So reacting to someone dehumanizing you is a natural inevitable thing.
Why? Why should people be free to say anything but others must muzzle their reactions?
It seems like you are offended by people’s reactions. Like if a black person gets upset at the use of the word nigger, it offends you if they get pissed off and express this.
As far as any action has the potential to cause offense…
I suppose, though this masks the fact that some things are much more likely to offend. And likely if someone called your mother a cunt in front of her friends and you or your kid a worthless piece of shit in front of his or her friends, you would be offended. If not, well you can work on not being offended by other people being offended. Then when you have accomplished that, you won’t be so concerned about this issue.
I think objevtivity is more pervasive than you might realize. We don’t live in a world of ideals you know. There are objective sticks and stones all over the place.
I don’t believe that many things are ever fully subjective.
Why? Why should people be free to say anything but others must muzzle their reactions?
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Nobody has to respect others.
So reacting to someone dehumanizing you is a natural inevitable thing.
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Not really, nobody has to be nice.
Not really, nobody has to be nice.
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That’s what I am saying. If someone is racist at you and you react angrily, you are demonstrating that no one has to be nice. It seems like you want to be free to say whatever to other people but if they are bothered they have to shut up and stifle their anger.
Nobody has to respect others.
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Precisely. No one has to respect a racist. It seems like you want other people to accept you and whatever you say, but you cannot grant them the same freedom.
As nobody has to be nice, then it stands to reason that people should suck it up.
I hope, for your sake, you are trolling.
That makes no sense. The person who does not like blacks can suck it up and keep his mouth shut. But you think its fine for him to express himself. Well, if it is fine for him, it is fine for the offended black person to express him or herself.
You are offended by people getting offended by racism. Why don’t you suck it up instead of having a thread in a philosophy forum trying to convince them and everyone else to suck it up?
They don’t have to be nice either. As you say, nobody has to be nice. That includes the people you want to suck it up.
why shouldn’t people suck it up? it is about being a mentally fit person.
Can you specifically address the issue I raised?
I did. It’s about being mentally fit and recognising that people can act as they please in life.
Most people don’t like blacks. it’s common fact.
No, you are not addressing the issue I raised. You want to be free to react to other people, but you do not want them to be free to react to you and what you do. See if you can focus on this issue, rather than repeating things you have already said.
This is not, in any way, a response to the issue I raised.
No, you are not addressing the issue I raised. You want to be free to react to other people, but you do not want them to be free to react to you and what you do. See if you can focus on this issue, rather than repeating things you have already said.
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People have a right to dehumanise others.
Most people don’t like blacks. it’s common fact.
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This is not, in any way, a response to the issue I raised.
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That’s incidental. It’s common knowledge that people should suck up to rude/offensive persons. As said, it’s about being a mentally fit individual.
In certain ways and not others, but people have a right to react angrily to ALL kinds of dehumanization. They don’t have to stuff down their reactions to your racism or dehumanization of them. You really are going to have to get used to this.
LOL. Maybe you are just taking the piss out of us. And you just have to suck it up to people who do not suck it up. I know this will be hard for you, but, well, suck it up. You still have not responded to this issue. The one where you want other people to suck it up, but you yourself go in whining and complaining about their behavior, and I mean on and on, and cannot suck it up yourself.
What a poor role model you are for your own philosophy.