That sounds like Stephen Wright’s seashell collection, which he keeps scattered on beaches around the world.
Liberalism left you, in much the same way that I’m tempted to leave my four-year-old at home when she crosses her arms and stamps her feet and refuses to get in the fucking car so we can go somewhere.
I don’t leave her, but that’s because she is actually a child, not just acting like one.
Acknowledged. Thanks, and apologies.
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Apparently the SJWs ruined Mass Effect: Andromeda. No, don’t ask me how that even attempts to make sense.
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Now that’s some typical SJW bullshit. Based on the number of reviews quoted there, there is practically no mention of anything anti-SJW. One sentence here. Another sentence there. The rest is about how the game sucks, not some big meanie anti-SJW thing the so-called author of that article would have you believe. Special snowflake had to actually do some work trying to find *anything * anti-PC so he could put it in the title like it’s a yuuuge issue. In his mind.
Then you exaggerated it even more!
I don’t disagree, but at the same time, it depends what the punishment is.
Previously, saying Actual Racist Stuff would likely earn one a reputation as something of a dickhead and maybe a black eye or two.
Nowadays, saying Not Intended To Be Racist But Taken Than Way By The Offenderati Stuff means there’s a social media angry mob after the perpetrator within short order, with dire consequences including but not limited to losing their job.
I’m not for a moment defending Actual Racism of the Nazi/KKK/Apartheid variety, but there’s a world of difference between that and calling for the (apparently successful) boycott of a British Colonial Era-themed cafe because someone didn’t like the decor or the idea.
It doesn’t actually matter what the punishment is if you don’t want to steal the sheep in the first place.
Disingenuous? How rude.
I count one, two, three!!! Ah-hahaha! Definitions of the word. #2 isn’t exclusive.
There’s a huge difference between climbing over a fence, finding a sheep which clearly belongs to someone and nicking off with it - and finding a sheep wandering around on common land, figuring no-one owns it and deciding to keep it.
You’re right, my apologies, there’s no “anti-SJW” backlash against Mass Effect: Andromeda. I’m so sorry for being so wrong. :rolleyes:
This is, in effect, the real usage of the term. Find something that pushes “leftist” politics - you know, like, say, a video game with a black female lead, or a movie that cast people other than white men as the lead, because holy shit these people are fucking deranged and somehow the mere existence of protagonists who aren’t white men counts as “leftist politics” - and accuse them of being an “SJW” for not catering exclusively to your proclivities. That is what “SJW” means these days. That is how the term is used in almost every context. It is a term by douchebags for douchebags used to demean things that aren’t douchebags.
I promise you, whether I had to climb a fence or just grab the sheep frolicking about on the village green, I DON’T FUCKING WANT A SHEEP.
(This reminds me of those fundamentalist ministers who think that it’s only the fact that homosexuality is forbidden that keeps all men from running off to enjoy sex with other men.)
Personally, I think a lot of it comes from this refusal to believe that their interests aren’t exclusively white male interests. They figure, for racist and sexist reasons, that others not like them aren’t interested in what they like, so their inclusion is just shoehorning interference.
“Oh, girls like Candy Crush and Words With Friends, not Mass Effect. So their complaints about representation is meaningless intrusion into the stuff I love.”
“Oh, those… dark skinned people are too busy playing basketball or shooting each other in drug wars to play video games, so why bother with what they think?”
I’m not entirely sure how you got started on the sheep analogy, but just because you don’t want a sheep doesn’t mean other people don’t.
Which I think comes back to the anti-Left backlash. The view from the Left seems to be “I don’t want one and not only should you not want one, you’re a horrible person for not wanting one as much as I don’t want one. And if you do want one, you’re one of the worst Hitlers ever.”
Are you seriously stupid or just playing an idiot on the internet?
I’ll repost my initial statement, and you can figure out why what you’re saying is so fucking stupid.
The argument that makes me laugh is when someone says something offensive then says that they’d get attacked in any case so “might as well be hanged for sheep as for a lamb.”
Because the point of that idiom is that you shouldn’t let the punishment stop you from doing the thing you want to do because you’ll suffer the same whether you do it or not. If saying racist shit is the thing you want to do, it’s really hard to argue that you became racist because someone called you one.
So yes, I realize some people want a sheep/want to say racist shit. That’s THE ENTIRE FUCKING POINT OF MY POST. And yes, I will judge them as racists for SAYING RACIST SHIT.
And the point which remains unaddressed is “There’s a different between Actually Racist and People Looking For Things To Be Offended About.”
Saying a black person must be a criminal is Actually Racist. Asking an Asian person who was born in that (not Asian) country where they’re from is Not Racist At All.
The Left have an unfortunate habit of making people in the second example out to be as awful as the people in the first example.
Thus, I can see how someone would take the view that if they’re going to be lambasted for expressing the Wrong Opinion they might as well flick the safety off and express a weapons-grade Wrong Opinion instead of keeping it to themselves or moderating their speech.
In other words, they want to say fucking racist shit. The entire point was that they want to say fucking racist shit. It has nothing to do with a sheep gamboling on the green, and your absolutely ridiculous “But some people WANT to do it, so how can you ATTACK them for it?” when “it” = “saying fucking racist shit” idiocy is a goddamn embarrassment to all.
Jesus.
Not necessarily. Lots of people think racist shit but have the sense to keep it to themselves. Being constantly told they’re awful for having other opinions people don’t like triggers the “Well, everyone hates me anyway because [reasons], might as well say what I really think since they’re not going to hate me more!”
I think you’re mistaking my understanding of how something could happen for condoning it, which is far from the case.
It really is, though.
What I’m saying is that you are agreeing with me that the people who say it want to say it, just claiming it’s no big deal and people shouldn’t be judged for it. Remember what you said:
Read that a few million times. Recognize that you are talking about people saying racist shit.
Then read what else you said:
Yes, it’s true that I don’t want to say racist shit and not only should you not say racist shit, you’re a horrible person for wanting to say racist shit and saying racist shit.
You are saying that “the view from the Left” is that saying racist shit is bad. Which means the view from wherever the fuck you are is that saying racist shit is not bad. Because you aren’t describing yourself.
So don’t now give me a song and dance about how you’re not condoning saying racist shit when you are very clearly saying the left is wrong for condemning it, and you are painting this as something to be mocked.
No more than Asian people asking me where I’m from when I’m in their country - which is Not Racist At All since I’m clearly not Asian and therefore not from that country.
You’re misunderstanding my point. I’m saying the left deserve to be mocked for going out of their way to be offended by non-offensive or trivial things. Actual Racism is not non-offensive or trivial.
Me: People can’t say SJWs force them to say racist things. People who say racist things want to say them.
You: But they want to say them.
Me: Yes, that’s exactly what I said.
You: Well, the view from the Left seems to be “You shouldn’t say racist things and you’re a horrible person if you do.”
Me: How is this a problem?
You: Oh, I’m not condoning saying racist things, I’m just saying the view from the Left seems to be that you shouldn’t say racist things. And I’m going to say it in such a way to make it clear that that’s THEIR view, not MY view. But I’m totally against saying racist things, for sure. But the Left says you shouldn’t say them. Tsk.
You didn’t explicitly say “I condone saying racist things.” You just derided the left for not being okay with saying racist things. And you said that the backlash against the left was for them not being okay with saying racist things.