An Arthur Chu on Berkeley Update

okay…

Last night an entertainer, Arthur Chu, thought it was appropriate to enjoy a woman getting pepper sprayed because he didn’t agree with her views.

The text of @arthur_affect retweet of the video where a woman gets pepper sprayed is as follows: Come for the fascist coward wildly ducking the Q of what exactly she likes abt Milo’s speeches. Stay for the ending where she gets maced

I hoped that he would find it in his heart to recognize that enjoying the assault of another person, and from the sound of his twitter encouraging the assault of others, is an incredibly gross thing to do.

He did not.

Text of Arthur Chu’s tweet is as follows: So yeah idgaf abt some Milo-loving asshole getting maced, esp since it’s up in the air whether she was even hit with real pepper spray

He apparently did not recognize that violating the fundamental rights of others is not how you protect those same rights.

The text of Arthur Chu’s tweets is as follows: One area I will concede is a “bubble” issue is affluent white liberals genuinely shocked at the idea of punching someone or being punched A lot of people who think the idea of raising your hand in anger is crossing some huge bright line that will forever change you

Our ancestors raised their hands in anger in the hope that we would never have to do so again.

They did it for a reason.

Laws are made for a reason.

Religions have spoken about of how raising your hand in violence, crossing that line, changes you… for reason.

I speak about what Arthur Chu is enjoying for a reason.

And if you honestly don’t have the ethics necessary to recognize assaulting an individual minding their own damn business as wrong… then you need to seriously reevaluate your mindset.

I truly hope Arthur Chu finds it in his heart to change his feelings towards violence.

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