You also have to consider that the "MY [marginalized ][/marginalized] FRIEND IS FINE WITH IT" argument implies "SO YOU SHOULD BE TOO", which is totally shit because guess what?  Your friend's comfort (which in some cases isn't even actual comfort, as I know there are plenty of times I let things that upset me slide to avoid having a fight with a friend, even if I shouldn't) doesn't trump someone else's discomfort.  For example, some women want to reclaim the word slut (see: slutwalk), whereas others would rather the word die entirely.  The fact that some women are fine with the word (when used in a positive way) does NOT make it okay to just start calling women sluts because "hey, a woman told me it was fine therefore I can say it to whoever I want".  That's why ultimately it's best to just avoid it, especially on a goddamn public forum where you have no way of knowing whether everyone is okay with it.  The problem is a dude like Farren just decides that everyone should be comfortable with whatever words he wants to say and if they aren't then it's just their fault for being overly sensitive or god forbid "politically correct" (don't even get me started on this bullshit phrase), instead of actually considering what effect his words have on people.


Basically it shows a complete lack of respect for other human beings because his right to "not be censored" (as if this was censorship in any way) is more important than, y'know, actually wanting people to feel comfortable enough to post here.

ya I was going to say the same thing dk, and ya you need to have some tact and not do anything iffy/stupid

Oh and for the record Dada actually claimed I was being misogynist/ignorant a few weeks ago so no one is sharing the same worldview and blindly following each other here. 

I didn't read what you're referring to itt or most of this thread but there's definitely a clash here, like western upper crust academic & working class american

imo anyone who has witnessed a public nietzsche discussion has the rights to that or any similar phrase

imo anyone who has witnessed a public nietzsche discussion has the rights to that or any similar phrase

depends on who's having it. i've had some decent public nietzche discussions but they were very specific and were with ppl who knew what they were talking about(academic oldppl) and not even that public in that they were at booth tables at a bar talking at a reasonable volume so idk maybe they were kinda private

two smug-looking young men with their arms crossed who are sitting across the aisle from each other on the train on the way back from their ivy league college. also in the namedropping sense like in good will hunting

I think even more dispiriting are the huge swathes of students who just don't give a fuck at all. I guess they're quiet.

I think even more dispiriting are the huge swathes of students who just don't give a fuck at all. I guess they're quiet.

they are what the big-N referred to as "the last man";;;;;;

I wonder what MISTER BIG T thinks of all this??