Consequence Culture Is Making Martyrs
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The article argues that the current 'consequence culture' is creating martyrs out of individuals who are punished for their speech, and the linked discussion touches on the implications of this culture on free speech.
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>Felker-Martin made two celebratory Bluesky posts. “Thoughts and prayers you Nazi bitch,” read one. “Hope the bullet’s okay after touching Kirk,” read another.
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>That made Felker-Martin one of the many Americans to have been fired or disciplined for being insufficiently respectful towards Kirk.
"insufficiently respectful" is NOT how I would describe those tweets.
Celebrating political violence, or some similar phrase is how I would describe it.
The rest of the article falls into the typical "the left" and "the right" type arguments, more and more often I find those to just be stereotypes that people imagine and argue with, but have little basis in reality.