Ilk
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- Joined
- Jan 4, 2014
- Posts
- 160
Don't worry about me, just trying to explain what might seem random. It's not random or biased, it's just the way that it works here.
I'm here because I actually believe in the whole free speech ideal, and it comes with sacrifices to be made. You can say what you want, other people can say what they want. Words are not actions.
It also means that either you get over the need to punch or punish someone for thinking they way they do or you don't. You settle for doing it in words or doing without.
What you might see as callousness is really more of a herd helplessness. In reality you might be able to DO something about someone bleeding out in front of you. Here, unless you've made the anonymity leap (and I have luckily enough in this case to know what the hell is going on) you can't do a damned thing. The person behind the voice is unreachable.
There's a lot of mystery and a lot of pain and a lot of the herd shrugging and making a piñata about it because...bystander, helpless, might as well make the most of it.
So do you believe in free speech or don't you? Do you understand the site rules or don't you? Either one can trip you up.
Feeling sorry for Ish, though, that's not going to get you much sympathy, certainly none from me.
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