In 2017 I didn't see JK Rowling, Noam Chomsky, and the rest of The Letter's signatories defending this man for being persecuted for speech the far left found offensive. We told you defending his speech was defending your own. Now a scant three years later and the mob has arrived for you.

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[–]Nelumbo 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

He was widely condemned and when he was convicted a large cheer went up.

Then link to signatories of the letter condemning him. The left is not a hivemind.

This isn't censorship. It's just disrespect.

lmao ok and plenty of people would say teaching your dog to sieg heil is disrespecting holocaust victims.

They are not in favor of free speech. They are only in favor of their own speech.

like you getting butthurt over superhero jesus

Ask yourself if they would do the same thing about Mohammed. Remember when Comedy Central had that episode that featured Mohammed?

They censored it cause they were afraid of being bombed by islamic extremists, not left wingers. South Park isn't afraid to piss off leftists, see "strong woman". I support both superhero Jesus and superhero Mohammed.

Cite examples of the right censoring the left.

Superhero Jesus https://www.citizengo.org/en/md/167848-dc-comics-slated-release-blasphemous-series-about-jesus

Harry Potter book burnings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_debates_over_the_Harry_Potter_series#Christianity

Dixie Chicks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Chicks_controversy

Videogames https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(activist) Thompson is right wing and tried blaming Doom and other games for school shootings https://www.inverse.com/article/12633-attorney-jack-thompson-and-his-personal-vendetta-against-video-games

Thompson: "At the wrongful death trial, we brought a world renowned child psychologist who testified that, if not for the influence of this movie and the game Doom, Michael Carneal [the shooter] would never have been capable of any of this." "I told him my greatest fear is that other teenagers would have access to these kinds of pop-culture materials and that it might inspire further violence. Eight days later, Columbine happens. Those shooters both reference Doom and The Basketball Diaries in their suicide video. It’s a terrible thing to be the guy who predicted Columbine. "

John Romero, one of Doom's designers (I think the main one?), is obnoxiously left wing (he's into trans activism and tells Trump voters to unfriend him on twitter).

Then there's all this other shit on citizengo about wanting to ban a Gay Jesus film, Sesame Street, and so on...

https://www.citizengo.org/en-af/rf/175897-ask-netflix-cancel-film-depicting-jesus-homosexual

https://www.citizengo.org/en/fm/180572-boycott-sesame-street

[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Then link to signatories of the letter condemning him.

Nice! There was no letter and I never claimed there was. Just general laughter when he was arrested and "he deserved it" when he was convicted.

As for the rest of your Gish Gallop, none of those were successful censorship campaigns. How does Doom inspiring the Columbine shooting have anything to do with censorship and cancel culture?

The right to be offensive is fundamental to free speech. Everyone said, Count Dankula is the canary in the coal mine, if they come after him they'll come after you, too. Leftists just gave a big middle finger.

A Scottish judge is leaving the courtroom, wiping tears of laughter. Another judge says, why are you laughing so hard? The first judge says, I just heard the funniest joke ever. The other judge says, well what was it? The first judge says, I can't tell you, I just fined a man 800 pounds for that joke!

[–]Nelumbo 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

There was no letter and I never claimed there was.

Wtf? I'm talking about this letter https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53330105 you know, the one you're butthurt about in the title? Link to a statement by one of the people who signed it, such as Chomsky, condemning Dankula, since you're saying everyone was doing so.

none of those were successful censorship campaigns.

This is moving the goalposts. Also superhero Jesus was a successful censorship campaign.

How does Doom inspiring the Columbine shooting have anything to do with censorship and cancel culture?

I doubt Doom inspired Columbine, that's just what Jack Thompson thinks. To answer your question, Thompson has rejected arguments that video games like Doom are protected by freedom of expression, saying, "Murder simulators are not constitutionally protected speech. They're not even speech. They're dangerous physical appliances that teach a kid how to kill efficiently and to love it".

The right to be offensive is fundamental to free speech.

In an earlier post here you condoned the censorship of superhero Jesus because you found it disrespectful.

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Then link to signatories of the letter condemning him.

There was no letter condemning Dankula. You're making things up. There was, however, a big cheer when he was convicted. The general sense was that a good deed had been done. The warnings that he was a canary in a coal mine, and that their own speech was next, were given the middle finger.

Thompson has rejected arguments that video games like Doom are protected by freedom of expression

Thompson is a universally reviled figure. Pretending he somehow represents anyone in 2020 is ridiculous, but you knew that already. Right?

In an earlier post here you condoned the censorship of superhero Jesus because you found it disrespectful.

Wow, you new Saidit users have the worst reading comprehension ever. Are you deliberately misreading arguments so that you can appear to win, or are you really having that much difficulty understanding when other people speak? I'm honestly curious at this point. It keeps happening.

I said it was disrespect, which it was. I did not condone the censorship. I pointed out that nobody would dare to similarly disrespect Islam.

[–]Nelumbo 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There was no letter condemning Dankula.

I didn't say so, I said the people who signed this letter in 2020 did not condemn him when he was being persecuted, so they are not hypocrites.

Thompson is a universally reviled figure.

yeah cuz he's a shitty right winger who doesn't believe in free speech

are you really having that much difficulty understanding when other people speak?

I'm not the one who was called an inbred shill by someone else in this thread lol

I did not condone the censorship.

You said it wasn't censorship.