US Presidential Election, Nov 5th 2024

[Dax777]

What the actual fuck?

The alternative is worse.

 

[Blue and true]

Well I agree, else, how do you know who needs educating?

So it's ok to be racist if the racists can be identified and then rehabilitated? Would it not be better if there were no racists at all, and the victims of their repulsive mindsets were spared? And for what it's worth, you can't change the nature of a racist, it's entrenched; it's why there are still pockets of staunch neo-nazis in Germany, despite the history of the nation and the continued introspection.

By your logic, it's ok to pickpocket and set buildings ablaze because we can just lock up the thieves and the arsonists.

 

[Blue and true]

The alternative is worse.

The alternative of a society free of racism?

And before you retort, racism is not a tenet of free speech. It's a hate crime and has nothing to do with freedom of speech.

 

[bluesteel]

The fact is many are spouting that nonsense. Whether or not they believe it is another thing.

Hell, sleepy joe just invited Hitler to the White House and vice president Kamala will have to certify Pol pots victory and hand him the keys to the kingdom…..

Look, hell didn’t freeze over the last time the orange person took charge.

I’m sure you’ll be sweet.

Unless your a trans kids doctor, on the diddy list , Epstein list, involved in some shady legal stuff to take out a candidate.

So probably about 47% of you.

:)

I’m off to bed, sorry for wind up last post :)

 

[bluesteel]

So it's ok to be racist if the racists can be identified and then rehabilitated? Would it not be better if there were no racists at all, and the victims of their repulsive mindsets were spared? And for what it's worth, you can't change the nature of a racist, it's entrenched; it's why there are still pockets of staunch neo-nazis in Germany, despite the history of the nation and the continued introspection.

By your logic, it's ok to pickpocket and set buildings ablaze because we can just lock up the thieves and the arsonists.

Of course it’d be better if there were no racists at all.

But you must live on a different planet to me.

What is your solution?

Edit: on one hand all Trump voters are racists, on the other 51+% of the people want Trump in charge.

Maybe you should split the states up for each category, one for each… oh.

Or be the un-united states?

Sorry, had too many beers now after watching that shit show

 

[Blue and true]

Of course it’d be better if there were no racists at all.

But you must live on a different planet to me.

What is your solution?

Not let people spout racist views online without fear of repercussion? I mean, that would be a start.

 

[Frank the Yank]

The alternative of a society free of racism?

And before you retort, racism is not a tenet of free speech. It's a hate crime and has nothing to do with freedom of speech.

Not according to the 1st Amendment of our Constitution it’s not. In these cases, sunlight is the best disinfectant.

 

[Dax777]

So it's ok to be racist if the racists can be identified and then rehabilitated? Would it not be better if there were no racists at all, and the victims of their repulsive mindsets were spared? And for what it's worth, you can't change the nature of a racist, it's entrenched; it's why there are still pockets of staunch neo-nazis in Germany, despite the history of the nation and the continued introspection.

No it's not ok to be racist. But it's worse to censor speech. It's not that anyone wants racist speech. It's that they'd rather have free speech

By your logic, it's ok to pickpocket and set buildings ablaze because we can just lock up the thieves and the arsonists.

Almost got it. It's not okay to pick pockets or be an arsonist. Yet some people are and we jail them.

But 'racist speech's isn't really like 'arson' now is it. It's much more nebulous in nature.

For example: 'People of Color' is not racist but 'Colored People' is... Even though one is simply the inverse with less words. "Blacks" isn't but "the Blacks" well can be. If someone you already deem racist, says it. "Kun Aguero" is just one of our favorite footballer of all time. But if you are in the States I'd just suggest you stick to Sergio.

This doesn't even begin to even examine the different cultural sensitivities around speech and usage.

We are all most protected when speech is most free.

 

[bluesteel]

Not let people spout racist views online without fear of repercussion? I mean, that would be a start.

Ok, stop them. Then we can invent thought police.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Not let people spout racist views online without fear of repercussion? I mean, that would be a start.

I think the fundamental difference is that a post on social media isn’t classed in the same way that a print newspaper would be.

Therefore, someone with millions of followers can “publish” something on social media to far more than people read in a newspaper, despite those papers not being able to print overt racism.