archived 2 Apr 2019 11:58:41 UTC
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came across this amazing meltdown
NOTE: I typed this up for a different post with about the same title, but it should still work.
NOTE #2: I'm done with this discussion and this subreddit. Don't reply, cuz I don't give a fuck about what you have to say anymore.
I don't believe in freedom of speech.
The freedom to say whatever you want and express yourself however you want is both dangerous and ignorant.
Why can't I say anything I want?
Because it hurts people.
In the USA during 2017 47,173 people died from suicide. And, In Britain, over half of suicides carried out by young people where caused by bullying. I know I personally want to die on a near daily basis, and one of the major factors in that is what people say to me. If someone kills themselves because of what you said,
you are a murderer.
When you joke about LGBT people or make fun of them, people think it's okay. They think it's okay to vote for policies which limit their rights. They think it's okay to commit hate crimes. This just leads to more suicide and more death.
Lies also have the potential to kill. If you lie about the effects or safety of something and someone dies because of that,
their death is on your hands.
Lies can motivate people to attack and kill innocent people. Alex Jones often spreads lies and conspiracy theories, including his claim that the Sandy Hook shooting was fake. This claim alone caused a lot of death threats to the victims' parents, and opened up the potential for homicides and assaults.
In Mexico, two people were burned to death because of a false rumor on WhatsApp. In the USA, in 2017, there were over 7 thousand hate crimes.
It's just a joke!
You might think it's just a joke, but they might not. Even if they know it's a joke, it may still be painful. I know when people make fun of me, I feel bad. And these jokes make it seem okay to discriminate against people and to bully and harass them. Simply because it's intended to make someone laugh, doesn't make it okay.
My religion preaches...
I don't give a fuck what your holy book says or what your prophet preaches. If you say or do something to harm someone, it's not okay just because your religion says it is. The Aztecs believed in brutal human sacrifices which included cutting out someone's heart while they were still alive. Just because it was their religion makes it okay?
Human lives matter more than some stupid book or selfish preacher.
My personal experience
As I said earlier, I want to die on a nearly basis. I am personally transgender and next to no one genders me correctly, calls me by my preferred name, or uses the correct pronouns. (Except if they don't know me, of course, as I pass very well). Just hearing someone say it fills me with a terrible feeling. A mix of depression and anxiety so overwhelming I sometimes lay my head down to cry. Just calling me by the wrong pronoun hurts, it fucking hurts! You might not think it's a big deal. You might try to justify it.
But in the end it hurts. Most days I don't want to get out of bed. I hope to get sick so I don't have to go to school. And on the worse days, I wish I wouldn't wake up.
All so that you can have your damn freedom of speech!!! Fuck your freedom of speech.