RE: #MeTooFar
December 3, 2018 at 11:54 am
(This post was last modified: December 3, 2018 at 11:59 am by Amarok.)
(December 3, 2018 at 11:50 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:1. Okay(December 3, 2018 at 11:44 am)Amarok Wrote: Weather 90% protests the song being pulled is a non factor and again i not sure anyone arguing your second point. I will ask you contrary would you fine anything being played no matter how offensive ? Or is offense simply matter if offends the majority?
The point was made earlier in the thread that the radio station was justified in pulling the song as a way of protecting market share, I was responding to that.
Boru
(December 3, 2018 at 11:46 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: And the problem with that is what exactly?
The problem is who decides.
Boru
2. Indeed that is a problem and one that's not going away
(December 3, 2018 at 11:52 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:Show me the harm of seeing this cartoon ? will someone become a racist by simply looking at it? Will they start lynching black people ? Whats the harm other then a minority at the time being offended and i'm sure at the time and for some time after it was made people thought this was totally innocent .(December 3, 2018 at 11:50 am)Amarok Wrote:
Can you show me any harm in this extremely racist depiction of back person . Would you be cool seeing it on a billboard
You can’t be serious.
Boru
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