Is it normal to defend non-constructive criticism?

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I have a tendency to hate people who don't share my values, or who have values too different from mine. You'd think that'd be very common, but apparently everyone with a perfectly understandable and not very harmful level of intolerance has already been murdered by the Politically Correct Police.

I get it that it's not okay to want things made illegal because they go against your beliefs and it's not okay to go on killing sprees because people have different world visions (and I also get it that a lot of people don't get that), but it really bothers me that nowadays anyone who criticizes things just for the sake of criticizing them gets bullied by radical liberals or, as I call them, fascist hippies.

And then if you try to argue, they'll say that just the slighest bit of non-constructive criticism will lead to prejudice and deaths. And the person who expressed their thoughts on, say, an innocent blog post is to blame for inciting murder.

Just fucking get a grip and learn to see different degrees of things. For example, "I can't stand stoners, they're wasting their life" isn't the same as "death to everyone who ever touches marijuana".

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  • dom180
    8 years ago | pl

    You sound insincere and mean. Hating people who don't think like you is not "perfectly understandable". It is *not* normal.

    You just have to accept that some opinions are awful. Homophobia, racism, sexism... these things are awful. If you keep defending them then other people are going to make the logical judgement that you are awful too.

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    • YouKnowWho
      8 years ago | pl

      How the fuck do I sound insincere? Mean is fine, but insincere? I'm being hella sincere admitting I wish I could openly criticize people.

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      • green_boogers
        8 years ago | pl

        You are openly criticizing people, and we don't care. I can only say one thing. If you are a fucking troll, then this post is a fucking masterpiece. I can not tolerate your incoherence. My advice is to you is to go fuck yourself, and be happy about it. Bye.

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    • green_boogers
      8 years ago | pl

      I think suppressing freedom of speech is a terrible thing to do. How awful that a simple human right is denied.

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      • dom180
        8 years ago | pl

        I don't see your point. Criticizing and condemning bigotry is in no way suppressing freedom of speech.

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        • green_boogers
          8 years ago | pl

          The point was that criticizing and condemning bigotry is good. Silencing bigoted opinions may seem to be a good idea, but it will always be counter-productive.

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          • YouKnowWho
            8 years ago | pl

            I'm not really talking about freedom of speech, I'm talking about freedom of intolerance. Like, if I say I hate stoners, it's okay if a stoner or stoner sympathizer comes argue, but it's not okay if their argument is that I shouldn't hate people or shouldn't express my hatred (it's okay if their argument is that weed is fucking amazing and I should learn to like it).

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  • KeddersPrincess
    8 years ago | pl

    It's not okay to go on killing sprees?

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  • handsignals
    8 years ago | pl

    God damn Eskimos!

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  • ArmusWasTheFirstTroll
    8 years ago | pl

    With your somewhat incoherent style I think what you're trying to say is, "I don't like when others critisize me for criticizing them without adding any real substance to the argument. If I want to disagree just to disagree, that is my right and it should not be infringed upon by those I criticize . . . Grrrrrrrrr"

    is that right?

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    • YouKnowWho
      8 years ago | pl

      No, with my somewhat incoherent style, I'm trying to say that I don't like when I say something negative about a group of people and some third party politically correct idiot comes tell me to shut the fuck up and respect those who have values different from mine.

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      • ArmusWasTheFirstTroll
        8 years ago | pl

        Let me try again.

        As an example: If someone says, "I hate faggots." What you hate is if some "politically correct idiot" responds with, "hey, you insensitive jerk, they're called 'homosexuals.' People like you make the world a worse place."

        Is that right?

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        • YouKnowWho
          8 years ago | pl

          No, if the politically correct person is aggressive like that, it doesn't really bother me. They have to be condescending for it to be annoying. The annoying response to your example would be something like "Keep those thoughts to yourself, you should respect people of all sexual orientations. It's not okay to criticize someone just because they're different from you. If their homosexuality isn't harming anyone, then it's none of your business."

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          • green_boogers
            8 years ago | pl

            What if you said,"I expect you to tolerate my opinions even though you hate my guts, because I tolerate your opinions even though I hate your guts. This is the essence of freedom of speech. " ? Is this what you think?

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