Never apologise. It only makes you more of a quarry.
I don't think you even need to be brave. You just have to be honest. It's a dark day when honesty requires bravery.
I like Alice cooper, enjoy his music and he seems like a decent guy but that was a silly thing to say, he's an old straight man who probably doesn't know that much about the trans community. I just feel like unless you are transgender or have a lot of understanding of this stuff it's probably best not to pass comment? I'd imagine transgender people usually have difficult lives and face lots prejudice so personally I would always try to be kind to them. I don't know if what Roisin Murphy said is wrong / offensive or not to be honest, don't have enough knowledge I like some of her music though and hope it all gets sorted. As another poster said the internet is full of people shouting others down, getting very angry and refusing to meet in the middle it's always one side or the other with no middle ground and that's a shame.I see as well recently Alice Cooper got 'cancelled' for saying that trans was all a bit of a fad. It's a subject that few public figures will want to speak about, given the online bullying and, probably more importantly, the financial consequences that occur when they do.
'I find it wrong': Cosmetics brand ends Alice Cooper collection after he called trans people a 'fad'
Alice Cooper's partnership with Vampyre Cosmetics ended after the rock performer called "cases of transgender" a "fad" in an interview.eu.usatoday.com
He didn't do any shouting. He expressed some views on the subject, calmly and reasonably. All the shouting (and assaulting) seems to be done by extreme trans ideologues, who are an embarassment to most trans people I know.
I see as well recently Alice Cooper got 'cancelled' for saying that trans was all a bit of a fad. It's a subject that few public figures will want to speak about, given the online bullying and, probably more importantly, the financial consequences that occur when they do.
'I find it wrong': Cosmetics brand ends Alice Cooper collection after he called trans people a 'fad'
Alice Cooper's partnership with Vampyre Cosmetics ended after the rock performer called "cases of transgender" a "fad" in an interview.eu.usatoday.com
So, there's hope yet!
wish it would get a move on,i love the thought of being cancelled,never need to turn up to anything ever again,would get you out of funerals,weddings,works nights out,please please please let me get what i want.
If getting out of social occasions is all you're looking for, you could just develop a serious heroin addiction - that would do the trick?
This video is interesting.
The uk and america are 2 totally different countries, it may be different in the US. The social politics in america can sometimes be extreme. America is not the world, and its news it not like the uk.
Not sure about that. I think most people have always relied on second hand information, whether it was the town crier reading out a proclamation, or reading a pamphlet, which were all the rage a few hundred years ago. What is scary about the internet is the potential for total control and manipulation of what is on there. When you search something on Google - who determines what comes up in the search? If something does not come up in the search, does it cease to exist? Do 'history' and 'reality' become what is found online? And nothing more. The Orwellian potential of the internet is nightmarish. And we are already seeing this happen.
yes its the ability to control and maniplulate reality, like think-speak and the erasal of the past. And the internet is so vast, you can type anything you want and something will appear, its vast and limitness, so it seems. I don't think a 18 th century pamphlet had quite the same effect, although there was always rumours and supicions, fears in god and symbols. I am not sure how much we have changed, just the technology. But the effects of screens and addiction and constant communication and exposure to the web and varied information and stimilus, reliance to screen technology has never been had in history, its a trial for younger people.
Very true. Our brains have changed little since we were hunter gatherers. We like shiny, colourful things. The potential for making us all consumer addicts is huge.
Bragg is a c***. The woke left keep saying that free speech has 'consequences' in that really sinister way. That is the total point - free speech has 'consequences' for you in China, in Iran, in North Korea. Free speech should have no consequences for you in a free society - it should have no consequences on your job, on a contract with an employer, on your freedom from arrest etc. The only consequences should be whether people agree with you or not. But there should be no legal, or financial, or criminal consequences - that is the whole point of freedom of speech.
