How does silencing racism help create better relationships between humans?
Hardly anyone was paying any attention to this before you all jumped in and made this racist a Steem HouseHold Name.
Either argue with her or ignore her. Whatever you try to silence or war against grows.
We have learned these lessons from Prohibition, The War on Drugs, Racism is going down the same path. The more you tell people they can't do or talk about something the more they do...
This reminds me of "Stomping out Violence".
This is the dumbest fight I've ever seen with a bad strategy.
Bunch of media inspired, do not understand human phycology.. morons are going to grow racism on the platform.
This person that bernie is flagging has been around forever with very little attention.
Congratulations...
Are you that naive? Or perhaps you have never had discourse with people who want you dead. I'm going to guess naivety.
First off I just explained you cannot silence anything. You can simply click HIDDEN and WOWZER, you can see it.
Second off your comparison with the war on drugs to racism is quiet simply wrong. If you let racism and hatred bubble it will create Pogroms, and dare I say holocausts. OH NO he used the big H word.
You are simply not used to blood libels that have lasted for generations and have whipped idiots up in a frenzy of PHYSICAL hatred. I am guessing you have not been adversely effected personally (which shows a lack of experience and maturity)
Again I re-iterate nobody is completely silenced on this platform. If they enjoy their negative rep - so be it. Plus I have had discourse with this fool and have to click the unhide button because their racist account is in negative. But guess what.. I still un-hide the account. So I guess you cannot silence anything.
The person that bernie is flagging is also being upvoted by fulltime.. and that person is posting vile garbage. The downvote button is there for THAT.
I am allowed to downvote whatever the hell I want. Including upvote whatever I want.
Now I don't really care why you downvoted me.. but you downvoted me in an attempt to silence me. So I guess you are a hypocrite.
I had plenty of voting power to turn this gray, I used a ONE percent flag.
Fall on your sword, make some more posts about this person no one was watching! Way to go..
You can watch it happening right now. You turned this mostly ignored racist into a victim that some now feel the need to protect.
Who is propagating hate? You are...
I'm trying to figure out your logic. By singling hateful posts out, I am helping to give credence.
Perhaps I got what I want. They are generally hidden
You think anything can be said without consequence because words do not cause harm? Interesting concept; one that has been proven to be false time over.
Look you can take Ghandi's urine drinking philosophy at heart; I do not have too.
You see I come from a history of pain and I know what SILENCE on subjects breed. Now I don't like to assume, but I'll take a leap of faith and guess you or your family has never been the victim of false blood libels.
"If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything"
I see you take your lines from MSNBC, while calling others globalist. I don't have any more energy for this. (What we focus on grows)
Virtue signals and all,... carry on. I'm sure there will be more love and peace in the world when you are done. Do what you like, it's your account and your stake.
thanks.. and yes I drink the kool-aid MSNBC blah blah.
I'm pretty right wing.. I just don't march with the Klu Klux Klan, or the Farakhan's either. They cannot just say whatever they want with their 1 MILLION MAN MARCH... no idiots with pitch forks there.. (and they happen to be black ;) Good luck letting them say or do whatever they want in the name of freedom of speech. - oops/
I think speaking works, challenging bad ideas, is a good move. I think conversations work. I think living and working together toward goals works well. People who work together often see each other's strengths and weaknesses with more acceptance. These things are known and used to control our behavior each day. Who's great idea was it to Hate Hate?
I think silencing and meeting hate with hate is a bad strategy. I only ask that you pay attention to whether or not when you try to tell someone they are wrong... (like I did here) How it just makes people argue harder. My mistake. I should have ignored this.
I really do know your heart is in the right place and I shouldn't have been rude. I kicked this conversation off like this, and I did exactly what I was asking you not to do.
that's sweet and self reflective - which I really respect.
However, perhaps your perception of hate vs hate is what is to be challenged. I would prefer water with fire. Now I know fire with fire is the general term, but water kills as well. Basically I have tried to use facts in many of my arguments (with hateful people), and they generally do nothing self-reflective other than what their emotions are telling them. You cannot reason with such individuals. This then VERY sadly forces people to take stand in life. Perhaps it's akin to killing a murderer; but we don't have to enjoy it and make it as QUICK and humane as possible.
A. I'm not a liberal.
B. Adolf doesn't know, he's voicing an opinion.
C. We are talking about someone who is discussing a point of view that is unpopular, she advocates non-violence.
"Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/) is a form of radical authoritarian ultranationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong regimentation of society and of the economy, which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe."
The only people practicing Fascism in this debate are those who are trying to control the thoughts and views of another person.
Thanks for that content in this situation.
https://steemit.com/silencing/@bearbear613/last-spam-for-the-evening-until-someone-wakes-up
Looks familiar!!!
hey is this what you are talking about?
https://steemit.com/silencing/@bearbear613/last-spam-for-the-evening-until-someone-wakes-up