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Originally Posted by vienna
The whole conservative "Hollywood hates us, boo hoo...  |
Did I miss something? I read the article and saw no such claim by Gervais. Quite the opposite.
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“If you’re mildly left-wing on Twitter you’re suddenly Trotsky. If you’re mildly conservative you’re Hitler and if you’re centrist and you look at both arguments, you’re a coward and they both hate you.”
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"Just because you're offended doesn’t mean you’re right.”
“Offense is good because it makes you think and it makes you come up with an argument. And what’s happened recently is that ‘I’m offended’ has replaced an argument.”
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And that is exactly right. When someone lacks a good argument the name calling, accusations and shaming begins. Watch for it.