Yes, that’s all true.

But its no different from the other examples I gave. All three of those are empowering art that modern listeners take out of context and get offended by.

He’s right tho

Its important to remember that even when we have similar hardware we can be running vastly different software.

And we keep doing business with those countries.

Yes. Now get over it.

The quintessential example. Rocky Horror is another.

I’d also include the controversy around “Baby It’s Cold Outside”.

Oh yea some of it was definitely just overt racism.

I think a lot of the time it’s Gen Z not understanding context. There was overt racism, but a lot of media that is considered racist now was either depicting the experience of people at the time or making fun of racists.

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Its quicker than “I’m not interested in discussing a volatile subject with a rando who may get violent.”

Free condom and I ruined a petty asshole’s day? Score!

Kinky

Unsolicited therapy advice usually winds people up.

Because its an asshole thing to do.

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We decided temporary safety was better than essential liberty.

And I’m aware of what the quote was about, thank you.

SIR YOU HAVE PURLOINED MY BICYCLE

I cant even get FB to take down my mom’s account. If she starts messaging me im going to fucking lose it.

If I didn’t know which author you were talking about id be sold on that description.

You can knee-jerk but you can’t give informed criticism.

You can’t even separate “You shouldn’t obsess over avoiding ideas” from “You have an obligation to absorb everything.”

Yet by not playing it, you’re relying on somebody else’s description of what’s in it, which can be very misleading.

For example, the discourse around Horses.

Its fine not to like certain themes but obsessing over not seeing them to the point that you’re making lists is not really healthy.