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I am not condoning being unkind. You seem to miss the other half of the puzzle, where people who have suffered trauma in their lives often re-exhibit the same
by dolni 5y ago
I am not condoning being unkind.
You seem to miss the other half of the puzzle, where people who have suffered trauma in their lives often re-exhibit the same toxic behaviors that they learned. If a kid grows up under awful parents and says hurtful stuff to other people, should we jail that kid when they turn 18?
I say no.
Any good therapist will tell you that you can't control other people. What you can do is control how you react and who you associate with.
It is incumbent on each of us to find self-worth and make good decisions for our own mental health. Policing everybody else is an unwinnable game and far from the most effective strategy.
- conradludgate 5y agoI did not say they should be put in prison. But I do not believe their deeds should go unpunished. I do not want to live in a society that promotes hate speech. I appreciate that toxic households can raise toxic children. But we punish them already if they get into drugs and violence. I firmly believe that hate speech is a gateway to violence I understand having liberties to critise the government and the state. But hate speech is different and I think it's equivalent to violence in controlling groups of people with fear
- polartx 5y agoWho is the arbitrator that determines which classifiers enjoy the protection of ‘hate speech’?