[split] PSA: Hate Speech (discussion of video etc)

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I say you are endorsing violence through victim blaming, so shame on you!

I'm not saying it's ok to say the word, given the shitty past it represents and the far from ideal present. But I'm saying that accepting violence as a response to hearing the word is not the best attitude that society can take on its way to doing away with the racist intent with which it is often (but not always) used.

You can say I'm endorsing violence all you like, it won't make it true.  You have either missed or chosen to ignore the bit where I said that I would have no problem if the young men in the video were brought up on charges (personally, I probably would have thrown a punch at 'punk-ass motherfucker', but that's just me).  If I were truly victim blaming, I would be contending that the young men who beat up that idiot did nothing wrong.  That's not the case.

I agree with the second paragraph above - it is definitely not the best way to deal with racism.  And I'm absolutely not accepting violence as a response, but anyone who uses that word in that manner should certainly expect violence.  Doesn't make it right, doesn't make it fair, but that's the world we live in.

Boru