Not Everyone Thinks Like You
Have you ever tried to reason with someone, only to find out she doesn't think like you? Last year I tried to reason with someone during a discussion about the social upheaval that's America's hallmark today. I said "Well, at least we can agree that looting Macy's is wrong." She replied "No we can't; looting Macy's is a legitimate form of social protest." It was a clear lesson: Not everyone thinks like me.
Twitter certainly doesn't think like everyone. It bans certain kinds of unkind speech, and approves other kinds of speech that many people think is more unkind.
But this is not about Twitter. And this is not about Free Speech. This is about the culture of a society. This is about whether or not a social compact exists.
Let's set aside what Cardi B thinks when she sells her WAP, and what Gwyneth Paltrow thinks when she sells her candles. Let's set aside what Twitter thinks when it bans and approves. Instead, let's focus on what people who influence our children and rule our lives think right now.
What does the New York Post think about the relationship between the Fourth Estate and We the People? It told us what it thinks by publishing its September 8, 2022 article titled "Kelly Ripa: I passed out having sex with Mark Consuelos". To be clear about what it thinks, it included this photograph of Kelly Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos:
What does Carnegie Mellon University think about the relationship between educating our children and indoctrinating them? On September 8, 2022, it told us what it thinks. On September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died. Almost immediately, its Professor Uju Anya (professor and researcher in applied linguistics, critical sociolinguistics, and critical discourse studies) tweeted: “I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating." When criticized on Twitter, she tweeted a reply: "Fuck you and your deference to genocidal colonizers."
What does the Democrat Party in South Carolina think about racism in America? On September 8, 2022, The Daily Wire published an online article about the thinking of the South Carolina Democrat Party. Its candidate for the United States Senate is Krystle Matthews. She is a Democrat Member of South Carolina's General Assembly. She is a Black woman. During her campaign to unseat Republican South Carolina United States Senator Tim Scott (a Black man), she said: "My district is slightly Republican, and it's heavily White. I'm no stranger to White people; I'm from a mostly White town. And let me tell you one thing. You oughta know who you're dealing with, like -- you gotta treat them like shit, like I mean that's the only way they'll respect you."
Do The New York Post, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Democrat Party in South Carolina think like you? At this moment of time, too many of us say Yes. Before it's too late, may enough of us say No.