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Originally Posted by sworkhard
Oh, so it's not actually a free speech issue then.
Rather, you have an issue with the culture and beliefs that some people hold.
I'm puzzled how you propose to change minds on these topics without the use of free speech of all kinds, inluding, but not limited to the mocking ridiculing kind and the well reasoned, good mannered kind.
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I'm mostly taking issue with the idea that the only people concerned about that kind of rhetoric are whiny college kids who are afraid of ideas they disagree with, that it's the "PC Police" trying to keep people from speaking their minds. Because it's not about that, it's about
the actual people who are being disparaged and the fact that those people are legitimately (and rightly) concerned for their safety.
I don't know what the answer is, nor how or if it's fixable, but it's about so much more than overly sensitive types on college campuses.
We've learned that it's not acceptable to call black people the n-word, why can't we learn that this kind of rhetoric is also unacceptable? I guarantee you that people still use the n-word in private and especially in their thoughts--but it's unacceptable in public now. It's not about being PC, it's about not being awful to other human beings.