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re: Adam Sasser under investigation by UGA for racial slur: He has been dismissed
Posted on 10/2/18 at 3:20 pm to Barstools
Posted on 10/2/18 at 3:20 pm to Barstools
It's simple really.
You can refer to yourself as an fool and there is nothing offensive about your comment.
If I should call you a fool, I am committing an offense against you.
People should stay away from offending others gratuitously but self-deprecation is allowed.
You can refer to yourself as an fool and there is nothing offensive about your comment.
If I should call you a fool, I am committing an offense against you.
People should stay away from offending others gratuitously but self-deprecation is allowed.
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Posted on 10/2/18 at 3:59 pm to Whiznot
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You can refer to yourself as an fool and there is nothing offensive about your comment.
If I should call you a fool, I am committing an offense against you.
This analogy is dumb. Are you trying to say if a fool calls you a fool it is okay but no one else can call you a fool?
The problem is people nowadays think that it's a right to not be offended. That isn't a right in this country. In fact, the constitution gives you the protected right to offend anyone you want. You should look it up, it's called the first amendment.
Obviously, I know the first ammendment doesn't protect you from anyone but the government and that words have consequences but people nowadays think that they have the right to not be offended. What ever happened to ignoring people who try to offend you? Something about sticks and stones.
This post was edited on 10/2/18 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 10/2/18 at 5:29 pm to Whiznot
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If I should call you a fool, I am committing an offense against you.
What offense are you committing, exactly? For healthy people, their sense of self-worth is determined by fiat, possibly with some input from close friends and family, not by anyone else.
Likewise, in any society with real liberty/freedom, everyone and everything is open to insult and mockery. As soon as people start adding "Yeah, but...." they're willingly giving control of their own lives (which is bad enough) and others' lives (because they are essentially assertng that we all have to live by their standards) to some outside committee.
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