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The hatred of freedom
7 years ago
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There's been something on my mind: Freedom is looked down upon in recent times. I don't mean that in the end of "not being imprisoned or enslaved", I'm talking about "the right to act, speak, or think as one wants".
Before I start properly, I wish to note that I am not writing this with the idea of criticizing a particular political view. What I say can apply to any ideology and comes with extremism. Even if what I complain about might, in the current age, apply more towards one side, I merely wish to criticize the methods used, not the system of beliefs itself.
Of course the “right to act” does not include criminal activities, full freedom can never be achieved in that regard, however the right to speak or think should be a given. Yes, possibly if you do say something that someone finds offensive, but it used to be a very rare thing to happen, because you could just move on with your life and ignore stuff.
But as a new generation grows up, they see things differently. If someone says something they don’t like, then that is grounds for removing that person from whatever position they held.
Many major websites are now all about deleting content, removing, silencing people who are deemed as offensive. Now of course I know plenty of people will say that they have to! People say such offensive and hateful things! However I noticed a lot of issues with this approach.
People do not want to give the person a chance to apologize or explain themselves. If you get accused of something, then you need to be punished. Taking the possibility of innocence into consideration would be unjust! Someone said something, so it must be true!
I often see situations where someone is accused of something, and the crowds don’t questions if it is true, nr what the exact offensive thing was. The accusation is enough, OUT WITH THEM! We do not need proof! Bah, we don’t even want proof of anything! It was said, so it is the truth!
It’s never a matter of someone just moving on their lives, not following someone anymore, no, if someone anywhere says something someone else doesn’t like, then it is to be removed. Even if there is a crowd of people who don’t think there’s anything wrong, the loud minority has to be right.
And naturally we have some hypocrisy, where certain people can get away with really offensive stuff, because IT WAS JUST A JOKE, LOL, I wasn’t literally talking about raping baby corpses, but I mean, that guy who called me a dum-dum, now that’s offensive and genuine hate!
And yes, of course, I don’t blame people for giving me some glares now, cause it sounds like I’m trying to criticize a good cause, and I’m just out there to defend nasty people. But let me put this into perspective.
Here we talk about social media websites, services, major corporations, perhaps TV stations and the like. Tell me: Are these trustworthy people?
Do people think of Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, in a positive light? I keep hearing people call him “the real life Lex Luthor”. People keep talking about how evil Google or YouTube are, just being all about the money, screwing over regular people, favoring big corporations! Or what about TV stations? Last I checked, TV is met with the lowest trust it ever had! People call them liars and greedy cheaters, but when they say that someone is a bad person, many instinctively say “Yes, that must be true. This person must be evil, and he/she has to be removed for our safety. There is no way that can be an exaggeration. These people and organisations who lie and deceive people are surely speaking the truth, and are not manipulating the facts around for their own benefit. I trust the moral viewpoints of these immoral people”
I talk a lot about this, because I see major problems with this approach. I’m certain that some people see the hypocrisy, they see the problem, however they excuse it, permit it to happen, “for the greater good”. Once again, I do not want to disregard what you are fighting for, but I wish to warn you what a slippery slope this particular stance is.
What if what you fought for becomes a reality, but you have some issues. I’m not saying you’ll realize that you are in a dystopian world. I just mean that things won’t turn out as great as you hoped. Maybe you see how other people have it better, while you feel that things haven’t improved at all for you, and you want to speak out that something isn’t exactly right. Well…. You’ll be silenced, because your viewpoint clashes with this perfect ideology. People will proclaim that you’re a hateful bigot, and everyone will believe it, and dismiss you.
Sure, I’ve heard tons of people proclaiming that “all voices shall be heard, everyone will have a right to speak”, but how true can that promise be, when you already silence people for thinking differently? Is your defense that you’d listen to the complains of the good people on the “right side”? Well, sorry to say, but I certainly know a ton of people who were on the “right side”, and suffered consequences for not “obeying things 100%”. This is exactly what leads to oppressive and tyrannical governments.
I hear a lot of people proclaims that they “won’t repeat the mistakes of the past”, when they already are…. And it shocks me how people ignore it, or permit it “for the greater good”. They wish to let go of freedom, for the sake of being protected from some boogeyman, a boogeyman that I never saw, whom never did anything to me…. But the other side? The supposed good guys? They certainly rubbed me the wrong way several times….. The constant excuses that they do bad things with “good intentions”, and that the supposed bad guys are doing good things, just to deceive me… I’m not buying it any longer!
You may think that by giving away your freedom, you are offering up your blood for a more noble cause, to bring greatness to the world, but I assure you, history has time and time again taught us, that exchanging freedom for the supposed security, only leads to misery, and people should not forget that.
Before I start properly, I wish to note that I am not writing this with the idea of criticizing a particular political view. What I say can apply to any ideology and comes with extremism. Even if what I complain about might, in the current age, apply more towards one side, I merely wish to criticize the methods used, not the system of beliefs itself.
Of course the “right to act” does not include criminal activities, full freedom can never be achieved in that regard, however the right to speak or think should be a given. Yes, possibly if you do say something that someone finds offensive, but it used to be a very rare thing to happen, because you could just move on with your life and ignore stuff.
But as a new generation grows up, they see things differently. If someone says something they don’t like, then that is grounds for removing that person from whatever position they held.
Many major websites are now all about deleting content, removing, silencing people who are deemed as offensive. Now of course I know plenty of people will say that they have to! People say such offensive and hateful things! However I noticed a lot of issues with this approach.
People do not want to give the person a chance to apologize or explain themselves. If you get accused of something, then you need to be punished. Taking the possibility of innocence into consideration would be unjust! Someone said something, so it must be true!
I often see situations where someone is accused of something, and the crowds don’t questions if it is true, nr what the exact offensive thing was. The accusation is enough, OUT WITH THEM! We do not need proof! Bah, we don’t even want proof of anything! It was said, so it is the truth!
It’s never a matter of someone just moving on their lives, not following someone anymore, no, if someone anywhere says something someone else doesn’t like, then it is to be removed. Even if there is a crowd of people who don’t think there’s anything wrong, the loud minority has to be right.
And naturally we have some hypocrisy, where certain people can get away with really offensive stuff, because IT WAS JUST A JOKE, LOL, I wasn’t literally talking about raping baby corpses, but I mean, that guy who called me a dum-dum, now that’s offensive and genuine hate!
And yes, of course, I don’t blame people for giving me some glares now, cause it sounds like I’m trying to criticize a good cause, and I’m just out there to defend nasty people. But let me put this into perspective.
Here we talk about social media websites, services, major corporations, perhaps TV stations and the like. Tell me: Are these trustworthy people?
Do people think of Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, in a positive light? I keep hearing people call him “the real life Lex Luthor”. People keep talking about how evil Google or YouTube are, just being all about the money, screwing over regular people, favoring big corporations! Or what about TV stations? Last I checked, TV is met with the lowest trust it ever had! People call them liars and greedy cheaters, but when they say that someone is a bad person, many instinctively say “Yes, that must be true. This person must be evil, and he/she has to be removed for our safety. There is no way that can be an exaggeration. These people and organisations who lie and deceive people are surely speaking the truth, and are not manipulating the facts around for their own benefit. I trust the moral viewpoints of these immoral people”
I talk a lot about this, because I see major problems with this approach. I’m certain that some people see the hypocrisy, they see the problem, however they excuse it, permit it to happen, “for the greater good”. Once again, I do not want to disregard what you are fighting for, but I wish to warn you what a slippery slope this particular stance is.
What if what you fought for becomes a reality, but you have some issues. I’m not saying you’ll realize that you are in a dystopian world. I just mean that things won’t turn out as great as you hoped. Maybe you see how other people have it better, while you feel that things haven’t improved at all for you, and you want to speak out that something isn’t exactly right. Well…. You’ll be silenced, because your viewpoint clashes with this perfect ideology. People will proclaim that you’re a hateful bigot, and everyone will believe it, and dismiss you.
Sure, I’ve heard tons of people proclaiming that “all voices shall be heard, everyone will have a right to speak”, but how true can that promise be, when you already silence people for thinking differently? Is your defense that you’d listen to the complains of the good people on the “right side”? Well, sorry to say, but I certainly know a ton of people who were on the “right side”, and suffered consequences for not “obeying things 100%”. This is exactly what leads to oppressive and tyrannical governments.
I hear a lot of people proclaims that they “won’t repeat the mistakes of the past”, when they already are…. And it shocks me how people ignore it, or permit it “for the greater good”. They wish to let go of freedom, for the sake of being protected from some boogeyman, a boogeyman that I never saw, whom never did anything to me…. But the other side? The supposed good guys? They certainly rubbed me the wrong way several times….. The constant excuses that they do bad things with “good intentions”, and that the supposed bad guys are doing good things, just to deceive me… I’m not buying it any longer!
You may think that by giving away your freedom, you are offering up your blood for a more noble cause, to bring greatness to the world, but I assure you, history has time and time again taught us, that exchanging freedom for the supposed security, only leads to misery, and people should not forget that.
and well. I side with you here. Freedom is most improtant. I would not mind giving away my freedom for the right thing but people are always overacting when given this chance to put pressure on others.
I ave learnt this : "never thrust anyone but yourself "
*fistbump*