tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post3709897916596125195..comments2024-03-28T11:38:15.779+00:00Comments on TPQ: Stupid Is As Stupid Does: Breda O'Brien and Homophobia AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-13245760076593546572014-02-15T17:41:20.543+00:002014-02-15T17:41:20.543+00:00Alfie,
your views are my own as regards censorshi...Alfie,<br /><br />your views are my own as regards censorship and free speech being that or not at all. What concerns me is if censorship is taking place more insidiously by bullying masquerading as free expression that happens so frequently online. People may simple be intimidated out of speaking their mind or alternatively they may resort to the use of anonymity.<br /><br />More censorship is AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-92056576763599331412014-02-15T15:04:21.746+00:002014-02-15T15:04:21.746+00:00Anthony,
I'm sure you know my feelings on thi...Anthony,<br /><br />I'm sure you know my feelings on this already. Free expression is free expression - it is either free or it is not. <br /><br />Coarseness and vitriol are part of life. Moreover, one man's coarseness is another man's comedy; one woman's vitriol is another woman's righteous anger. Even if we could differentiate, I don't think censorship is the answer.<brAlfie Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403732604779381173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-15137614280355937402014-02-15T13:00:18.669+00:002014-02-15T13:00:18.669+00:00Breda O'Brien in today's Irish Times objec...Breda O'Brien in today's Irish Times objecting to the coarseness of online commentary. <br /><br />And I wonder does she have a point? Is free expression protected by allowing the coarseness or is free expression actually bullied out of appearing because of the coarseness and vitriol? And is this just censorship by the nastiest?<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-65934548710394394092014-02-14T14:30:05.335+00:002014-02-14T14:30:05.335+00:00Alfie,
as usual with you a thoughtful piece.
I...Alfie, <br /><br />as usual with you a thoughtful piece. <br /><br />I am uneasy with people being labelled homophobe because they have a certain view of gays. I view it as a I often do the employment of islamophobia as a means to silence discussion and critical thinking. <br /><br />You were right in a an earlier article to hit out at Waters for pursuing the label route as a means of dealing AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com