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23 Nov 2018, 9:01 am

Speak Up: Responding to Everyday Bigotry



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23 Nov 2018, 10:56 am

This is not news.


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23 Nov 2018, 11:17 am

LoveNotHate wrote:
This is not news.

Yeah, it is.

Hate crimes up for third consecutive year.



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23 Nov 2018, 3:19 pm

Man, just imagine if you met someone who followed everything that is said in that OP link, how utterly insufferable they would be. I'm only about 2/3 of the way through too.



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23 Nov 2018, 3:22 pm

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Man, just imagine if you met someone who followed everything that is said in that OP link, how utterly insufferable they would be. I'm only about 2/3 of the way through too.


I read a bit of it and it was saying you shouldn't joke about someone with an Italian surname being Maffia how sad is that. The SPLC has no credibility.



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23 Nov 2018, 3:24 pm

Daniel89 wrote:
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Man, just imagine if you met someone who followed everything that is said in that OP link, how utterly insufferable they would be. I'm only about 2/3 of the way through too.


I read a bit of it and it was saying you shouldn't joke about someone with an Italian surname being Maffia how sad is that. The SPLC has no credibility.

Teachers and students across the country report hearing biased language every day: “That’s so lame.” “How ret*d.” “That’s so ghetto.” “She’s psycho.” “He’s bipolar.” Here are some ideas to help stem the tide:



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23 Nov 2018, 3:25 pm

Drake wrote:
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Man, just imagine if you met someone who followed everything that is said in that OP link, how utterly insufferable they would be. I'm only about 2/3 of the way through too.


I read a bit of it and it was saying you shouldn't joke about someone with an Italian surname being Maffia how sad is that. The SPLC has no credibility.

Teachers and students across the country report hearing biased language every day: “That’s so lame.” “How ret*d.” “That’s so ghetto.” “She’s psycho.” “He’s bipolar.” Here are some ideas to help stem the tide:


This oppression towards Psychopaths has to stop :roll:



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23 Nov 2018, 3:28 pm

That's the last part I read before coming here as it's such an oh ffs! part of it.



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23 Nov 2018, 3:36 pm

There is no such thing as a 'hate crime'. The reason they go up is because new categories are created and they have become more about the person feeling they are a victim. People are also encouraged by advertising to report them.


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23 Nov 2018, 3:45 pm

I seriously can't believe anyone is taking issue with that article. I mean this is basic common decency stuff here. Like when my son came to me completely uncomfortable because a friend was mocking something calling it "So autistic!" I helped him find the words to explain to his friend how hurtful saying something like that could be. There is never a need to mock another group just to make a statement. There is an entire dictionary full of ways to say things that aren't insulting. This very much still is a HUGE issue in society!



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23 Nov 2018, 3:48 pm

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I seriously can't believe anyone is taking issue with that article. I mean this is basic common decency stuff here. Like when my son came to me completely uncomfortable because a friend was mocking something calling it "So autistic!" I helped him find the words to explain to his friend how hurtful saying something like that could be. There is never a need to mock another group just to make a statement. There is an entire dictionary full of ways to say things that aren't insulting. This very much still is a HUGE issue in society!


It's mean and horrible but it's not a crime.


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23 Nov 2018, 4:25 pm

JohnPowell wrote:
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I seriously can't believe anyone is taking issue with that article. I mean this is basic common decency stuff here. Like when my son came to me completely uncomfortable because a friend was mocking something calling it "So autistic!" I helped him find the words to explain to his friend how hurtful saying something like that could be. There is never a need to mock another group just to make a statement. There is an entire dictionary full of ways to say things that aren't insulting. This very much still is a HUGE issue in society!


It's mean and horrible but it's not a crime.


It becomes one depending on how people act on their internalized issues. And using wording that makes such things feel "acceptable" leads to people acting out. The rise of racist awfulness in America is evidence of that.



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23 Nov 2018, 4:39 pm

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I seriously can't believe anyone is taking issue with that article. I mean this is basic common decency stuff here. Like when my son came to me completely uncomfortable because a friend was mocking something calling it "So autistic!" I helped him find the words to explain to his friend how hurtful saying something like that could be. There is never a need to mock another group just to make a statement. There is an entire dictionary full of ways to say things that aren't insulting. This very much still is a HUGE issue in society!


It's mean and horrible but it's not a crime.


It becomes one depending on how people act on their internalized issues. And using wording that makes such things feel "acceptable" leads to people acting out. The rise of racist awfulness in America is evidence of that.


It's been brewing for years because of identity politics. A crime is a crime. It doesn't need "hate" in front of it.


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23 Nov 2018, 4:51 pm

...Interesting.


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23 Nov 2018, 6:03 pm

Mass shootings: record number
Police killings: record number
Education system: failing
Hard drugs use: epidemic level
Economy: Improving, but still crap.

But there is one issue that plagues us far worse than any other, and it's hate speech! Yes, the number one priority should be stopping all this mean name calling. Forget everything else, we gotta focus on making laws banning kids from saying "That's lame", since it may kill as many lives as the others mentioned, but it does kill far more spirits. Yep, I can think of nothing more important to work on first.


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23 Nov 2018, 6:10 pm

modernmax wrote:
Mass shootings: record number
Police killings: record number
Education system: failing
Hard drugs use: epidemic level
Economy: Improving, but still crap.

But there is one issue that plagues us far worse than any other, and it's hate speech! Yes, the number one priority should be stopping all this mean name calling. Forget everything else, we gotta focus on making laws banning kids from saying "That's lame", since it may kill as many lives as the others mentioned, but it does kill far more spirits. Yep, I can think of nothing more important to work on first.


Homelessness insane levels and foreign policy destroying the world but yeah you're right, you need to focus on feelings first.


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