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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 12:38 PM Original message |
Hateful speech isn't hateful action |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. ... |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Scooch over... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Indeed. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. So if you poke an alligator |
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Scribe (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Your analogy is not right. Don't poke the beast, scream at it. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. So you are incapable |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. The bear is reacting to his instincts... |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Those bunch of teens |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. So they attacked a single person? |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. You don't think |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. By one person? |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
64. you're vastly over-simplifying here |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. A group of people beating up one person... |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 11:33 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. ... |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 01:20 AM Response to Reply #74 |
79. So because I think several people beating up one person... |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 01:56 AM Response to Reply #79 |
82. you know about as much about the teachings of Dr. King |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 02:01 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Well, I still think violence sucks... |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 02:14 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. ha ha ... ha ha... |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 07:56 AM Response to Reply #38 |
88. That's not the whole story and you know it. |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. I'm more of a Malcolm X guy myself |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. There's no proof that six teens beat the boy. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. alligators are not legally responsible for getting pissed of and being violent, people are |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It's called an analogy |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. And it's a stupid analogy, unless of course you wish to compare black people to animals. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Yeah, that's what I was saying. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I'm shocked that you admit to such bigotry |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Are you being deliberately obtuse |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. I agree. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
63. All of those acts should be prosecuted. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 08:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
90. A relatively mindless reptile |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Right. Because the discussion of me |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. I am not coming down on them |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Not in that situation they aren't. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #95 |
99. So what you are saying |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hate Speech Laws |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Er, Hate SPEECH Laws????????WTF |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. We have hate speech laws? |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. However, there is |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 02:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
86. lmao! |
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PDenton (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. There are no hate speech laws in the US |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Sorry folks, this is what I meant |
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PDenton (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. That is illegal, it's considered assault, I believe |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 02:22 AM Response to Reply #47 |
87. Hey, no worries. We all make mistakes. It's only human! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't understand. Aren't the "protests against Ahmadinejad" speech, too? |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The author discusses that in the last part of the article n/t |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. sometimes it is. nt. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Does this mean that the Anti-Defamation League should shut its doors? n/t |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. Hitler never killed a Jew. So he's less evil, right? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Telling others to commit genocide is a crime. |
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PDenton (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. he didn't tell them... he ordered them |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Billy Bob likely carries a Confederate flag and a rifle in the back of his truck -- |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. If you're in a dispute with someone, and he hangs a noose on a tree.... |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. But does that give you and your friends the right to beat the hell out of him? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Self defense. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. IIRC the kid who got punched wasn't one of the noose-hangers |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
54. How would you know? |
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piesRsquare (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #54 |
71. I read in several articles... |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. The school fight happened a couple of days after |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. slight error there, nobody 'threatened them with a gun' |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. why don't you tell the truth? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #57 |
67. the truth is that I was not there |
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piesRsquare (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 11:19 PM Response to Reply #57 |
73. Sorry, no go, imo |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 12:39 AM Response to Reply #73 |
77. sometimes you assume that people are bright enough to grasp the principle on their own... |
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piesRsquare (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 01:30 AM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Sometimes I assume people here are interested in CIVILIZED discussion |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. Bull. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #59 |
96. I guess |
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piesRsquare (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
72. What should they have done after the nooses? |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Court records in Bell's case only indicates that Bell was struck once |
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PDenton (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
33. I always thought a noose could be interpreted |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
34. Speaking is a subset of acting... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Exactly. Google speech acts. n/t |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Um, I have an advanced degree in philosophy, so I'll take a pass. But thanks! :) |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. My speech act wasn't directed at you. I was only chiming in. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Oooo - gotcha! Stupid Gricean implicatures. :) |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. . . . |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
41. Right-wing alibis for hate crimes . . .. |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
43. "Hateful speech isn't hateful action " |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
45. You're ignoring history. The teens who hung the nooses were, in my book, |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:08 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. The author is ignoring history... |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #50 |
65. i call you on this |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. I've never said that my opinion is the same as the author's... |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. no |
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piesRsquare (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 01:12 AM Response to Reply #70 |
78. I'm going to be unapologetic here... |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 01:40 AM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Great post! |
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piesRsquare (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 01:56 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Definitely a tragedy. And a shame. n/t |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #70 |
97. "A group beating up one person is wrong no matter their justification." |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
49. Meanwhile in the real world, don't let your mouth write checks your fists can't cover... |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:09 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I didn't write the article... |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. whatsamatta -- too much reality for you? |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
68. If someone attacks me physically I'll defend myself... |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. ah HA! |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
60. You can't yell "fire!" in a crowded theater. |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
61. But there *were* acts--not threats--of violence by whites against blacks... |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. the authorities greenlighted blacks as targets, and the black kids drew a line in the sand... |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #62 |
92. Fuck Yes |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
66. bullies like to use that tactic |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
89. Agreed |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
93. It is impossible to separate the incident from the poisonous atmosphere of racial hatred |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
98. The hanging nooses in the Jena school yard tree was a death threat. |
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