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I mean, they’re just emulating the zeitgeist. This is what happens when the prevailing worldview is inconsistent and hypocritical.

We’ve normalized the idea that words and subtle actions can be micro-aggressive and thus are violent. That’s literally the logic these days and instead of fighting it most people happily jumped onboard entertaining idiotic rhetoric in the name of social justice. So I’m not surprised at all to see this stuff try to make it’s way into laws.

Your responsibility as a citizen is to maintain a fair and just playing field. You don't get to cancel others for their word-violence and then turn around and complain when your peers try to put a stop yours. Time to grow up.

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Cops have always been triggered by the mildest of disrespect, this has nothing to do with people worrying about social micro-aggressions.

What’s actually happening is that cops are being filmed and because of that people are losing respect for them faster than ever and the cops hate it and want to do anything they can to prevent people from disrespecting them.

SJWs have always been triggered by the mildest of disrespect, which is why we’re here in the first place.

Frankly speaking, it’s impossible for me to take the claim that this is the result of SJWs seriously. It’s just too ridiculous.

I think the growing discontent against cops due to their being filmed is a much more reasonable explanation for these kinds of laws. That’s why we are also seeing attempts to restrict people’s ability to film police.

I feel like having video evidence of a police officer doing something they really shouldn't is neither "mild" nor "disrespect" (although, I guess you could argue that I rapidly stopped respecting the police when I realized just how little accountability there is for these incidents...)

Are you really trying to suggest that police brutality is caused by cancel culture? That the natural consequences of attempting to address problematic language include the rampant murder of minorities by members of law enforcement?

> You don't get to cancel others for their word-violence and then turn around and complain when your peers try to put a stop yours. Time to grow up.

Hoo boy. This shouldn't need to be said, but there is absolutely no equivalence whatsoever between an individuals right to refuse to associate with "Stop the Steal" people, and LEOs being entitled to murder whoever they feel like without repercussion.

Is this sarcasm? The mental gymnastics here are so insane I have to question your sincerity in posting this.

> words and subtle actions can be micro-aggressive and thus are violent

This is not what the term microaggression means. Microagressions do not imply violence.

Except that microaggression includes the word aggression which is defined as:

> hostile or violent behavior or attitudes toward another; readiness to attack or confront.

I don't think they were suggesting police brutality is caused by cancel culture - I think that was you reaching. I think they were suggesting that laws being passed to protect police from being made fun of, are the result of people being overly sensitive and allowing the words of others to hurt them personally.

It appears that if anyone was doing mental gymnastics here, it was you.

I think you misunderstood my argument. I’m not advocating for police brutality WTF?

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