19 Jan 2021, 5:56 pm
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19 Jan 2021, 6:01 pm
19 Jan 2021, 6:10 pm
Fnord wrote:
Mountain Goat wrote:
Most people want to restrict free speech to enable just their point to be heard without allowing others to share their points of view across which could be different from ones own...
Like when a person who does not believe in the "Supernatural" is prohibited from replying to people who do. Like when a person who has achieved some small measure of success and self-reliance is prohibited from replying to people who have not. Like when a person who tries hard to not be a racist or sexist in any way is prohibited from calling out people who openly express their own racist and sexist beliefs. It is as if not upsetting people is more important than being truthful.Like when a person who does not believe in the "wokeness" is prohibited from replying to people who do.
Like when a person who tries hard to not be biased in any way is prohibited from calling out people who openly express their own lack of objectivity.
"It is as if not upsetting people is more important than being truthful."
Well, I can/t amend your statement, since I agree.
Your position, overall, is quite ironic, in my opinion.
I am not saying that you aren't accurate in probably most situations.
I am saying you are hypervigilant to the point of unnecessary excess.
But that is simply a subjective opinion on my part.
The latest example is your fervour is here: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=391105&start=96#p8693805
19 Jan 2021, 6:13 pm
Fnord wrote:
[color=black]One could also cite religious tolerance for allowing certain ideas and practices to go too far.
Personally, I find that the 'religion' of Political Correctness "has gone too far."
19 Jan 2021, 6:25 pm
slam_thunderhide wrote:
Fnord wrote:
What is it about having the same rights and privileges as Atheists, Californians, non-evangelical Christians, Communists, Court Judges, Feminists, Foreigners, Hollywood Actors, Jews, Journalists, Liberals, Media Outlets, Minorities, Muslims, Queerfolk, Socialists, and Women that makes some conservative white men react so very toxically, take up arms, and attempt a coup against the United States government?
What is it about pointing and sputtering about "white men" that makes you feel so pleased with yourself?
How have people like you been conditioned into thinking that a bunch of people organizing for the sake of their political interests is automatically bad if most of them are White? I mean the stuff I'm hearing about the Capitol rioters, and by extension all Trump supporters,
This seems to be a political ploy, to sully *all* Republican, rather than accepting the axiomatic reality that not all Republicans are the same.
How silly does a person have to be to swallow that BS hook, line and sinker?
Not all Democrats the same, either, btw.
slam_thunderhide wrote:
is only slightly more extreme than the stuff I remember hearing from the Left about the Tea Party, and all they ever did was stand around mumbling about "freedom".
These are rhetorical questions, I'm not actually interested in reading more of your moral posturing.
These are rhetorical questions, I'm not actually interested in reading more of your moral posturing.
I find sanctimony offensive, personally speaking.
I would rather people stop parading their moral superiority.
19 Jan 2021, 6:41 pm
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19 Jan 2021, 7:09 pm
Fnord wrote:
Like when a person who tries hard to not be a racist or sexist in any way is prohibited from calling out people who openly express their own racist and sexist beliefs.
Do you mean like a closet racist / sexist. Most people dont even have to try to not be racist or sexist
19 Jan 2021, 7:19 pm
BettyRed wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Like when a person who tries hard to not be a racist or sexist in any way is prohibited from calling out people who openly express their own racist and sexist beliefs.
Do you mean like a closet racist / sexist. Most people dont even have to try to not be racist or sexist
Nope, most of them don't even know they are so they don't try to hide it. Even if they learn to not say them, they still don't think they are. They only know what is called racist.
19 Jan 2021, 7:24 pm
19 Jan 2021, 7:31 pm
League_Girl wrote:
BettyRed wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Like when a person who tries hard to not be a racist or sexist in any way is prohibited from calling out people who openly express their own racist and sexist beliefs.
Do you mean like a closet racist / sexist. Most people dont even have to try to not be racist or sexist
Nope, most of them don't even know they are so they don't try to hide it. Even if they learn to not say them, they still don't think they are. They only know what is called racist.
Do you have 2 accounts. I was asking someone else.
19 Jan 2021, 7:54 pm
19 Jan 2021, 8:03 pm
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19 Jan 2021, 8:18 pm
BettyRed wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Like when a person who tries hard to not be a racist or sexist in any way is prohibited from calling out people who openly express their own racist and sexist beliefs.
Most people dont even have to try to not be racist or sexist
I disagree. It is human nature to fear difference, and the unknown.
19 Jan 2021, 8:22 pm
