In Canada, a comedian named Rick Mercer did political comedy for years, first on a show called this hour has 22 minutes and later on a show called Rick Mercer report. He retired a few years back and wrote a book consisting largely of his rants from over the years (his most famous bit) but also some vingettes from his career. I was reading the book and one thing sort of caught my attention.
He had a rant about how he saw someone in a comment section with a pseudonym say "I want this guy to die horribly". He called it a death threat, and called for people to use their real names online.
In light of what the world has become, I realized something: "I wish that guy would die" isn't a death threat, but "express your opinions using your real name online" might be.
Rick is gay, so he MUST realize that just a little while ago in history gay people had to be pseudonomynous because they would be cancelled by the right because their existence was considered politically bad.
He had a rant about how he saw someone in a comment section with a pseudonym say "I want this guy to die horribly". He called it a death threat, and called for people to use their real names online.
In light of what the world has become, I realized something: "I wish that guy would die" isn't a death threat, but "express your opinions using your real name online" might be.
Rick is gay, so he MUST realize that just a little while ago in history gay people had to be pseudonomynous because they would be cancelled by the right because their existence was considered politically bad.
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