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what if those views aren't civil?
by metalliqaz 6y ago
what if those views aren't civil?
- matz1 6y agoThen you get people who silently support the views.
- metalliqaz 6y agoi'll bet there are still a bunch of people who silently oppose interracial marriage in the US. But... they will be dead soon and their ideas will die with them
- matz1 6y agoA person may die but ideas lives on.
- metalliqaz 6y agonot if they keep it to themselves also, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%27s_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%27s_principle
- matz1 6y agoThe successive generation can also be the silent supporter or they can be the braver/smarter supporter who aren't afraid to voice their view.
- ThrowawayR2 6y agoFaulty argument. Did the fight for LGBTQ rights die out when being LGBTQ in the past was something people had to stay in the closet about? No? Then why would anyone think it will work on other viewpoints?
- koheripbal 6y agoThen you act like an adult and reject them. Are you afraid that if you hear hate speech, you will learn to hate?
- metalliqaz 6y agoof course not, but a requirement to be civil to uncivil people just allows the brownshirts to take over
- koheripbal 6y agoBeing civil to uncivil people does not somehow make their hate speech more appealing to normal people. What it does is preserve the integrity of our open democratic system.
- nautilus12 6y agoBeing civil to uncivil people is defines the highest and most honest character of civility.