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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
What do you mean by accept? In law?
And who gets to decide which groups people can't make negative comments or jokes about? A lot of people get deeply offended when the flag is defaced. Should it be illegal? Some are wounded when the Catholic Church, or the military, or police officers, or rednecks, or Christians are insulted.
Who decides which groups can be insulted and which can't? The courts? The president of the United States? You?
I recently watched a couple celebrity roasts on Netflix. Foul, offensive bigotry from start to finish. Should that kind of shock humour be prohibited by law? Or should the comedians who take part simply be shamed into stopping?
The ACLU has defended Communists, Nazis, African Americans, the right to abortion, the right to burn flags, and the right to burn crosses. Some people see those actions as principled and consistent. Others don't. That disagreement represents a pretty fundamental difference in worldview - that between liberal and illiberal.
Liberal ideals have seen us make tremendous progress. Abandoning those ideals is, in my opinion, the surest way to put that progress in jeopardy.
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Laws? Liberal ideals? What in the world are you talking about?
Just be a welcoming, respectful person and make a point to educate those who aren't when you see those moments instead of ignoring them or awkwardly laughing them off. It's not really a difficult concept. If you need more laws and specific groups named for you to figure it out, I don't have a lot of hope for you.