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If an individual who I have never met before approaches me wearing a pin that says "kill all men", it is not my responsibility to understand the years of philos
by simonpenn 9y ago
If an individual who I have never met before approaches me wearing a pin that says "kill all men", it is not my responsibility to understand the years of philosophy reading that have caused them to express a totally reasonable and nuanced perspective in very easily misunderstood words. It is 100% reasonable for me to expect that those words mean what they say, and not some other, more subtle meaning that I am unaware of.
Even if this is actually true! Even if it is actually true that "kill all men" expands into this reasonable position. Because I have no access to what goes on inside someone else's head. All I have access to is what I see.
And when I, a man, see a person with management authority over me, wearing a pin that says 'kill all men', I get scared. This is not appropriate for a workplace, no moreso than any white supremacist garbage is.
- camgunz 9y ago> It is 100% reasonable for me to expect that those words mean what they say. Sure, because when someone says "put your money where your mouth is" you eat your wallet. When someone says "keep your chin up" you walk around looking at the sky. If you ever, in your entire life, encounter someone who believes all men should be killed, do you really think you're gonna notice their "Kill All Men" pin before they get you? All this nonsense about "I believe those words" is bananas to me. Get out of here.