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<blockquote data-quote="DMZ2112" data-source="post: 6186327" data-attributes="member: 78752">I absolutely am suggesting that.&nbsp; Without a doubt.&nbsp; I think the legal boundaries of free speech are archaic and have yet to be updated for the digital age.&nbsp; I absolutely agree that exhorting one's friends to boycott something that offends you is perfectly acceptable, but I also believe that leveraging resources to crush something that offends you is not.&nbsp; The blogosphere blurs the line between &quot;friends&quot; and &quot;resources&quot; in ways that our legal system cannot cope with, which is why you get all the recent buzz about social media bullying.As I said in my earlier post, everyone should walk a mile in the other guy's shoes before bringing down the sword of Damocles.&nbsp; Snap judgements are always bad.You are conflating being offensive with being inflammatory.&nbsp; PA didn't bring up the Dickwolves merch at the recent panel with the intention of inciting their followers to bash rape victims, nor did the mention do so, as near as I can tell.The only thing I know of that Krahulik has done to be &quot;inflammatory&quot; was exhorting people to wear Dickwolves shirts to PAX.&nbsp; That was, frankly, unconscionable, given the circumstances.&nbsp; He has acknowledged as much.&nbsp; Krahulik is often offensive, but I have not seen him generally issue calls to action in defense of his ignorance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DMZ2112, post: 6186327, member: 78752"] I absolutely am suggesting that. Without a doubt. I think the legal boundaries of free speech are archaic and have yet to be updated for the digital age. I absolutely agree that exhorting one's friends to boycott something that offends you is perfectly acceptable, but I also believe that leveraging resources to crush something that offends you is not. The blogosphere blurs the line between "friends" and "resources" in ways that our legal system cannot cope with, which is why you get all the recent buzz about social media bullying. As I said in my earlier post, everyone should walk a mile in the other guy's shoes before bringing down the sword of Damocles. Snap judgements are always bad. You are conflating being offensive with being inflammatory. PA didn't bring up the Dickwolves merch at the recent panel with the intention of inciting their followers to bash rape victims, nor did the mention do so, as near as I can tell. The only thing I know of that Krahulik has done to be "inflammatory" was exhorting people to wear Dickwolves shirts to PAX. That was, frankly, unconscionable, given the circumstances. He has acknowledged as much. Krahulik is often offensive, but I have not seen him generally issue calls to action in defense of his ignorance. [/QUOTE]

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