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Is Having No Deceny The Next Viral Sensation?

Is Having No Deceny The Next Viral Sensation?

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It seems like this poisoned opinions that are going viral are very often custom-made to do so. Do you agree that these outrages feel a bit too staged? Like the Lawyer video, and others?
If they are not purposefully staged, then people are indeed seeing how much attention they are getting, and they might want to cash in on the "fun."
Or have viral videos always lacked decency?
 
I answered YES

we are currently living in an era when our politicians demonstrate that it is perfectly acceptable to be a complete horses ass & that self control in public discourse is passe

when a nation of rules & law is taken over by a political movement that makes it OK to be UNcivil, then we are in deep ****
 
We hunger endlessly for distraction, and people to feel superior to, and these video often deliver both.

Plus no production costs. What sort of Capitalist would turn that down?

On the decency angle, I'd say that's probably gone with the Internet, as there's no effective way to stop people from communicating what they want.

Decency has become just another personal choice, rather than something imposed by society.
 
NeverTrumpGOP said:
It seems like this poisoned opinions that are going viral are very often custom-made to do so. Do you agree that these outrages feel a bit too staged? Like the Lawyer video, and others?
If they are not purposefully staged, then people are indeed seeing how much attention they are getting, and they might want to cash in on the "fun."
Or have viral videos always lacked decency?
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Victim Culture excels in teaching how to take offense.
 
WillyPete said:
as there's no effective way to stop people from communicating what they want.

Decency has become just another personal choice
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Also hindered by that pesky thing called free speech. Or rather a hint of white privileged. Where self-entitled douchebags think that means they can say anything they want.
 
cuban smokes said:
I answered YES

we are currently living in an era when our politicians demonstrate that it is perfectly acceptable to be a complete horses ass & that self control in public discourse is passe

when a nation of rules & law is taken over by a political movement that makes it OK to be UNcivil, then we are in deep ****
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I am sure you are all "OMG! I should have listened more to Hawkeye!".

:2wave:
 
NeverTrumpGOP said:
Also hindered by that pesky thing called free speech. Or rather a hint of white privileged. Where self-entitled douchebags think that means they can say anything they want.
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Until recent decades, there was significant social pressure that made these sorts of public displays rare, though speech was still free.

It was technically oppressive, sure, but it also set standards of decency that many people miss today.

That has lifted more recently (I'd tie it to the Internet more than recent politicians.)

It's a matter of opinion which is the better way to go.
 
NeverTrumpGOP said:
It seems like this poisoned opinions that are going viral are very often custom-made to do so. Do you agree that these outrages feel a bit too staged? Like the Lawyer video, and others?
If they are not purposefully staged, then people are indeed seeing how much attention they are getting, and they might want to cash in on the "fun."
Or have viral videos always lacked decency?
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They can go viral all they want, but I think the great thing is the response to those hateful jerks. This guy got kicked out of his office space, his business page pounded with negative comments, and did serious damage to his business likely.

I think that shows that people are more decent. Let the dumb racists feel emboldened, they are facing the consequences because the majority of the country are not having racist and hateful BS make a come back
 
I said yes...but it seems to be the primary domain of the right.

The left have their own version - the fake racism exposes and the unreasonable SJW freak outs.

God bless the Internet, amirite? hehe
 
late said:
Yeah, Republicans never stop whining these days.
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You do understand that I have been selling for years the idea that justice demands that both the R and the D parties die for their crimes of treason....

How Bout that I have not been an R since 1983, have not been a D since the 60 minutes Clinton interview on Lewisnski at the very latest?

How bout that I call myself a Zen Socialist now?

Ya, you missed all that didnt YA!
 
WillyPete said:
Until recent decades, there was significant social pressure that made these sorts of public displays rare, though speech was still free.

It was technically oppressive, sure, but it also set standards of decency that many people miss today.

That has lifted more recently (I'd tie it to the Internet more than recent politicians.)

It's a matter of opinion which is the better way to go.
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I'll try to find the article, but the early pioneers of the internet have all come out and said that they didn't expect the internet to be used in this manner. That they were too idealistic about the promise of free information. They are all shocked about things like fake news and cyber bullying.
 
I vote "No" -- The internet has taught us what true "indecency" is. When anonymous and put in front of others, a dark side of human nature emerges. But it takes both of those qualities for that dark side to emerge. I understand that many look for their 15 minutes, but the backlash that occurs is so swift and complete that I do not believe many will intentionally put themselves in that position of vulnerability.
 
I voted no, on the hope and the prayer that.....
 
cuban smokes said:
I answered YES

we are currently living in an era when our politicians demonstrate that it is perfectly acceptable to be a complete horses ass & that self control in public discourse is passe

when a nation of rules & law is taken over by a political movement that makes it OK to be UNcivil, then we are in deep ****
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May be our politicians reflect what equine glutei we are? Most people don't know the meaning of civil.
 
NeverTrumpGOP said:
I'll try to find the article, but the early pioneers of the internet have all come out and said that they didn't expect the internet to be used in this manner. That they were too idealistic about the promise of free information. They are all shocked about things like fake news and cyber bullying.
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I don't doubt it. I've read Nobel and Oppenheimer had similar moral qualms, but it didn't stop either of them either. The Internet's impact is easily as large, but it's flexibility guaranteed it'd be used in unexpected ways.

Very often gifted inventors are obsessed with solving their technical challenges, but give scant thought to how their invention will be applied. Government funding contributes, as well.

And then when it's released commercially, and made ubiquitous, the rationale becomes profit, which is completely amoral. By that time the inventors are retired on working other projects.

Common human failing to do what you want and then regret it for the rest of your life.
 
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NeverTrumpGOP said:
Also hindered by that pesky thing called free speech. Or rather a hint of white privileged. Where self-entitled douchebags think that means they can say anything they want.
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With ZERO consequences.
Like their hero.
 
With over 300 million people in the nation less than half trust the president; less than 10% of the people trust Congress; and living in a culture that worships celebrity and money there is going to be visible percentage of people who are doing all they can to hang on emotionally. Some of them are unable to identify or control their emotions and they lose it and go bat **** crazy. We are seeing that more as we are told the economy is great, fantastic, unemployment is way down yada, yada and yet about 50% of hardworking Americans are still living paycheck to paycheck. They haven't seen any real increase in their income.

Internet forums were made for Machiavellians, psychopaths, narcissists, and sadists. They live for the opportunity to troll, attack, confuse and harm other posters on line. Research shows that these people are drawn to the internet like flies to a dung heap. It is a perfect environment for them to troll, attack, spray hatred and cause confusion. Decency is anathema to these people.

There is no real national leadership. If anything the president gives the expression of hatred, bigotry, racism, and intolerance his tacit approval.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Victim Culture excels in teaching how to take offense.
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Yup, you nailed it Hawk. Let's all rally behind our leaders to avenge this latest [US false flag event]!! This has been going on since the Founding Terrorists made it a rallying cry that every dictatorship could delight in.

Righties/conservatives have adopted it as one of their favorite memes.
 
I appreciate the internet and the ranting and raving it exposes. The fact is we aren't as civil and cultured as we like to believe. I'd rather see racist and homophobic comments right out in the open where they can be countered. Back in the day when the social prohibitions meant things had to be said by way of "code words" or only spoken in private it was harder to tell who's who. I'd rather it be out in the open, even if it means we appear less "decent". Because we aren't all that decent; the internet just exposes that fact. Gives us something to work on.
 
NeverTrumpGOP said:
It seems like this poisoned opinions that are going viral are very often custom-made to do so. Do you agree that these outrages feel a bit too staged? Like the Lawyer video, and others?
If they are not purposefully staged, then people are indeed seeing how much attention they are getting, and they might want to cash in on the "fun."
Or have viral videos always lacked decency?
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What? I feel like I walked into the middle of a conversation.
 
Spartacus FPV said:
And progressives never stop projecting.
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.....
Professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have authored the new book How Democracies Die, which details the warning signs Trump showed as a candidate. In a healthy democracy, they argue, those traits should have derailed his bid for the presidency...

...The four markers are:
1. Rejecting or showing weak commitment to democratic rules.
2. Denying the legitimacy of political opponents.
3.Encouraging or tolerating violence.
4.A readiness to stifle or limit civil liberties of opponents, including media.
Trump personally pushed postmaster general to double rates on ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...e8-858f-12becb4d6067_story.html?noredirect=on
2 days ago - The postmaster general said the rates were set by contracts and defended ... officials say several of Trump's attacks aimed at Amazon have come in ... met at the White House about the matter several times, beginning in 2017, ...
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"Those are things that democratic candidates in the U.S. simply do not have," Levitsky said. At least, until Trump.
The checklist is meant to be a litmus test for candidates—not incumbents—for good reason, Levitsky said.

“Once they’re in office, it’s too late,” he said. “The point is the best way to stop an authoritarian is to prevent them from getting into office in the first place. Once they get elected to office,
it gets much more difficult to stop them.”..
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Are his fans stoppable? We're gonna find out.
 
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