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Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life by jim_greco on Thursday February 12, 2015 @01:42PM (#9040478)
And segregation wasn't offensive to most southern whites. Your counter argument is silly because you could use it to argue that nothing is offensive.
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Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life by SafariDevelop on Thursday February 12, 2015 @03:52PM (#9041313)
> And segregation wasn't offensive to most southern whites.

Does racial segregation offend you, then? If so what are you actually doing about it? Are you putting your kids in a diverse school? Are you encouraging them to date people from other races? Are you married to one currently? How much of your social circle, other than acquaintances, involve non-whites?

There is no way you are going to "fix" societal issues without demonstrating a resolution in your own life.

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Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life by fenomas on Thursday February 12, 2015 @01:59PM (#9040605)
Nothing is offensive or inoffensive, in and of itself. A person is offended by it, or they aren't.

Offensiveness is a function with two inputs; it depends on both the thing and the person in question.

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