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In the case of blasphemy, many think that religious people are inferior. I’ve talked with many athiests who think all theists are stupid. And I’ve talked with

In the case of blasphemy, many think that religious people are inferior. I’ve talked with many athiests who think all theists are stupid. And I’ve talked with members of Religion X who think members of Religion Y are inferior. So from a world view perspective, someone saying “Jesus Christ, you’re an idiot” would be part of an inferior perspective on people who think that blasphemy shouldn’t be done. I think this is different from profanity, but I’ve worked with people who thought use of the “F word” was so offensive they would feel uncomfortable working with people who say such things. I think it comes down to those views as not being reasonable, but everyone agreeing that being offended by racial slurs as being reasonable. So it’s unreasonable to ever use hate speech, but it’s reasonable to use blasphemy and profanity.

wolverine876 5y ago
> someone saying “Jesus Christ, you’re an idiot” would be part of an inferior perspective on people who think that blasphemy shouldn’t be done. As an important nuance, if the speaker knows that someone will be offended, I think it assumes the views of the offended person are unimportant. That's different, though not necessarily any less bad, than seeing that person as inferior. I can't anticipate everything that will offend anyone. But if I know someone is offended by something, I certainly want to respect them as people and avoid saying it. If I know someone is of a certain religion, I'd avoid saying anything about it that I wasn't sure of. > I think it comes down to those views as not being reasonable, but everyone agreeing that being offended by racial slurs as being reasonable. There's hate speech against religions too, and that's as verboten as hate speech against racial groups. In fact, for a moment I considered using an example of religious hate speech, but that would be completely inappropriate (and rightfully so, IMHO). Blasphemy is a different matter than hate speech.

wolverine876 5y ago

> someone saying “Jesus Christ, you’re an idiot” would be part of an inferior perspective on people who think that blasphemy shouldn’t be done. As an important nuance, if the speaker knows that someone will be offended, I think it assumes the views of the offended person are unimportant. That's different, though not necessarily any less bad, than seeing that person as inferior. I can't anticipate everything that will offend anyone. But if I know someone is offended by something, I certainly want to respect them as people and avoid saying it. If I know someone is of a certain religion, I'd avoid saying anything about it that I wasn't sure of. > I think it comes down to those views as not being reasonable, but everyone agreeing that being offended by racial slurs as being reasonable. There's hate speech against religions too, and that's as verboten as hate speech against racial groups. In fact, for a moment I considered using an example of religious hate speech, but that would be completely inappropriate (and rightfully so, IMHO). Blasphemy is a different matter than hate speech.