I just think, that with the exponentially increasing ability for stupid people to say stupid things in a louder voice atop a higher soapbox, it is unwise to assume that they are all just words and have no impact on others. I don’t want these people to have an audience. All they do is add further decay to the culture. You guys might say (and have said) that just because I don’t like something, that doesn’t mean it should be censored for all. Okay, granted that. But I don’t think just because we have freedom of speech, that inherently gives such speech any value.
It doesn’t inherently give any speech value. 99% of what people have to say is already devoid of any value. No one is saying Roseanne’s tweet is valuable. As for our culture, it’s already decayed. Our culture is dogshit. It’s full of stupid and ignorant people that are convinced they’re smart when they’re not and it’s full of dogshit shows and dogshit movies and dogshit “music” and dogshit everything else. Most commentary from all sides is insipid trash. No one ever wants to do or say anything exciting. Culture is decayed. It’s beyond decay and it always has been. I hate cultures. I’m so sick of people talking about culture and how important it is or how it’s in danger or it’s decaying. It sucks and it always has.
I’m just tired of people of influence having a whole field of f*cks to give that is perpetually barren regarding how they negatively impact those who respect and listen to them.
I don’t really care how people are affected by tweets that barely anyone saw or cared about until it got blown up in the media.
Sure Cosby’s actions are unquestionably vile. But to say that people who say the things that (for example) Alex Jones says are lesser crimes because they are not physically destructive nor overtly psychologically destructive—to say that, overlooks how powerful words can be when they come from the mouths of the right people.
They are lesser crimes because they aren’t raping people. (I’m really tired of people pretending that words = actions. People did the same in response to Kathy Griffin.) Alex Jones is a criminal for all of his libel and slander and selling false-hope drugs. He’s also destructive because he makes his living off of lying. And he has no talent.
So no, I do not give talented people a pass for being shit just because they contribute something to the arts.
I don’t “give them a pass.” I just don’t want to sacrifice the things they make that I like because they said something stupid.