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mmonk

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6. Social change requires non-violent resistance and isolation

Reply to Bluenorthwest (Reply #5)

Mon May 11, 2015, 03:42 PM

May 2015

of hate speech to minimize it and isolate it. The laws themselves will go back and forth according to ideologies. It requires a steady diet of protests and letting the bigots expose themselves.

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Regarding "Hate Speech" [View all] H2O Man May 2015 OP

Interestingly, OS just posted about a "microaggression" clause in a union contract... malthaussen May 2015 #1

I agree, especially in your last sentence. mmonk May 2015 #2

Interesting thoughts. nt el_bryanto May 2015 #3

I think this is the way a lot of it was stopped in the 60-70s. There were so many of us who would jwirr May 2015 #4

The LGBT community has been subjected to constant, extreme, daily public hate speech in many Bluenorthwest May 2015 #5

Social change requires non-violent resistance and isolation mmonk May 2015 #6

Gee I just said I've spent an entire lifetime dealing with hate speech specialists and frankly I'd Bluenorthwest May 2015 #7

I didn't realize I wasn't. mmonk May 2015 #8

I'll try to make the point that I think Blue is making. Coventina May 2015 #9

Good point. mmonk May 2015 #10

Most well said. I would add only that there is a degree of pain involved in realizing that the Bluenorthwest May 2015 #11

Yes, that is INCREDIBLY irksome. That so many will jump to the defense of Coventina May 2015 #12

Evidently, they subconsciously choose whether there is a realization or not. mmonk May 2015 #13

Respectfully disagree. H2O Man May 2015 #14