Posted by Dr. Bob on November 29, 2013, at 12:14:58
In reply to Lou's reply-Th Hsiung-Pilder discussion-psehypgaux, posted by Lou Pilder on November 28, 2013, at 10:54:20
> > > B. You are taking back your thinking that you do not have a way to determine if , let's say, an Islamic person, or Jewish person or other could be likely to feel put down when they read the insult to their faith here as allowed to stand by you that could lead them to feel put down.
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> This comes from the following post where in "C", this is brought out and you posted your answerThanks. In that case: false, I still don't think I can predict whether a particular person will feel put down by a particular post. If I have a sense of the person, however, I may have a sense of whether they're likely to.
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> You asked for a compromise. I will not stop trying to have you address ... the two statements in question
I'm willing to address those statements. What I'd like is to reach a compromise regarding how to address them.
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> seeing anti-Semitic statements being allowed to stand ... could lead to hatred ... hate is something that I can be shielded from penetrating me so that hatred does not destroy me. I hope that others reading here ... also are shielded ... from the spears of hate
Hate is a problem when it leads to spears.
Here, (1) we don't have to worry about spears, only words, and (2) support could lessen words of hate. Hurt can lead to hate. If posters who feel hurt by words of hate receive support, they may be less likely to respond with their own words of hate (and matches won't lead to forest fires).
Bob
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