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The statement could be seen as harmful. But if you put all statements ever said on a gamut between harmful and helpful, at the risk of being recursive, I’d say
by clnq 3y ago
The statement could be seen as harmful. But if you put all statements ever said on a gamut between harmful and helpful, at the risk of being recursive, I’d say about 50% would be on either side. That’s why thresholds are important.
The way things stand now, you can say much more harmful things online. Society doesn’t see a problem with it. And that’s fine. We don’t need to child-proof and infantilise our language, thoughts, and jokes.
- jrajav 3y agoReally? You think 50% of all statements ever made in public can be reasonably taken as harmful? I get that you're trying to make a point on the utility of judging some statements to be "harmful, but not overly so," but the assertion is ridiculous.
- clnq 3y agoYes. If you put them on a gamut and bin them into two categories based on where they fall on the harmful-helpful spectrum, you’d get close to 50/50. Maybe 60/40.