Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:
Good take on shirt-storm:
“Of course, the very point of the mob action is that no conscious offense by Taylor was required for him to be boiled in online oil. Thoughtcrime does not always proceed from deliberate action; intention is divined by the accusers. The goal is to create an atmosphere of terror, in which everyone is double extra careful to pre-censor their words and deeds, and by extension their thoughts, for fear of career destruction.”
Joe Doakes
It’s like 1984 – except instead of a screen watching you wherever you go, it’s your “fellow citizens”.
There are no rules. Rules restrict the power of the PC mob: “if you do this, you will be safe from us.”
Real Americans should have their counter-attack ready. Matt Taylor should have said one (or all three) of the following:
“My truth is, I am a gay American.”
“This shirt is my statement against cervical cancer.”
“I wear this shirt to PO the Southern Baptists and other God-bothering Creationists!”
It makes no difference at all if the statements are true or false.