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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
I agree with the part about speaking out against fundamentalists.
But what if the perception people have about that ethnic group is wrong to begin with?
Shouldn't we hold the ignorant labelers accountable?
Also, how do you ask the question with dignity? For example, please tell me how you would ask a brown person if they're a terrorist with dignity? The implication itself has no dignity. It doesn't matter much how you word it.
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Ignorant labelers should be held accountable. Not by laws that restrict free speech but, rather by challenging them with the truth. We had a known white supremacist move to a community just outside of town. He was known as a recruiter for there movement often targeting white teens. He and his family moved after about four months because the response he received from the community. People organized and got information out about his recruiting tactics and his obnoxious beliefs. His bile didn't have a chance.
I suppose in a sense there is a loss of dignity. You mentioned about the folly of labeling all whites as racists because of a few white supremacists. Well what if they dress like the skin heads? Am I causing them an undue loss of dignity if I asked them if they are? I think harm is done if I label them as such and treat them differently without the question. I think just as much harm is done if I don't ask and let a threat to my small community walk about unchallenged.
I am separated from my wife and have full custody of my two young boys. Because I'm a man in order to take my boys across the American border I have to provide my separation agreement along with their birth certificates. Also, I and they get asked more questions than if I was their mother. Do mothers abduct children? Of course but, mothers more commonly have custody and fathers account for the vast majority of abductions. I guess you could say that every time I take them across the border I suffer a loss of dignity. If that is the case I gladly surrender that loss for the greater good of society: The protection of our children.