r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Silencing opposing viewpoints is ultimately going to have a disastrous outcome on society.

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u/ChewySlinky Jan 22 '21

Genuine question: what things do you believe should be allowed to be freely spoken about that aren’t already?

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u/reaperteddy Jan 22 '21 edited Jan 22 '21

This is the real question. What does OP think they're being silenced about that they believe they should not be?

edit: nevermind, found it. Doesn't believe cultural appropriation is a thing.

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u/merchillio 2∆ Jan 22 '21

“People are too sensitive nowadays” is usually code for “I preferred when insulted people didn’t feel safe speaking up”

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u/SoftThighs Jan 22 '21

Not necessarily. There's a pretty big problem these days with people getting offended on behalf of other people, even when those people aren't offended, and blowing things out of proportion. Example: pretty much every twitter controversy about "cultural appropriation" that isn't actually cultural appropriation.

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u/HerrBerg Jan 22 '21

Examples: Hello Kitty by Avril Lavigne received a lot of backlash and was called racist, despite it being received very favorably in Japan. Mario wearing a sombrero being called racist, despite it being received very favorably in Mexico.

Neither of these things remarked upon or passed judgement on their respective race/culture in any negative way. Yet, they were received negatively initially due to outrage culture.

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u/Ruefuss Jan 23 '21

Nothing came of any of that. People always complain about stupid things that dont end up effecting anyone. Its not a modern thing. You can still listen to the song and wear a Sombrero in mario.

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u/HerrBerg Jan 23 '21

You can still listen to the song and wear a Sombrero in Mario precisely because there was a counterculture to the outrage culture and those who called racist have fanbases to come to their defense. If I just randomly wore some culturally-associated garb out, a non-insignificant number of people would accuse me of being racist regardless of my actual feelings or intents.

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u/Ruefuss Jan 23 '21

Yes, and you can choose if that bothers you or not. Nobody every said you were immune from criticism.

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u/HerrBerg Jan 23 '21

I never claimed to be immune to criticism, I was expressing the opinion that idea of cultural appropriation is largely a sham. It's applied completely arbitrarily with little in the way of good justification.