I don’t disagree that this kid has a right to advertise his ideals and that he shouldn’t get shit from it, but honestly it’s such a bad idea. 90% of the interactions you will get because of it will be negative because people react more often and more aggressively towards stances they don’t align with. It’s like wearing a novelty t shirt about a niche hobby you have. It’ll attract negative attention and let others know exactly how to pester you.
That's understandable but do you really want to concede how you express yourself to insecure crybullies? I certainly don't. Every concession that you make in your life is one more chain you're crafting for yourself that keeps you tied down by the rules of others. It's a bit of a dramatic way to look at it but I still think that it's true nonetheless.
I'm confident in who I am and in my beliefs. If someone wants to come up to try and start shit because of something that I'm wearing or some sticker that I have, they're more than welcome to try. I know what kind of person I am best. I don't need the approval of others as affirmation. I have confidence that I do my best to keep informed on topics, form my own beliefs, and stand by my principles and morals.
I refuse to give them any power over how I express myself in life. That's just me, though.
The problem isn’t about kowtowing to others about your political beliefs, but the fact that it shouldn’t be the first thing people know about each other from a distance (because it just leads to only bad-faith conversations) and they’re so generic that people will not argue with your ideology but the vague idea they think your ideology is. For example, I see someone with a Bernie sticker. Are they socialist? A Marxist? Maybe just a liberal? Maybe not even a liberal, just someone who likes outsider politicians? If the point is self-expression, then it tells me Jack-all except that you think your political expression is important enough to advertise, but not enough to give it the due diligence of expressing it in a way so that others have an actually good grasp of what it is.
But it's no one else's responsibility to educate or inform others. That lies solely with the individual. Furthermore, anyone that would judge a person based solely on that isn't someone worth associating with to begin with. There was a time when people would see those things and wouldn't automatically jump to conclusions and assume the absolute worst about another person.
If it comes down to it, you could simply choose to ignore the person altogether if it's something that you feel pushes you away. The point is more that people should be able to express such views without fear of someone coming up and harassing them if they choose to do so. That's far more important than the why they would do it. There shouldn't be an argument about anyone's ideology at all to begin with. That's not to say a discussion can't be had, however, a discussion and someone just coming up because they're triggered are two totally different things.
Living in a free society should mean being able to express both good and bad ideas. Ideas that people like and ideas that people hate. It's why the First Amendment is the very foundation of this country — as well as the first thing they declared.
That's why I get pissed off at retards who call for speech restrictions, too. I'm not sure how they reconcile shit in their head. The First Amendement was literally created to protect things deemed "hate-speech" — or, at the very least, speech that wasn't popular at all in society.
Why, exactly, would anyone need to declare free speech for "love-speech"? Of course Governments, Elites, and people in general would be perfectly fine with hearing speech they like and agree with. There wouldn't even need to be laws against such a thing to begin with. It was meant so people could express views people didn't want to hear, because sometimes, that's what needs to be said most.
That's an entirely different conversation, though. lol-
I don’t disagree that this kid has a right to advertise his ideals and that he shouldn’t get shit from it, but honestly it’s such a bad idea. 90% of the interactions you will get because of it will be negative because people react more often and more aggressively towards stances they don’t align with. It’s like wearing a novelty t shirt about a niche hobby you have. It’ll attract negative attention and let others know exactly how to pester you.
That's understandable but do you really want to concede how you express yourself to insecure crybullies? I certainly don't. Every concession that you make in your life is one more chain you're crafting for yourself that keeps you tied down by the rules of others. It's a bit of a dramatic way to look at it but I still think that it's true nonetheless.
I'm confident in who I am and in my beliefs. If someone wants to come up to try and start shit because of something that I'm wearing or some sticker that I have, they're more than welcome to try. I know what kind of person I am best. I don't need the approval of others as affirmation. I have confidence that I do my best to keep informed on topics, form my own beliefs, and stand by my principles and morals.
I refuse to give them any power over how I express myself in life. That's just me, though.
The problem isn’t about kowtowing to others about your political beliefs, but the fact that it shouldn’t be the first thing people know about each other from a distance (because it just leads to only bad-faith conversations) and they’re so generic that people will not argue with your ideology but the vague idea they think your ideology is. For example, I see someone with a Bernie sticker. Are they socialist? A Marxist? Maybe just a liberal? Maybe not even a liberal, just someone who likes outsider politicians? If the point is self-expression, then it tells me Jack-all except that you think your political expression is important enough to advertise, but not enough to give it the due diligence of expressing it in a way so that others have an actually good grasp of what it is.
But it's no one else's responsibility to educate or inform others. That lies solely with the individual. Furthermore, anyone that would judge a person based solely on that isn't someone worth associating with to begin with. There was a time when people would see those things and wouldn't automatically jump to conclusions and assume the absolute worst about another person.
If it comes down to it, you could simply choose to ignore the person altogether if it's something that you feel pushes you away. The point is more that people should be able to express such views without fear of someone coming up and harassing them if they choose to do so. That's far more important than the why they would do it. There shouldn't be an argument about anyone's ideology at all to begin with. That's not to say a discussion can't be had, however, a discussion and someone just coming up because they're triggered are two totally different things.
Living in a free society should mean being able to express both good and bad ideas. Ideas that people like and ideas that people hate. It's why the First Amendment is the very foundation of this country — as well as the first thing they declared.
That's why I get pissed off at retards who call for speech restrictions, too. I'm not sure how they reconcile shit in their head. The First Amendement was literally created to protect things deemed "hate-speech" — or, at the very least, speech that wasn't popular at all in society.
Why, exactly, would anyone need to declare free speech for "love-speech"? Of course Governments, Elites, and people in general would be perfectly fine with hearing speech they like and agree with. There wouldn't even need to be laws against such a thing to begin with. It was meant so people could express views people didn't want to hear, because sometimes, that's what needs to be said most.
That's an entirely different conversation, though. lol-