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There are always scissor cases. Suppose X, a Ukrainian says on Twitter "I wish the Russians would get out of Ukraine" and then Y, a Ukrainian of Russian ethnici
by klipt 3y ago
There are always scissor cases. Suppose X, a Ukrainian says on Twitter "I wish the Russians would get out of Ukraine" and then Y, a Ukrainian of Russian ethnicity reports X for saying that Y shouldn't exist. Who is right in this case, X or Y?
Replace Russia/Ukraine with your favorite contentious issue and you could potentially see communities splitting up over this.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoThere's no right or wrong in this case though. The statement is a wish, it's not punching down on Russians. And the report is invalid, because X did not in fact say what Y claims that they said. It's not the issue itself, it's the intent. If the intent is exclusionary - if X did say Y should not exist - then there's negative, unwelcoming intent. It's not actually as complicated as the anti-CoC crowd is trying to make it look. All CoC's should / could be summarized as "be nice", with the caveat that if you're not, you won't be treated nicely either. And even that's not the case, because nine times out of ten, you will be asked to change your behaviour and patiently explained why it's bad. And most adults can accept that. They can accept that saying "X should not exist" is bad.