The conflicts between the principle of freedom of speech and the need to reduce physical violence continue to escalate. Threatening violence against specific people is a crime. It can be reported to law enforcement, but my impression is that reports are often not made, because the recipients of these threats have no confidence that actio…
The conflicts between the principle of freedom of speech and the need to reduce physical violence continue to escalate. Threatening violence against specific people is a crime. It can be reported to law enforcement, but my impression is that reports are often not made, because the recipients of these threats have no confidence that action will be taken on their reports. As
Dr. Wright stated in the article, journalists and other people who have spoken about various subjects have been targeted by threats of rape, torture and death on multiple occasions. I personally have received death and torture threats since I began commenting on Substack a couple years ago and did not report them for the above reason. Reporting threats can increase risk to victims if law enforcement takes no action against the people making the threats.
Unfortunately, no amount of law and its enforcement can stop the generational increases we are seeing in sociopathic attitudes and behaviors.
Yes, I don't think that we can reverse the downhill trend of our civilization unless a higher level of order is restored to "the public square." Children need limits and structure to mature as human beings, a significant part of which involves learning to inhibit their darker impulses.
The conflicts between the principle of freedom of speech and the need to reduce physical violence continue to escalate. Threatening violence against specific people is a crime. It can be reported to law enforcement, but my impression is that reports are often not made, because the recipients of these threats have no confidence that action will be taken on their reports. As
Dr. Wright stated in the article, journalists and other people who have spoken about various subjects have been targeted by threats of rape, torture and death on multiple occasions. I personally have received death and torture threats since I began commenting on Substack a couple years ago and did not report them for the above reason. Reporting threats can increase risk to victims if law enforcement takes no action against the people making the threats.
Unfortunately, no amount of law and its enforcement can stop the generational increases we are seeing in sociopathic attitudes and behaviors.
Well that is the other point... the mental disturbances actually caused by increases use of social media/porn etc.
Yes, I don't think that we can reverse the downhill trend of our civilization unless a higher level of order is restored to "the public square." Children need limits and structure to mature as human beings, a significant part of which involves learning to inhibit their darker impulses.