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Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ... by fzeroracer on Monday December 26, 2022 @12:22AM (#34134835)
Now think of what a gay man thinks when he's minding his own business and a group of people start slinging slurs at him. Have you ever been in that position? Do you know what it's like, wondering if you make the wrong move that they might change from jeering to violence?
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Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ... by crackercrews on Monday December 26, 2022 @12:37AM (#34134908)
Sounds like we're in agreement. Violence is worse than jeering.
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Re:MIT Faculty Votes for Statement on Freedom of Expression ... by fzeroracer on Monday December 26, 2022 @01:14AM (#34135149)
I don't know how you got that at all from my statement, but I don't think you've been in a position like that to understand that the jeering comes with the implicit threat of violence, and how trying to navigate/defuse situations like that place a huge burden on the person defending themselves.
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