Innocuous is right. I read his speech notes and damn near fell asleep.
You have the right to form a coherent sentence, too. Exercise that.
"No ideology above scrutiny; no people below dignity." - Maajid Nawaz. I remember Southern from her early days in the skeptic/atheist community. She didn't seem as strident then as she does now. I understand some of what she's trying to say, but think ...
"...chaos in a good way..." - so upsetting established beliefs and orthodoxies. Which I think CAN be a good thing to do.
I've definitely seen more considered takes on this issue, but well done nevertheless.
Provocation and actual violence aren't the same. Whoever commits violence is the much, much bigger jerk.
So we should watch our speech in case others are violent? Charlie Hebdo? Swallowing insults, especially to a God many think imaginary, is a part of living in a democratic nation. She said, "Allah is gay". What part of that is racist? It comes dangerously ...
Is it relevant at all that this "grossly offensive" YouTube video received few if any complaints to police? Even from the Jewish community? Do we want a society where the courts ignore the context of a joke and decide what is humorous or not?
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