Places like bars, pubs, and anonymous message boards are where people open up and you can actually learn the truth about society and culture, much more than in stuffy academia where people are unpersoned for having unorthodox opinions. It can be unpleasant at times. Uncontrolled spaces draw out the dregs of society, jerks, trolls, and people that will hate you for no good reason, but those people are out there anyway - they don't change their mind if we control their speech. Communicating only in censored safe spaces gives us a false impression of the world. I'd rather have the truth. If I find comradery with other like-minded people in those forums, even better.
Exactly. If a white person has a problem with black ppl id rather have an honest conversation. I have plenty of white friends in rural areas (born in Oklahoma and live in Texas now) who the media would consider evil racists but we took the time to get to know each other. M
But I’d say that about any race man or woman. I’d rather have honest discussions
I’m black and I’ve been called a white supremacist. Granted I have a little European ancestry though most of that is English/Irish.
Sounds good to me. There are a lot of good people on here. And I do like honest opinions. And you get plenty of that here.
Places like bars, pubs, and anonymous message boards are where people open up and you can actually learn the truth about society and culture, much more than in stuffy academia where people are unpersoned for having unorthodox opinions. It can be unpleasant at times. Uncontrolled spaces draw out the dregs of society, jerks, trolls, and people that will hate you for no good reason, but those people are out there anyway - they don't change their mind if we control their speech. Communicating only in censored safe spaces gives us a false impression of the world. I'd rather have the truth. If I find comradery with other like-minded people in those forums, even better.
Exactly. If a white person has a problem with black ppl id rather have an honest conversation. I have plenty of white friends in rural areas (born in Oklahoma and live in Texas now) who the media would consider evil racists but we took the time to get to know each other. M But I’d say that about any race man or woman. I’d rather have honest discussions
Me too. I prefer honesty to people liking me.
Clayton Bigsby! Good to meet you
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BLNDqxrUUwQ
Ha! Can you imagine the reaction to that skit today.