.
You know, like if you write a check but the account has no money in it, it can take some time be before it bounces.
The worst, though, is if too many liberal (or in theory conservative) supreme court judges decide congress is at a deadlock and there's some social issue that needs to be addressed they pass a jury nullification type ruling "for the greater good" until congress "catches up".
But Obama's admin had the chance and didn't even pass a law permitting abortion nationwide, so that check bounced, recently.
@diceynes@Shadowman311@thatguyoverthere I think I recall a time during the Bush ere where the UK's defamation/libel laws were so crazy that congress passed a law sort of defederating us from any lawsuits about it being filed in the UK against US citizens. Or maybe I'm misremembering it.
The UK had awful blasphemy laws since forever, and was totally fine with that terrible bullshit right up until Muslims started using it against them a few years ago, lol. I love Brits, though.
@thatguyoverthere@Shadowman311 Now, IDK if that really sticks if the party saying the fighting words wasn't the one to turn it physical. But I haven't really studied case law on it.
In Washington State and I think Texas, there is mutual combat laws, so there people can turn anything physical if they both want.
@diceynes@thatguyoverthere@Shadowman311 It's really fascinating how if you're not an American you often can't use online communities built around your language/culture if your opinions are considered "Hateful" and they have hate speech laws.
I'm not actually very racist, so it is interesting how more and more racist internet refugees (no offense) have slowly flooded and made traditionally American libertarian online communities their home.
Not really talking about Poa.st here perse, but in like a general, broad online sense.
@Shadowman311 >He only says the nonoword because he's safe online. I don't want to defend HIM, but legally, online, it's usually considered free speech. IRL, face to face insults like that is considered "fighting words" and you can legally be attacked for it in the US a lot of the time.
BTW I am actually a member of the new splinter group "fighting speech extremists", not a free speech extremists, but FSE is close enough and everyone there is cool.
@MK2boogaloo Look, wait. Don't listen to any of these other people. Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the light. These others are false prophets. They will cost you your eternal soul. You can have a real lasting relationship with your lord and savior.
All it takes is one simple prayer. Will you do it with me?
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