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> So maybe the point where we disagree is that I literally believe that e.g. a person who has been born with a dark skin has the right not to be discriminated a
by nemo44x 3y ago
> So maybe the point where we disagree is that I literally believe that e.g. a person who has been born with a dark skin has the right not to be discriminated against — and that it is the job of a government to ensure that these rights are not violated by others.
You don't have a right to not be offended. If someone wants to write an op-ed about why a certain group of people are awful and someone wants to publish that then so be it. The government's job isn't to make sure someone has hurt feelings.
Everyone else will condemn them and they'll be marginalized for it and life will go on.
Now, if someone wanted to open a public business and not allow a certain group of people allowed in to shop then the government can step in. That's not speech but rather discrimination.
- atoav 3y agoRacism is not about being offended. If that is your idea of the whole thing, good riddance. Get a grip, man.
- nemo44x 3y agoIn terms of saying racist things, it is. It’s just words. Despicable words but just words none the less. I’m not saying being offended is wrong but rather you have no right to not be offended. If someone wants to stand on the street corner and spew racist comment after racist comment it’s their right to do it. They might get beat up or protested or exposed for the community to judge and shun socially, but it’s their right however disputable it is.