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Aeneas Hunter
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| Omar Little wrote: | | Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | adkindo wrote: | | I think my overall position on the topic is I am not upset that someone claimed the word he used was offensive. I think the response by a few very loud individuals to the school was "this guy must be punished"...."this guy must lose his job", and that sentiment seems to be growing at a fast pace in society. Anyone that feels offended by words must be made whole....and even more so there is a segment of society that wakes up each day seeking out a chance to be offended....and that crowd only grows the more we placate them. |
I think it’s more pernicious than that. We live in a age of weaponized outrage. |
Could there be a space somewhere between weaponized outrage and it's no big deal to refer to a black man as an ape? |
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| Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | Omar Little wrote: | | Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | adkindo wrote: | | I think my overall position on the topic is I am not upset that someone claimed the word he used was offensive. I think the response by a few very loud individuals to the school was "this guy must be punished"...."this guy must lose his job", and that sentiment seems to be growing at a fast pace in society. Anyone that feels offended by words must be made whole....and even more so there is a segment of society that wakes up each day seeking out a chance to be offended....and that crowd only grows the more we placate them. |
I think it’s more pernicious than that. We live in a age of weaponized outrage. |
Could there be a space somewhere between weaponized outrage and it's no big deal to refer to a black man as an ape? |
Absolutely. |
How did you come to that conclusion? Not trying to be confrontational. I'm honestly curious.
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Aeneas Hunter
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| jodeke wrote: | | Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | Omar Little wrote: | | Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | I think it’s more pernicious than that. We live in a age of weaponized outrage. |
Could there be a space somewhere between weaponized outrage and it's no big deal to refer to a black man as an ape? |
Absolutely. |
How did you come to that conclusion? Not trying to be confrontational. I'm honestly curious. |
I’m not sure what you mean. We live in an age of weaponized outrage. That doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t criticize people for saying things that are offensive. However, there is a pernicious tendency from all corners of the political realm and from society in general to build outrage. Sometimes this is justified, as was the case with the Alabama newspaper editor. Other times, we just need to communicate, educate, and forgive. |
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| Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | Omar Little wrote: | | Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | I think it’s more pernicious than that. We live in a age of weaponized outrage. |
Could there be a space somewhere between weaponized outrage and it's no big deal to refer to a black man as an ape? |
Absolutely. |
How did you come to that conclusion? Not trying to be confrontational. I'm honestly curious. |
I’m not sure what you mean. We live in an age of weaponized outrage. That doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t criticize people for saying things that are offensive. However, there is a pernicious tendency from all corners of the political realm and from society in general to build outrage. Sometimes this is justified, as was the case with the Alabama newspaper editor. Other times, we just need to communicate, educate, and forgive. |
Totally agree. We've moved too far along the spectrum of forgiveness and castigation. We didn't do a good enough job of calling out true acts of racism in the past and we've overcorrected way too much to the point that it's actually causing division. |
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jodeke
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| Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | Omar Little wrote: | | Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | I think it’s more pernicious than that. We live in a age of weaponized outrage. |
Could there be a space somewhere between weaponized outrage and it's no big deal to refer to a black man as an ape? |
Absolutely. |
How did you come to that conclusion? Not trying to be confrontational. I'm honestly curious. |
I’m not sure what you mean. We live in an age of weaponized outrage. That doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t criticize people for saying things that are offensive. However, there is a pernicious tendency from all corners of the political realm and from society in general to build outrage. Sometimes this is justified, as was the case with the Alabama newspaper editor. Other times, we just need to communicate, educate, and forgive. |
OK. I think same. Freedom of speech can and is sometime given as reason to support ones narrative. In this case, it's no big deal, strikes me as glossing over.
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