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2012 Election
Bluesummers:
I think calling them out is the only way to alert them to the stupidity of their comments...and people willing to make this kind of comment on a not-so-anonymous website are those who inwardly think it 24/7.
Also, they're morons for not realizing we've had an african-american in the white house for 4 years already...why start now? Are they trying to be Donald Trump?
Rockman:
I'm not really sure how I feel about this... It's hard. I'm not about to jump up and protect these kids from the consequences of their hateful, stupid and very public words, but I'm not about to high-five Jezebel for calling teenagers' principals to alert them to their online behavior. Am I alone here, or does that make sense to anyone else?
VonKleist:
Yes.
Because I often feel like the people who indulge in this kind of e-shaming/vigilantism are just as bad as the folks theyīre going after.
I mean, itīs good to get involved! No denying that someone should call people out on spouting this kind of racist bullshit, but Iīd respect it more if their respective social environment could do that. And if they live in an environment where itīs A-ok to call someone a racial slur then itīs probably too late and no amount of internet-hate will right this.
Redball:
Doesn't seem out of line for a school or uni administration/faculty to call them out for that kind of post. Punishment? Not at all. Perhaps sentence them to a consciousness-raising workshop/seminar, taught by an African-American.
I went through some consciousness-raising all at once in my sophomore year: Took an intro sociology course which seemed aimed at exploding and demolishing all kinds of preconceptions about class and race. But I was already curious; my roommate was a black kid I'd asked for, sight-unseen, the previous spring.
How many of these racist twerps grow up in a lily-white world of fellow believers and never work, learn or play with someone of another race?
BeoPuppy:
--- Quote from: Rockman on 15 Nov 2012, 05:45 ---I'm not really sure how I feel about this... It's hard. I'm not about to jump up and protect these kids from the consequences of their hateful, stupid and very public words, but I'm not about to high-five Jezebel for calling teenagers' principals to alert them to their online behavior. Am I alone here, or does that make sense to anyone else?
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Nope. I'm not sure either. That's why I wanted some input. On the one hand I don't want to protect idiots from the consequences of their free speech. On the other hand; stupid kids need education not punishment.
Can't figure it out.
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