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minus-squareMettled@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·5 days agoNo, because when a statement is hurful insulting, or offensive, that does not make the statement wrong, false, or incorrect. Truth can be complimentary, and truth can be very hurtful.
minus-squareWrenFeathers@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoIt doesn’t make it true either. And that is the point they’re making.
minus-squarehumanspirallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-25 days agohmm… no. The point is that “your right to your opinion” if part of a larger mob is reason to exterminate truth through majority power.
No, because when a statement is hurful insulting, or offensive, that does not make the statement wrong, false, or incorrect. Truth can be complimentary, and truth can be very hurtful.
It doesn’t make it true either. And that is the point they’re making.
hmm… no. The point is that “your right to your opinion” if part of a larger mob is reason to exterminate truth through majority power.