(November 4, 2016 at 10:32 am)Faith No More Wrote:(November 4, 2016 at 10:28 am)Shell B Wrote: The point is that it doesn't matter that it's a taste of his own medicine. It's the hypocrisy that bears mentioning. You get one or the other. A place is either a safe space and people like Drich go or it's a place where everyone can say what they mean, regardless of how distasteful, and people like Drich stay.
What hypocrisy?
Well, I'm fairly sure it doesn't apply to you, but the hypocrisy of wanting people banned for unpopular opinions/being mean whilst being mean to the people who have unpopular opinions/are mean. If you don't think people should be mean to you/others, you don't get a pass to be mean just because someone's mean. Say I'm in a bar that prides itself on everyone being allowed to swear, but one day, a guy says the mother of all swear words. He says cunt. Sally at the bar doesn't like the word cunt, so she thinks he should be thrown out. She says "Throw the asshole out." If Sally's idea flies, then people who don't like the word asshole can have her thrown out and so on down the line. I don't think it needs that much explaining.
