It’s hardly unusual to believe that people should be shunned and shamed for saying things that are outside of the Overton window except when those things agree with your own beliefs. (Another way of putting it would be “people should be shunned and shamed for saying things that are outside of the Overton window, and also I think that the Overton window should include my own views”.)
(Obviously tolerance is not actually tolerance if you only tolerate people who agree with you and not people who disagree with you. I mean, come on.)
I think I see. I mean, I did post this hoping some people might agree with it or decide they agree with it. I mean, I guess my take is “some things outside the Overton window are bad and broader society is correct not to tolerate them.”
I mean, I did post this hoping some people might agree with it or decide they agree with it.
Well, yes. I expect most people who read your post understood that. This is the standard way of starting a… shall we say, a deliberate movement toward social-consensus judgment, yes? You voice your opinion, which you expect enough people will publicly agree with to make it common knowledge that this view constitutes the judgment of the collective.
I mean, I guess my take is “some things outside the Overton window are bad and broader society is correct not to tolerate them.”
No doubt most people here will readily agree with you on this. The trouble is that they won’t all agree on just which things those are.
It’s hardly unusual to believe that people should be shunned and shamed for saying things that are outside of the Overton window except when those things agree with your own beliefs. (Another way of putting it would be “people should be shunned and shamed for saying things that are outside of the Overton window, and also I think that the Overton window should include my own views”.)
(Obviously tolerance is not actually tolerance if you only tolerate people who agree with you and not people who disagree with you. I mean, come on.)
I think I see. I mean, I did post this hoping some people might agree with it or decide they agree with it. I mean, I guess my take is “some things outside the Overton window are bad and broader society is correct not to tolerate them.”
Well, yes. I expect most people who read your post understood that. This is the standard way of starting a… shall we say, a deliberate movement toward social-consensus judgment, yes? You voice your opinion, which you expect enough people will publicly agree with to make it common knowledge that this view constitutes the judgment of the collective.
No doubt most people here will readily agree with you on this. The trouble is that they won’t all agree on just which things those are.