Society lets you go from an asshole to "truther" with one word

[hershel_layton]

pearljammer said:

 

hershel_layton said:

"Women are horrible" Asshole

"Men are horrible" Absolutely fine

 

"Black people need to stop doing crimes" Asshole

"White people need to stop doing crimes" Absolutely fine

 

"I don't enjoy fat people" Asshole

"I don't prefer skinny people" Absolutely fine

 

"Muslims need to reform and solve their issues" Asshole

"(insert group of a  religion) need to reform and solve their issues"  Absolutely fine

 

"(Joke about gays)" Asshole

"(Joke about heterosexuals)" Absolutely fine

 

"Liberals are stupid" Asshole

" Conservatives are stupid" Absolutely fine

In a world without social context, you would have had a point.

To try and remove context from language is either oversimplification in an attempt to make a point or contrived ignorance.

As I said, most of them were horrible points. Changing it won't make a difference, so I said, "why bother?" and left it there.