Comment by JKCalhoun
21 hours ago
> we live in a society where we can't really voice, our opinions or grievances towards specific groups or cultures or issues as it is deemed politically incorrect
I'm not sure what that means when I see people say that.
Is it "People don't like it when I'm a dick so I have to hide when I do it?"
Because if it's not that, just say what you think. I'd like to think I do, in public with co-workers, etc. They judge me then by that and I kind of deserve their judgement (which ever way it goes).
There's constant examples of the trend that GP pointed out happening all the time. I'm pretty surprised that someone with so much internet activity hasn't noticed.
For instance, just a few days ago, a very popular TikTokker doxxed a father and asked his followers to report that father to CPS to try to get his kids taken away for expressing an opinion that they didn't like. That opinion? That children can't consent. The TikTokker isn't in jail, and he didn't lose his platform or otherwise suffer any consequences, because even though he did an extremely evil thing, his opinion was aligned with the "politically correct", and the father's opinion was "politically incorrect".
There are many, many instances of this happening - I've both seen them online, and witnessed it personally.
If you haven't seen it yourself, you're probably in a social bubble.
Children can't consent to what, exactly?
I must be in a social bubble then. (Def don't Tik Tok.)
I dox myself by using my real name, talk about where I live, my age, etc. — all the time. I like to think that also keeps me honest — keeps me from not posting something I wouldn't say to someone's face.
I guess the difference is under law what you are and aren't allowed to do online.
Here in Australia since 2024 it is illegal to dox someone online and it is considered a criminal offence. So that father would have the ability to press charges against that Tiktoker. Might be challenging if one of them is outside of said country law.
"Children can't consent" isn't a politically incorrect opinion. It's very much politically correct. This feels like a lede was buried, and quiet deep!
It's probably what they are consenting to that triggered the doxxing
Or, it's criminal everywhere in the West except the USA. And not just dick opinions, pointing out the German politicians are not too bright has been criminalized now.
This extraordinary claim requires a source.
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-greens-habeck-presses-charges-...
Google it.
I confess I assumed the person I was replying to was in the U.S. (I also am in the U.S.).
The US, while the best option for freedom, is no peach. Just look what happens if you, very politely, criticize certain allies.
>German politicians are not too bright has been criminalized now.
Haven't insults like that been illegal in Germany since the 1800s? This hardly seems new. It's just how the Germans like to run their laws.
Most European countries criminalize insults, and there might be some merit to this among private individuals.
But the EU, and Germany in particular, has upped the ante criminalizing obvious satire against politicians in a manner obviously meant to shield a very unpopular political class.
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Source, please. Where there any changes to Article 5 (Grundgesetz)?
Most EU (all?) constitutions are a joke written with plenty of cop outs.
But, go ahead, call one of your ministers an idiot or a pimmel under your real name.
And don't give me the BS "the charges were dropped": being criminally charged is scary, stressful and expensive.