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"hate speech" has become such an overused, loose term that its losing its original meaning
by lancemurdock 5y ago
"hate speech" has become such an overused, loose term that its losing its original meaning
- gsich 5y agoTrue. It's mostly a synonym for "stuff I don't want to hear".
- matheusmoreira 5y agoWhat's wrong with hating anyway? Hate is a perfectly normal emotion. It's okay to hate. A lot of things are worthy of our hate. I think it's strange how people are expected to not express any negative emotions at all.
- w0de0 5y agoI’ll engage, this is an interesting idea. It’s a Cynical idea, in that it advocates an inherent virtue to human subjective experience, even hate - like Diogenes the Cynic asserting public masturbation was fine. So, my response: our emotions have no inherent ethics. They may have a survival value, because strong emotions can compel us to action we may reject if we were rational. Is that - irrational survivalism - really a state to aspire to? Has it any likelihood to induce ethical behavior or advance civilization or make the world nicer for your family? I agree that negative emotions are rather more taboo in America than is healthy. But reflecting on why they are taboo at all, I would rather err on the side of Spock than Worf.