Why're You Hatin' On Us, Girl?
You know, I yadda yadda a lot on Sooey's and I'm sure I've offended more'n a few people - which in turn causes me to yadda yadda worser'n ever - sort of an Internet version of that scene in Annie Hall when Woody Allen rips up his driver's licence because the cop tells him to "just hand it to me" and Woody Allen's saying while he's ripping it up "I would but I have trouble with authority".
And the offended almost never have a sense of humour, so it's not like I'd make any sense to a passerby hoping to be offended. And Gawd forbid I should try my hand at satire and screw up so badly I end up in some passerby's sights and hauled up before the Canadian Human Rights Commission to defend myself.
Paranoia is why I no longer have a comments section, Dear Reader. These are accusatory times we are living in and everybody, it seems, has a finger to point. And a lot of time to kill cruising the Internet and looking for political views to be offended by.
You know what I really don't get, though (and I've never actually gone to an Internet hate site, as far as I know, so I'm just guessing here), is how do you decide WHICH poster you're going to make a complaint against when you visit one? I mean, wouldn't ALL the posts be offensive at Stormfront? Isn't the whole site offensive?
But what if you were new to the Internet and happened upon Stormfront and you thought it was all a big joke and you posted all kinds of awful stuff thinking "people can't possibly believe this racist sexist vile disgusting stew of bile" and then some guy who's looking for really super extra offensive posts so he'll have an open and shut case to bring before the CHRT cruises by and there you are "HateyTheHater".
So yeah, this whole thing about Jessica Beaumont not having proper legal counsel bothers me. It bothers me a lot, actually. In this specific case, too, I can't imagine that Jessica Beaumont showing up with Paul Fromm (I googled to see if he was related to Squeaky - he's not, but he's still pretty bad) helped her case any, such as it was.
I dunno. It's all good, I suppose, rounding up racists, fining them for posting hate speech on the Internet. It does seem like a pretty stupid thing to do - posting hate speech on the Internet. Still, it makes for an easy round up when you're looking to catch them on Internet hate sites. And an easy conviction if they don't have legal representation when their case is heard.
{{{Hugs Everybody - I Love You}}}
