I agree that people should do what they can to act civily, however, The internet is not a "safe space" it is A SPACE. It is the core of freedom of speech. Things like threats, the suggestion of violence, and otherwise illegal activities are NEVER ACCEPTABLE. Misogyny always has a place in America as long as free speech stands. Freedom is the most important tenet of out society.
> The internet is not a "safe space" it is A SPACE.
I don't see why we can't work toward making it a "safer space" without censorship. I think we should call out misogynistic, ablist, transphobic, etc. statements wherever we see them. Even if it doesn't convince the poster, at least it lets other readers know that these are not attitudes that we, as a society, think are acceptable.
> I don't think society as a whole agrees with you. In real life, people are negatively sanctioned for saying offensive things, and the PC culture has lead to many people hiding their true beliefs.
This has nothing to with PC. It's about respecting other humans.
As I explicitly said, I actually don't care if you (impersonal "you", obviously!) post vile hateful content (and I support your right to do so), but I also think we should encourage everyone to counter those posts, everywhere we see them.
> There isn't one contiguous unit called society that has norms. Groups, cliques, races, ethnicities are all social constructs that have varying mores and values. No one will agree on what is acceptable.
Well, actually we do. It's called "law". We have this continual process of refinement, repeals, further refinements that leads to some approximation of what "society" deems acceptable. Thus we have "hate speech" laws, and such.
> So if you feel you want to enforce your own personal beliefs on others, that is fine
