Having had big hopes that steemit might be a safe heaven for free speech I had to learn after just 22 days that the "Ministry of Truth" is already alive and well on this platform.
Having made a comment about oral suction circumcision which is linked to 17 cases of infant herpes since 2000 as reported by USA today (Two died and two others suffered brain damage) I got flagged for "Hate Speech".
Sorry. I just find it barbaric and disgusting.
In times where an accidental touching of a woman's back side passes as "Sexual Assault" I am not not sure how the cutting and sucking of an infant's genitals and giving him a life of Herpes or death can be a good thing or "no big deal".
Well, I got my lesson. Thanks!
So, in the future I will have to be VERY, VERY careful about every word I say about certain people...
Even here on steemit.
The "Righteous Ones" are here to make sure that only the RIGHT opinions can be expressed. OR ELSE!!!
Doublethink and Newspeak are the thing of the future.
No Tolerance for Intolerance, right?
Thanks!
Sorry to hear this.
Just like in 3D life. You're doing 'hate speech' if you question or criticise any protected area -- religion is especially hot. They've got dogma fused with their DNA. Everything is a personal insult.
Steemit -- like everywhere -- is being infected with safe spaces.
It does not seem to get better. We are getting more and more polarized. The "divide and conquer" strategy works like a charm. The sheeple are censoring themselves. 🙂
Thanks for letting us know. Gah......
Yes, always watch your mouth, there can always be a self righteous one lurking in the shadows.
Lesson learned. I will practice "Newspeak" from now on 🙂
GJ triggering the sheeple but sad to hear you got flagged... great to know though. upvoted.
LOL. Lesson learned 🙂
It's easy to find the freaks in any people group and label an entire race by their freaks. Do you suppose the rest of the world judges the USA by the actions of our Catholic priests that have been molesting boys for decades or by the fine folks of Westboro Baptist Church that have been protesting the funerals of soldiers for a decade or more? Let's hope every US citizen doesn't get the label of little boy loving Pedophiles or hate mongering Bible thumpers by the actions of the few rogue freaks.
You are right, nobody should be labeled. No person or group of people.
But if I read and understood @herrleeb correctly, he was referring to the practice of circumcission.
Honestly, I agree that this is a rather barbaric ritual, especially if it can cause death or serious injury to children.
I also agree with the point that in our present time society is very quick with judging behavior.
If using foul language toward the opposite sex already causes a big uproar in the media and is labelled as "sexual assault" rightfully or not, then circumcission or clitoral removal as practiced by certain religious group deserves to be called out for what it is.
No offense, but personally I find such practices absolutely disgusting, inhuman and dangerous as well.
They should not have any place in a modern society.
Be it under the veil of ancient religious rituals or not.
Removing a girls clitoris will destroy her life.
Whether religious fanatics like it or not, @herrleeb should have a right to express his opinion without getting censored.
Furthermore one has to observe that nowadays people use the term "Hate Speech" rather liberal for anything they do not like.
We live in very dangerous times. Our liberties are being chipped away from us piece by piece.
People in Europe lose their jobs or even go to jail for simply exercising their right on free speech.
Speaking does not cause any physical harm. Anyone opposed can walk away or not listen, disagree or start a dialogue to straighten things out.
If we cannot say what we think anymore because we have to be afraid to get censored or punished, where does this lead?
Well said. 2018 or 1984? There is so little time to decide before we find ourselves living in one or the other.
As far as I am informed, Orwell and Huxley had the same roots, access to the same information, from the same sources. 1984 and "A brave New World" are basically different models of things to come.
Peer pressure, the need to be liked and approved by society can create this kind of self censorship of the crowd. I believe many "Antifa" activists believe they are doing the right thing by fighting fascism, not realizing that they are the fascists themselves.
Labeling others and burning books with the "wrong" message becomes a virtue.
The perpetrators become the "Good Guys". Scary.
He labeled all Jews "slimy genital mutilating freaks"
That statement along with his further comments of
Sure sounds an aweful lot like racism and hate speech to me.
I agree that the blood sucking practice he spoke of is disgusting and is a perversion, you will not find that particular act of getting the blood to clot in the bible. God never told anyone to do that after cutting the foreskin, just like God never told anyone to cut a woman's clitoris off. It is sad that it resulted in 17 cases of herpses transference in the last 17 years but seriously, one case a year basically. You want to get up in arms about something, get up in arms about the genocide of African American babies by way of abortion. Thousands are murdered EVERY SINGLE DAY.
You may find circumcision disgusting, inhumane and dangerous and that is your opinion. Others see it differently. God commanded it.
You may think that's barbaric but what you may not know is science has now proven that Vitamin K is the highest it will ever be on the 8th day after birth. Here is a good article on the science of vitamin k and the risks with getting the shot and circumcising before the 8th day.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/03/27/amp/high-risks-to-your-baby-from-vitamin-k-shot-they-dont-warn-you-about.aspx
I agree. The language is a bit strong.
But is circumcision not something that ALL members of this religious group subscribe to? In this sense, there is no false statement being made. As far as I am informed, this is common practice for the majority of Jews and Muslims.
@herrleeb would be well advised to use better language, however, it appears as if he also made the statement "Not all Jews are bad". Where is the racism here?
As I understand from the quotes you provided, it looks to me more like a rant about circumcision and the actions of banksters who steal our money and politicians who push us into wars which are none of our business. Our children die for the benefit of our "Best Friends".
If your God commands you to cut the penis of your child, you will have to live with that yourself. I am not prepared to go into a religious discussion with you.
In my opinion, this can not possibly be a God I would want to have anything to do with.
Unfortunately I am also not very impressed with your junk science.
But again, you are free to believe and say whatever you want. It is your right and I will defend it, whether I like it or not.
Or even better...
"I Disapprove of What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It"
I believe Voltaire said that. There is nothing more to add.
You're quoting scripture here and then babbling about vitamin k...what planet are you on? Are you the one who flagged the article in question?
herrleeb!! Thank you, your Post.
Thank YOU. We live in a mixture of "Brave New World" and "1984" 🙂
Sarah Silverman should step up and do it. But her mouth is probably more infected than the rabbis. Sick practice, on par with the muslim practice of forced clitoral removal.
Yup, she is a very special piece of work. 🙂
What kind of "GOD" is this, if he wants people's genitals mutilated?
I just don't get it. But if you speak up about it, you can be certain to have a religious fanatic give you a lecture about "freedom of religion". I can only shake my head...
You are right. This barbaric ancient rituals should have NO place in a modern society.
We are quick to label spoken or written words "Hate Speech" and put people in jail for it or destroy their reputation, while religious fanatics CUT THE GENITALS of their children, cause physical pain and suffering, and that is fine? In which world do we live?
What hypocrisy...
Obviously you have never heard sarah silverman ranting about Christians and Jesus, yet she is never called out for hate speech. And its no secret that Hollywood and the banking industry is controlled by the Jewish "minority", Just as much of the middle east is ruthlessly controlled by the Sunni "minority", who enslave torture and kills both Shia muslims and Christians alike- yet nothing is said about this. There is also another much less known ritual that Sunni muslims practice- they ritually sacrifce a Christian and keep a vial of their blood as an amulet, to increase their "Islamic powers". This was happening to the syrian Christians and Yazidi Christians during the start of the war over the oil and gas pipelines that are planned for Syria. (Exxon versus Gazprom)
Exactly. Looks like there are different rules for different people. Some can do whatever they want, from insulting to manipulating to stealing to murder to genocide, that's fine.
Say something about it, and you get into trouble... Nice world we are living in.
Mrs. Silverman is a very good example of the corruption of society. Her vile comments are considered to be "humor". Not very funny to me.
Interestingly "Hate speech" is always applied to conservatives. I am not aware to have heard about any "Hate Speech" coming from muslims or people from the "only democracy in the middle east". They appear to know how to say the right things...
LOL "No Tolerance for Intolerance"
Yes, this seems to be the mantra of the self-rightous mob.
I am sorry to hear you had an unpleasant experience on steemit.
I would advice you to watch your language, specially when talking about "The only Democracy in the Middle East". You could very quickly get a label attached which is also used liberally and not helpful for your reputation.
It is sad enough that we are already censored by facebook and youtube, but even worse is that people are so indoctrinated that we also have to deal with a self righteous Lynch mob.
Brave New World. Sad.