06-08-2023, 08:58 PM
(06-08-2023, 08:33 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: I don't have numbers for you regarding gay pride parades being attacked etc.
I doubt anyone does, because I doubt they exist in any meaningful form.
Quote:Regarding speakers at college, I think the students should have the right to protest speakers that they think spout hurtful rhetoric. I'm not aware of any speakers being attacked but it wouldn't surprise me.
It's not that uncommon. Riley Gains recently.
Quote:For some on the left, they believe those people's words are literally violence (and in some cases, I agree).
Disappointed to hear you say that, as, outside of direct incitement, words are not violence. It's that type of thinking that justifies violence as a response to words.
Quote:And I think the thing you're picking up on with the media is that one side is fighting for equal rights and the other is fighting against them (or that is the perception at the very least) and people generally view the former more favorably than the latter.
Nope! Fighting for trans-women to compete against biological women in sports is not equal rights for the biological women. Fighting for trans-women to be in women's spaces such as prisons or shelters is not equal rights for biological women. Your right to throw a punch ends at my nose.
