Monday, October 5, 2015

Offensiveness is a bad yardstick for the measurement of whether something is allowed to exist or not. ‘Offensiveness’ shifts drastically based on position in a way that sturdier models of ethics do not. It is slippery, the last go-to for people who don’t understand what they’re fighting for or against, people who are deploying language without understanding its context.

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