PSA: Hate Speech

[Little lunch]

Yeah, I remember Joods getting upset about the word retarded.
No new rules for that one, even though, throughout the history of humankind, disabled people have suffered far more greatly than any other minority and still do to this day.

I totally understand the staff's decision. I hate those words and would never use them.
I still see it as a mistake though.
Add in retarded to the list... and then stupid, fat, crazy and on and on and on.
Well, you can't put every word on the list.
No, you can't, so don't put any on the list.
Fair is all or nothing.

[Cod]

I can be hit over the head with a baseball bat. I can be hit over the head with a bag of marshmallows.

Therefore, bags of marshmallows should be on the list of offensive weapons.

[LastPoet]

Lol, no Kit. AF is not going to die because you and a few other bizarrely hysterical folks aren’t allowed to sling about the N-word. But, your inflated sense of self-importance is quite admirable! You’re a member over at AD. I have an idea: how about you, LP, Poca, and Wyzaz test the N-word waters over there, and check back in to let us know how it went. 😉

I'd like for you to show me where in this thread or any other I have said that I am not ok with the ban on the word, that you felt the need to lump me with others that do.

[LadyForCamus]

Lol, no Kit. AF is not going to die because you and a few other bizarrely hysterical folks aren’t allowed to sling about the N-word. But, your inflated sense of self-importance is quite admirable! You’re a member over at AD. I have an idea: how about you, LP, Poca, and Wyzaz test the N-word waters over there, and check back in to let us know how it went. 😉

I'd like for you to show me where in this thread or any other I have said that I am not ok with the ban on the word, that you  felt the need to lump me with others that do.

If that’s not true, then I’ve misunderstood your position on the matter, and I apologize. Honest mistake.

[FatAndFaithless]

I think I'm out of the loop...what's AD?

[Foxaèr]

I think I'm out of the loop...what's AD?

http://atheistdiscussion.org/forums/index.php

[LadyForCamus]

Well, one of their regulars said it.

http://atheistdiscussion.org/forums/show...#pid101230

Well, then now you have a spafe space, don’t you?

[FatAndFaithless]

I think I'm out of the loop...what's AD?

http://atheistdiscussion.org/forums/index.php

Ah gotcha, thanks.

[Angrboda]

I am trying to leave the discussion to others, but as long as I was involved, I'll just leave my two cents and butt out. I think that the specifics of the use of hate speech, what it is, why it should be policed, and so on, can be debated at great length, and possibly still not achieve agreement from all parties. I agree with policing hate speech, although I may disagree with some of the particulars. I think this is a reasonable rule, made unfortunately necessary by the reality that hate speech, what it means for something to be hate speech, and what to do about it are difficult matters to address. The debates about Twitter and Facebook and Youtube continue to this day. I think these are all topics that members and people can reasonably disagree on without hatred being directed towards those who, for whatever reason, hold a different view than you do, or who want to see the questions addressed. The change in policy was necessitated by those realities, not by any unreasonableness or maliciousness of individual parties, necessarily. I fully accept that some parties do fall under that cloud, but to malign all parties simply because you and they do not share an opinion is, imho, inappropriate. It is the reality of the situation that prompted the changes, not that all those who have had questions or issues about the matter are either wrong or defective in some way, or have necessarily behaved inappropriately. And even some of those who may have may have had good intentions in doing so. Again, imho.

[madog]

I think hate speech is disrespecting what a person is rather than the ideas they choose to hold