Skysthelimit [none/use name]
The western countries are used to having Africa all to themselves and exploiting the shit out of it. Along comes China with the nerve - the nerve - to offer better deals than they are. Thus all the rage. The fact that China is getting shit done is outrageous. Africa needs to be kept poor and needy - not have railroads, highways and ports built so Africa can stand on its own two feet. Next they’re going to figure out they don’t need exploiters any more! What will the bankers do then?
The First Amendment and “free speech” didn’t just benefit white supremacists first and foremost, but male white supremacists. Still does.
Yeah, I’d rather not deal with the “white knights of free speech” in the States. Your free speech equips bigots and abusers to say what they want, when they want. No thanks.
By worshiping free speech, you will not convince your enemies to do the same. You will merely expose yourself to their deceptions through instrumental language. Right wing ideas exert a kind of gravitational force on us, pulling the Overton Window closer toward racism and prejudice simply by being expressed. Therefore, the normalization model demands that unsavory views are never entertained by mainstream platforms, because they are a mechanism through which society will come to embrace those ideas.
Many right wing stances on free speech serve to further the idea that racism and extremism must be openly tolerated by those around you. Free speech is a tree that can only grow crooked, right-wingers have proven this beyond all doubt, thus new progressives have a duty to make sure toxic ideas are extinguished.
Fascists always hide behind free speech.
No, domestically raised pigs taste different from feral hogs. Their diet is different, their lifestyles are different. If you had any hunters in your family you’d know wild game can have a very particular taste which many people do not like at all. But my money is on you’ve never eaten a non-farm raised animal, much less ever killed your own food.