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TheArwingPilot
WHITE TEXT HERE BLACK TEXT HERE WHERE A POINT IS MADE ORANGE TEXT HERE WHERE ANOTHER POINT IS MADE(thanks hip-looking buzzfeed style!)
leechdemon
Ironic that the quote about being offensive is so poorly decorated that it, itself, has become offensive to some. (Myself included!)
PolarHailStorm
Reminds me of Bill Bailey, when he got told to not mention Nazi gold during a gig for a swiss bank. Guess what he did? Yeah, pretty much.
omglolbah
The whole routine with opening a bank account is glorious
beergolem
You can actually be offended without wanting to deny the person´s right to offend you. Just saying.
morithum
He's right and I agree. But also lots of fuckholes use this argument to justify their hate speech. So, there's that.
Morrigi
They have the right to be hateful jackasses, and everyone else has the right to criticize their bullshit and avoid them.
talenphillips
The people warning him about university campuses are blowing it out of proportion. The problem is not on every campus.
Morrigi
But it's responsible for actual riots on a few of them.
Spurs21
If you say something just to offend people, you're and asshole
Cuntard
i disagree. i have no control over how you choose to react. if you choose to get offended, it's because you choose to get offended
Satyris
You're and asshole
jolietjane
Just to be clear: John Cleese is very much on the left and is very very classy, unlike many randos who are going to use this argument
meltingpine
All comedy is critical yes but good comedy "punches up" while bad/lazy comedy "punches down"
Morrigi
Good comedy doesn't give a shit and just punches everything.
pacmanrockshok
I think sometimes people confuse "not wanting your feelings hurt" with "not wanting racist/sexist/etc. comments directed at them"
VoltageXL1
Or maybe they do and you're the one that cant tell the difference? Clearly that is not what Cleese is talking about, youre making a strawman
pacmanrockshok
Mmm no i don't think so. The "snowflake" and "safe space" comments are directed at people who aren't just sensitive, they're tired of 1/2
pacmanrockshok
truly offensive comments while having the hear the far-right complain that everything's "too PC these days" 2/2
VoltageXL1
The world is too pc these days, and Im definitely not right wing. I just hate all the race/sex baiting used in order to justify shitty -
VoltageXL1
opinions. Sure the far right will say the same thing but they're not wrong, even if they are racist. fuck the regressive left
MayraV
It's funny how you so rarely see a woman or a POC defending that. Maybe it's easy to say you shouldn't get offended when it's not about you.
DukeDark
Ten bucks says MayraV is at least white, if not male, and guaranteed upper middle class
StRocketScience
While I wouldn't QUITE agree with your first statement, your second statement, I think a lot of people should learn from
VoltageXL1
Out of the people I know, the most vocal about hating pc culture are women, because they know they cant be labeled, and people will listen.
Potatopeelerkind
TIL I have a penis.
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DukeDark
And what consequences do you find fair? Getting someone fired? Taking their livelihood? Stalking and violent threats?
RaisinZetaJones
I have seen plenty of both woman and POC defend that. What's actually funny is how people like you discount any datapoint -- women and POC
RaisinZetaJones
who disagree with you -- and then claim based on your erasure of their existence that they therefore do not exist.
VoltageXL1
Dont forget that when a woman says these things theyre "doing it for attention" and when a black man says it "uncle tom". Theres no winning
RaisinZetaJones
"They" -- whoever they are -- are fast to claim women/POC will lie about anything, that rapes, abuse, violence will be lied about, when it
RaisinZetaJones
does not suit their narrative. It's quite incredible.
Thehumblebubble
God bless John cleese. May his work make us laugh for years to come!
rdlfo
Next time somebody feels unconfortable at a gay person im going to show them this
roflcopterLOL
It's aimed more at those who try to censor with the excuse of offense than at people who are set in their traditionalist ways.
rdlfo
"Don't you dare to challenge my beliefs with your gay agenda", sounds about the same
Morrigi
There are still people who believe in the "gay agenda"? How myopic, mainstream "lgbt culture" was co-opted by cultural Marxists years ago!
roflcopterLOL
Do you realise this piece would promote that uncomfortable someone to not hold back on being a dickbag to that gay person?
rdlfo
Yes, I thought that was the joke of the gallery; it's so general it applies to everything and nothing at the same time
Midgarmerc
None of Monty Python is controversial because they even told us Brian isn't the messiah he's a very naughty boy!
bigcheezefartz
Oooohhhh no he isn't!
MinorityOpinion
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jixathejinx
I'd like to register a complaint about this parrot, wot I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.
PiggyWobbles
This parrot is no more, he has ceased to be
MyotheraccountiswiththeKGB
He is pushing up the daisies
DireSnails
E's shuffled off this mortal coil, and gone to join the bleedin' choir invisible! THIS is an EX-PARROT!
DevonGronka
How dare you! I'm offended!
braaains
he's just pin'in for the feeyorrrds
wormfood
Buddy of mine is a comedian who makes jokes about his suicidal thoughts. Which apparently makes him a horrible person
StRocketScience
And keep in mind, just because someone disagrees with you they're not an idiot or a bad person
FloppyFingers
That's hate speech! and I am offended. /s
ducktape50
Azerai
I get it
StragoMagus
EvilRado
Sauce?
ProfoundTaco
The fugitive.
ShaunDreclin
There is also a line between not being pc and being an outright hatemonger. People seem to be forgetting that lately.
minuteye
Okay, but you know when else it's hard to relax and be spontaneous? When you're around someone who randomly says racist or sexist shit.
minuteye
PC isn't people trying to spoil your fun, it's people complaining that their own fun is being spoiled already.
RedDwarfIV
No, PC is an ideological framework being imposed on people. Its in the name.
buckeyes995
Political correctness can be imposed, but nothing in the same suggests that it has to be
Morrigi
Fact is that it is being imposed, much of it on the government's dollar.
buckeyes995
*name, not same
RedDwarfIV
Bit pedantic?
buckeyes995
I just don't understand your last comment, nothing in the name "political correctness" suggests it is imposed
CyborgScribe
No, his argument was fundamental. "Political correctness" has nothing to do with "imposing" anything.
zshark883
Always upvote John Cleese.
Gayforbae
You mean R?
daminimoose
I found his show Fawlty Towers on Netflix recently. Such a good watch!
asificareokido
The best!
ShinyMagikarp12
Im glad I'm not the only one whose discovered this gem of a show while scrolling through Netflix.
BlackTwitterRep
Doot
AstronautChicken
I think it can tip the scale either way. Having a sense of humor and knowing when something is a joke is a good thing. Using that idea
AstronautChicken
To say whatever the fuck you want is dick. And sometimes you deserve to be called one.
Clockwerkpegasus
Agreed. Jokes can be as offensive as you like, but they still have to be funny
OmenJones
To be fair, you're not living in 1984, you're living in Brave New World.
hertz60
Idiocracy is the prophecy being fulfilled! Remember that Donald Trump is a WWE Hall of Fame http://www.wwe.com/superstars/donald-trump
derptang
I'm surprised we don't have Feelies yet, they'd be wildly popular
joeyjojosharknado
Feelie spinners.
ShaolinWill
Yeah, netflix and porn binging are the Feelies and the meds people take to mute senses are the Soma.
Solvanderlyn
Could be worse... could have been War of the Worlds
inmat
to the right, to the left
inmat
we will fight to the death
SerpentWearer
SAO Abridged got me hooked on that song :)
trekkiedane
Made me think of Clockwise!
HydrochloricKitten
Come now! It's a hybrid of Huxley AND Orwell.
qulet
I have just started reading that book! ????
ImNotReallyIntoPokemon
I thought this was Animal Farm.
Timbob76
A Brave New World in 1984. Current temperature : 451° Farenheit
drthatoneguy
I'd say more Fahrenheit 451 than BNW
OmenJones
... huh. Yeah, you're right.
RobertEmmet
And you're totally on the nose, because Fahrenheit 451 is about the natural outcome of voluntary censorship as a result of PC/special intere
RobertEmmet
They do both contain a shit ton of drugs and big screens
MajorLeagueFister
Honestly, we're in some sort of strange hybrid that few people imagined
MajorLeagueFister
Everything is doublespeak and fake news and "speech is violence" but we're too content with iPhones and Marvel movies to care.
TheGreatBlueHeron
And Big Brother is def watching.
PotatOSLament
Except the government didn't do all of it, we did a lot of it to ourselves.
BadImgurer
Reminds me of Fahrenheit 451, where it's not that there's oppression or a dictatorship, but the population just doesn't care at all.
daguq
Brave New 84
TOASTEngineer
Mighty Number 9
PhillipJFrey
I want my damn Soma then
Piscivore
Ambien, Oxy, Paxil, Prozac, Zoloft...
PotatOSLament
A gram is better than a damn.
ilgar
Get some back ache and get prescribed some Oxycodone
Zak57TR
Remember kids, he's talking about COMEDY.
OfficialDanQuayle
There's a huge difference between what I'd say on stage as an entertainer and what I'd say to a person on the street.
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Azerai
Comedy is contextual
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Zak57TR
You're a special kind of stupid.
FajitaPrinceofAllMexicans
He literally just specified it's okay to be offensive and use humor, but it's not cool to go and be an offensive dick.
pdgun
Yes it is.What is offensive is 100% subjective. Or should we ban same-sex couples because bigots are disgusted by it?
InnerUniverse
You'll upvote John Cleese but downvote people with similar opinions. I don't get Imgur lol
Potatopeelerkind
It's not the opinions themselves we're upvoting/downvoting, it's whether or not people are being dicks about them.
CyborgScribe
His opinion is very popular on imgur. "My right to be racist/homophobic/a jerk" is common. I support free speech but you rarely...
CyborgScribe
...hear anyone with anything nice or meaningful to say talking it up. Comedians like him are as close as you get. Usually it's just dicks.
Dovieandisetouvyasagain
He's been in a movie=>actor=>liberal=>okay
Dovieandisetouvyasagain
instant labelling and tribalism
LoTRFanatic42
Context is important though. If someone uses a racist or homophobic slur, for example, you have every right to be offended. 1/2
Cuntard
you can choose to be offended by whatever you want.
WhyShouldILoveYou
Minorities sometimes use slurs themselves in an endearment sort of way (like the n-word is okay between blacks), so, is that wrong too?
Anotherunsuspectingvictim
you have the right to be offended by whatever you want.they have the right to say whatever bigoted drivel comes out of their brain. freedom.
Tinkrr
Sure, but you call them a racist, they're still a racist. You silence them, they're still a racist. You let the speak and maybe they 1/2
Tinkrr
will over time come to see the errors in logic that don't add up on their end. Asking them to speak will usually be more useful than silence
Vvd7734
I hope more people think like this. If you want to change people's ideas you have to listen to them first, not agree, but just listen.
Tinkrr
Sadly, I don't think this will be the case. We're entering a pwnage and outrage culture which is counter to this. Oh well already at 0 votes
LoTRFanatic42
Being "anti PC culture" does not give you an excuse to be a douche without repercussions.
freddeStar
I think the point is that you have a right to be offended, but not to expect that nobody should say anything that offends you
RedDwarfIV
"political correctness" and "tact" are two separate things. Tact is enforced socially, not politically.
TheApatheticOwl
What sort of punishment would you suggest for someone who has been found guilty of racist/homophobic speech?
LizardsInTheSky
I *hope* other people express disapproval, but absolutely no legal retribution.
DanielleKillrich
Well, if they're being racist in my venue, I'm going to remove them from my venue. That's a pretty fair punishment for being an asshole.
Binerexis
What if I'm jokingly calling my friend a faggot?
CyborgScribe
If your friend is ok with it then I guess? When I was younger I kept company with people who might say that. Now I do better.
DanielleKillrich
Like
LizardsInTheSky
If you're in public, I'd advise you don't do it too loud. In private, it is up to your friend whether or not they take offense.
allthenamesaregone
"Don't mention the war!"
unpunnyfuns
SteveyDanger
We have meat here in zee building!!!
melshot
Are we meeting here to eat meat? ;)
TheCloney
2 World Wars, 1 World Cup
Brunitski
Do dah, do dah...
mlagann
"Que?"
aarhusianer
^don't mind him, he's from Barcelona
LordOfThePenguin
"I'm sorry, when you said 'prawn' I thought you said 'war!'l
TheRealSpaghettiMonster
We welcome your war, your wall, you all...
Hersenbaard
Do you fuck with the war?
AntOBrien
thank you for this
orangatuan
HUH! WAR! What is it good for?
SingingandDancingInTheRain
Absolutely nothin'...
soaksloginwood
Say it again.
SingingandDancingInTheRain
WAR! HUH! Good god! . . . What is it good for?
soaksloginwood
Good God, you all.
SealTeamRicksintheHouse
EVERYONE WAS ON VACATION!!!
ProbablyNotAnActualElephant
There is no war in Ba Sing Se.
soaksloginwood
Unless you brought it with you
cowboyshooter
That trigger never changes.
TomZarekVP
The one in Syria?
theinconspicuouspilgrim
Wait which one... I thought we were at war with Eurasia, not Eastasia!
98tarmac
Whoosh
2000CalToblerone
We have always been at war with Eastasia.
deskrubbit
Chocolate rations have increased!
theinconspicuouspilgrim
nomentalgiant
But we didn't start it. Yes you did! You invaded Poland!
JamesDaviau
"poland started it by refusing to carve out large portion of their costal lands and give it up for germany" - germans
UnityIron
Quipman
"Poland wants war with Germany and Germany will not be able to avoid it even if she wants to." - Polish Marshal Rydz-Smigly August 6th, 1939
Quipman
It was a war that in many ways started due to ww1 deals. sadly enough.. so many dead..
Quipman
Reported by the daily mail back then. Quite interesting that somehow ppl also forget the presecution of germans in poland/germany after ww1.
Quipman
For those who don´t know this is 2nd hand of state in poland and issued a month before invasion of poland began.
Jowrdan
CanonInTheStreetsFanonInTheSheets
Is that a Alto Wine?
SaintPwnofArc
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiasco_(bottle) Pretty much, same bottle design.
CloudyIncantations
"That's a bingo!"
lordofhouselurker
B-I-N-G-O , B-I-N-G-O , B-I-N-G-O...
ZombieNikon
"You'll be shot for this!"
xRotziex
from Germany, Friend from England showed this Show and this exact Episode to me recently, I love it so much!
theoshadowfang
Which show is it?
happyBears
Fawlty Towers. Watch it. It's one of the greatest british comedy shows ever made.
xRotziex
One of the most british british comedy shows ever made
CADmunkey
The sign changed in every episode though. My favorite- "Farty Towels"
happyBears
My favourite: Watery Fowls
CherryEmpress
I think comedians need to stop being so sensitive about people thinking they're offensive.
Monkofthepast
sounds good till they try to get you shut down or shut up. Just because they are wrong doesn't offer enough protection from them.
ForgotMyOtherAcct
I've seen way more people bitching about the triggered phenomenon than actually being as sensitive as portrayed here
Falos
>/too sensitive about thoughts/ Fair enough. Are they also too sensitive when its demands, shutdowns, smear campaigns, bald-faced slander?
SmokinonCookieinthehotbock
Well they have to say something . Didn't people try to label Daniel tosh as pro-rape because he made an overly sarcastic remark?
VoltageXL1
Yeah but CherryEmpress doesnt see the point, mainly because they're part of the pc problem most likely.
DanielleKillrich
Oh, yeah, how unfair. “Wouldn’t it be funny if that girl got raped by, like, five guys right now? Like right now?”
LarvaLamp
You know you can say things without seriously meaning them, right? Like jokes? Also, she was a heckler - it was supposed to hurt her.
DanielleKillrich
That was his "overly sarcastic remark", about a person who had heckled him.
SmokinonCookieinthehotbock
Tosh's humor is crude. If you went to his show it's pretty obvious he would never condone rape. I get humor is subjective and that lady 1/2
SmokinonCookieinthehotbock
didn't find his remark funny. But idk how you conclude he's pro-rape.
DanielleKillrich
It's fair to be labeled as a racist if you say racist things, it's fair to be labeled as pro rape if you say pro rape things
laideron
Well, to be fair, he and the audience member had different recollections of what he'd said. His wasn't as aggressive.
DanielleKillrich
So he politely said “Wouldn’t it be funny if that girl got raped by, like, five guys right now? Like right now?”, then
laideron
No, it was something like "that girl was probably raped by five guys or something", which is far less threatening (though shitty and dumb).
Heavymettle
The "offended" are making big noise. "man spreading" and "man splaining" are real world examples of repercussions to their inanity.Comedians
Heavymettle
Just happen to get a huge backlash from it because of the nature of their job. Anthony Jeselnik lost his show and contract over it.
VoltageXL1
I think commenters need to stop being sensitive about comedians being sensitive about people thinking they're offensive.
zma123456
One should also keep in mind, don't be a dick.
HeywouldJablowme
That's fine, cuz dick's fuck assholes
teklanis
Sometimes someone needs to be a dick. Be that guy. Say what needs to be said. Voice a differing (or dissenting) opinion.
LemonsAndGarlic
There's a difference between being pointlessly malicious and stating facts or opinions that people might not agree with.
teklanis
There's a difference between feeling offended and being the target of malicious behavior, too.
TrumpRapesKids
Voice a different opinion, but don't be a dick in doing so. No one's going to take you seriously if you're actively trying to be offensive.
teklanis
My point is just saying something different is sometimes (often) perceived as being a dick, due to the homogeneous nature of most groups
teklanis
My point is just saying something different is sometimes (often) perceived as being a dick, due to the homogeneous nature of most groups
Neverwhen
See also: "Punching Down"
Randomgamerdude
Exactly. When you keep running into people who are "too sensitive" the odds are they aren't "sensitive" at all; you're just being a dick.
joeyjojosharknado
And if you keep running into people who you label "dicks" it may be that you're just too sensitive.
Fishworshipper
To be fair, there are a lot of dicks in the world and some folks are gonna have the misfortune of living in a high dick density area.
pdgun
but everyone has the freedom to be a dick. Im sure some people get pissed at me kissing my bf. But not gonna stop because they get offended
Randomgamerdude
And they have the freedom to call you out on it. Point is, they don't have to deal with your shit just because of your "freedom".
KZDM
It's time and place. People have the right to live free of harassment, but frank conversations should be frank as well
landcfan
Amen!
RedDwarfIV
Its worth noting that harassment is ongoing bad behaviour by one person to another. Lots of people sending a single disagreement is not.
Fishworshipper
To be fair, lots of people continually giving one person shit is also harassment.
RedDwarfIV
Well yeah, its multiple instances of harassment.
tuxedobob
No, you can totally be a dick. That's the point of comedy, he says.
gamesthatiplay
Being a dick on the Internet has given me upvotes in the past.
Fudui2
Because why? You sound like the bigus dickus?
badthaught
You can be a dick, just don't go shoving it down people's throats.
FrozenCoast
*without consent
CyborgMatador
Niiiiice
Anotherunsuspectingvictim
be a dick. fling your words however you want. just understand that same freedom applies to the many people who will not like you. that is
Anotherunsuspectingvictim
the freedom i stand for.
Falos
"But I'll defend your right to say it" isn't conditional. What you DON'T is impose. That goes for occupying platforms/channels you don't own
TrumpRapesKids
Should we allow ISIS preachers to have platforms? Should someone be allowed to talk about how we should round up and deport Jews? No limit?
Falos
We don't decide who allows them. We respond to who does. Advertisers in particular crucify them. But twitter youtube et are privately owned.
ItsRealTalk
Yeah, a lot of people use this argument as license to be a dick. Reminder that emotional responses are more or less involuntary and that 1/2
ItsRealTalk
if you abuse someone and they get pissed and tell you to not do that they're not "losing control of their emotions" and you're an asshole.
NonContributingZero
Emotional responses are more or less involuntary but any self-aware individual will tell you that what you do w them is completely voluntary
dojan5
Of course, but that doesn't mean that it's not alright to ask someone to not be a complete arse.
ItsRealTalk
True. I'm just saying that someone's initial reaction to abuse isn't their fault and no one should feel guilty just for feeling something.
Oteneo
sometimes it's just a fine line. i've stepped over it even with close friends.
thefatb0b
As a dick, I'm offended
bascus
You seem more like a Bicarbonate Ostylezene Benzoate to me
Cavalrysword
The censorship of the left is no better than the censorship of the right.
VoltageXL1
You are right. And this should apply to both equally. Christians offended by gays are no better than getting offended about planet of the -
VoltageXL1
apes somehow being racist.
Cavalrysword
Wait, what?
VoltageXL1
This guy on twitter who is a voice for blm criticized the movie saying it was racist, and 1 ape wearing a blue vest was clearly meant to be-
VoltageXL1
Him. Because he also wears blue vests I guess? Idk look it up if you're interested. Pretty dumb
Promethianfire
Right or Left, this is sound advice.
oxpajama
Yeah, but right now, it's mostly the left.
Leushenko
It's pretty much only ever been the right.
TrumpRapesKids
Also, look at the journalists who regularly get death threats from Trump supporters upset that they critique Trump?
superblue64
Or the guy that was threatened to be doxed by CNN for making a fucking meme.
TheJudgeHasItBackwards
I think it's just newer on the left, and the things they cry about are newer and therefore stranger. Microaggression v. "War on Christmas"
DevinNatTyv
There's also various belief in a war-on-religion. Article with related facts; http://goo.gl/JqDDB5
superblue64
Except the left has institutional power.
TheJudgeHasItBackwards
A majority of the big blowouts you see are the students trying to get administrators, the power, fired for not conceeding to thier bullshit.
TrumpRapesKids
LOL. As if. Remember when conservatives threw a shitstorm because a d-level athlete didn't stand for the anthem?
NotMyUsualOnlineName
Don't forget conservatives throwing a shitstorm because a black man got elected President. Twice.
RepostSadistic
This post is about speech. Conservatives opposed Obama's policies, not his speech. Don't be daft.
NotMyUsualOnlineName
They opposed literally everything about him, including his speech some of the time.
VoltageXL1
It is, but in the past the right got offended so much. Christians getting offended when god is on tv, or in a movie etc.
ThermoNuke
We don't get offended about that... :/ that would be the Muslims who get super pissed when their prophet is portrayed.
VoltageXL1
Well youre simply wrong. In the past the right wing were the ones constantly getting triggered. That's just fact
VoltageXL1
Also bringing muslims into it have nothing to do with what I'm talking about. I'm talking about americans
strugglingLAKERfan
I feel pretty offended you didn't mention up or down!
downsouthfarm
The world is not divided into right and left.
CyanideSprite
The developed world leans mostly left. The US has an unusually large pocket of right.
Morrigi
The world is not divided into right and left.
SederHishtalshelus
I'm offended.
wearenotthesun
there is no right or left.
CyborgScribe
Are you also a flat earther?
wearenotthesun
i tried to say: forget sides. what john cleese says is good for everyone to think. why does it have to be in right or left?
superblue64
Well then what is it?
wearenotthesun
i tried to say: forget sides. what john cleese says is good for everyone to think. why does it have to be in right or left?
chase7436
But also notice, it's not advising to just go around being an asshole.
chewtoythebrave
True story. Its called having respect. Alas, some people can't see past their own noses and take things like this post literally.
ilgar
In other words, you have the right to free speech, so does the everyone have right to call you an asshole for it
mikeatike
There is a gap between saying "you are an asshole, I wont give you money" and "this person should be silenced by the government or violence"
AvJeo
There is a difference in criticism and pure insult. "This steak is so rare that it goes moo" and "Learn to cook f-ing retard"
SomethingsNotQuiteRight
There's a difference between being called an asshole and being told you are not allowed to say something.
woodsandhillsplc
Asshole = Offended you or not PC correct enough? I don't know I agree you guys are on message with him.
ilgar
What I mean is free speech is a sword that cuts both ways. If someone offends you you don't have the right to curtail his right is saying(1)
ilgar
But have the right to offend him back.(2)
drbloodbathmc
This. I'll admit I make asshole jokes, but I do it with my friends, not with strangers.
jeandolly
Everybody is my friend.
Traja01
It's wholly unobjectionable. What's objectionable is when people use this argument to deflect criticism, which is so ironic it hurts.
Azerai
Gotta look both ways before crossing the street
pyrrhlis
Right and left, this is sound advice
mikeatike
This, too, is sound advice. Also when at a railroad crossing.
potatothegreat
No im entitled and have the right of way - lady in black that was jay walking that i almost ran over last week at night
koalatyassurance
This happened to me the other night. I was shaking the rest of the way home at the thought of almost killing someone
potatothegreat
Not your fault someone was being stupid. Just leave a darwin award at their funeral and move on.
Chriso325
Victim blaming!!
TheBlueJelly
Heh. Poe's law.
potatothegreat
I literally could not see her until she was like 50 feet in front of me. At least jay walk in front of a street light so i could see you.
Mouseatthebottomofthecup
Or, you know, WEAR BRIGHT CLOTHES
Promethianfire
If you suggest I should lock my door when I leave home, you may as well be Hitler.
Magicmat
Lets be honest, this is referring to the left (though I am right wing, I loathe the backwards, bigoted, scientifically illiterate right)
CyanideSprite
Economist here. There really isn't much to defend about the right though. Supply side economics has been entirely debunked with the advent
CyanideSprite
Of big data. There might be some social reasons to support the right but I'm not seeing them.
Derplord
The funny thing is you might be called a Racist Nazi Homophobe for what was, a decade ago, a very left opinion.
CyanideSprite
You think the 90s were "a decade ago"? Which very left opinions are you thinking?
RyanAndTheQuestForWorldDomination
Highly debatable.
Derplord
Okay, firstly anything is highly debatable. But out of interest sake what are you suggesting are debatable?
RyanAndTheQuestForWorldDomination
Most people would not have called leftists nazis in the 2000s, especially considering that the cold war had just ended in like the 80s-90s.
Derplord
I'm not saying that though. I'm saying holding views which were liberal in the '90s are now considered Alt-right views. Because of 1/2
mikeatike
"Okay, firstly anything is highly debatable." No it's not.
Derplord
Oh really? Ever seen flat earthers go on about the world not being round? That's a debate my friend. Whether their POV sucks is irrelevant.
Irishda
Good advice, but not nearly as prevalent as he believes. We had Stephen Lynch perform at my school for God's sakes
TheBlueJelly
Meanwhile, Milo's Dangerous Faggot tour happened and had problems with people trying to shut it down.
Irishda
I can't IMAGINE why the guy who says gay people shouldn't have rights got shut down
Theodrian
Don't think you know who Milo is.
superblue64
Never said that you liar.
SomeCrazyNerd
Some of his opinions are noxious and I am suspicious of whether he means them or just wants to provoke. But either way he has rights.
Irishda
As do people who can choose to deny him a speaking venue
TrumpRapesKids
Because he's a pedo and his tour has a literal slur in it? Didn't he also call for the death of Middle Easterners after the orlando shooting
superblue64
No. If he's a pedo, then George Takei is a super pedo.
TheBlueJelly
Man complains about gay guy using gay slur against himself; Man is a member of community that uses same slur as a term of endearment.
LawnPygmy
Because he's a shock jock who took his act on the road and openly espouses obviously evil viewpoints because it pisses people off.
TheBlueJelly
The point is he was met with "Shut It Down" instead of people just letting it be or peacefully protesting outside.
TrumpRapesKids
So? Not everyone deserves a venue. Should ISIS and KKK preachers be allowed to give lectures too?
LawnPygmy
There were peaceful protests for 'shut it down'. Then some dickholes ruined it. Then the college security staff canceled for safety reasons.
TheBlueJelly
On the professional provacateur, spot on. On the "obviously evil", you clearly never actually listened to what he had to say.
TrumpRapesKids
Also, there's that tiny issue with him literally defending pedophilia and talking about wanting to fuck a kid. He's scum.
TrumpRapesKids
Oh, and he works for Breitbart. No one with any form of journalistic credibility works there.
TrumpRapesKids
He defends the Catholic church for its pedophilia and tried to start a witchunt against a brown journalist because he misunderstood her
LawnPygmy
Yes I have. And I sorely wish I hadn't.