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Let's say that, for whatever reason, A wishes to publicly tweet some extreme hate speech about B. A wants the language used to be effective, i.e. to get as much hate as possible across to B, but A also wants the language used to be safe, i.e. A wants, as much as possible, to minimize any legal risks and preferably any social risks for himself. These desiderata trade off against each other: The maximally effective language would be a "true threat", but this would be entirely unsafe, because true threats aren't protected by any free speech laws.
What are some examples of language that A can use which best balances the competing desiderata of effectiveness and safety?
One idea that's occurred to me is language along the following lines: "If I'm crossing a bridge and see that B is drowning in the river, I will absolutely rescue B — but only after I've made sure any drowning cockroach within a 5 mile radius has been rescued, for though I value B's life, I value those of cockroaches more."
It seems clear that the language used here would be highly effective (A is saying that the life of a merely theoretic cockroach is more important to him than that of A). But it seems that it'd also be reasonably safe, since A did not express any wish for B to die (if anything, A says he will "definitely rescue B", only he needs to prioritize (the lives of cockroaches); perhaps his priorities are screwed up, but it's difficult to imagine legal troubles for having screwed up priorities).
Am I missing something here? Are there even better ways for A to get as much hate publicly across to B without overly exposing himself to legal and/or social risks?
Is the point to make B feel bad, or to communicate to them your own hatred of them? If the former, why rely on speech at all? If the latter, well, why bother?
If the point is to inform them that you hate them, I think the best way to do so would probably be to send them a video of yourself ranting about your hatred of them in a state of totally unhinged fury. Really go all out with pulsing veins, clenched teeth, and a beet-red face, and you'll communicate your hatred just fine without any need to rely on wordplay.
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