It's a tricky prospect, trying to balance hate speech and distinguishing it from someone simply expressing bad thoughts.

I guess I'm someone who came with a lot of poor, preconceived notions, and it took some time, patience, and radicalizing to arrive where I am today.

I've had some pretty awful takes over the years and said insensitive things, but it's other comrades who turned me on to better ideas.

  • GreatBearShark [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Maybe I’m oversimplifying, but I feel like it’s pretty clear to tell when someone has a bad take vs uses a slur as an insult.

    I don’t think there’s any interest in banning someone who accidentally used a problematic word without realizing it. When it’s used in bad faith it’s usually more obvious

    • Vayeate [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Part of the problem too is that some people spend way too much time on shit places like 4chan where people use f*g and the n word liberally even when their heart is in the right place. It takes time to for these people to understand that it's really not that cool