Re:Stop Demanding Dumb Answers to Hard Questions
by s1artibartfast on Thursday December 07, 2023 @10:26PM
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The phrase "reasonable person" does the heavy lifting here. A reasonable person should be able to understand that others have different opinions that may be distasteful or wrong. Unless those opinions are violent and directed at them personally, they are not hostile.
Re:Stop Demanding Dumb Answers to Hard Questions
by PeterStuer on Friday December 08, 2023 @02:32AM
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So you are saying 'words are violence' was BS all along? Better tell that to those college campusses and their speech police squads. Bring back the reasonable people they ousted over the last two decades.
Re:Stop Demanding Dumb Answers to Hard Questions
by s1artibartfast on Friday December 08, 2023 @09:56AM
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Yes
Re:Stop Demanding Dumb Answers to Hard Questions
by funcDropShadow on Friday December 08, 2023 @02:45AM
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Calling for the genocide of Jews is context-dependent, but misgendering is always a hate crime?
Re:Stop Demanding Dumb Answers to Hard Questions
by loeg on Friday December 08, 2023 @10:46AM
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> Unless those opinions are violent and directed at them personally,
I mean, I think a statement advocating for the genocide of Jews is reflecting a violent opinion and is obviously personal for Jews!
In what contexts is (explicitly) calling for the genocide of Jews not objectively offensive or hostile? Maybe if you whisper it quietly in an empty room? I don't buy the examples provided in TFA (the ones he deems acceptable are not explicit calls for genocide).