I hate it when I agree with Elise Stefanik.

[Hekate]

31. Good God. People at DU are deeply, deeply confused about hate speech. Some people anyway.

This is a repost from another thread. Some people keep having it explained to them — and pop up right again with what-about, but-but, and both-sides.

No. There are no both sides in hate speech. There is no forgiveness by context. If I call a poster here the N-word or the C-word my post will be removed pronto, and if I persist I can be banned. Read the TOS — is your right to free speech being trampled by DU?

I used to work in the Personnel/Human Resources/AA area at the County & at a public University

Saying hateful things to others and about others and in the presence of others creates a hostile work environment. Does someone need me to enumerate and say the offensive words?

Women have experienced this — the LGBTQ+ community has — the disabled — Blacks, Asians — certainly Jews do.

It was against the policy of every workplace, backed up by laws. Indeed, many lawsuits for workplace harassment were filed and won.

Knuckledraggers always felt put upon, whether they wore overalls or a suit and tie. They still feel put upon. They couldn’t put up a noose on someone’s desk as a har-de-har joke. They couldn’t tell gay jokes and swish their wrists.

I’m with Elise Stefanik. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO US? This shit is not some subtle “microaggression” — it is as in-your-face as a noose left in your workplace or a cross burned on your lawn.

Calls for genocide are NOT “protected speech.”