Boston Linux & UNIX was originally founded in 1994 as part of The Boston Computer Society. We meet on the third Wednesday of each month, online, via Jitsi Meet.

BLU Discuss list archive


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

[Discuss] free email less intrusive than google



Mad props on this response. I want to go even further, though -- why
should it have to require a majority opinion? Why is someone's "right"
to say whatever they want without consequences greater than someone
else's right to feel safe and human?

Gordon

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 7:52 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu)
<blu at nedharvey.com> wrote:
> Political correctness is synonymous with respect for other people.
>
> Anytime someone says they're sick of being politically correct, it means they want to be disrespectful of other people, without any backlash.
>
> The white man in the room doesn't get to tell us what's racist and what's not racist. If the majority of black people would feel that's a racist term, then by definition, it is.
>
> Cotton pickin isn't racist, just like the confederate flag isn't racist. Meaning - they both are. Because the majority of African Americans feel they are.
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at blu.org
> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss



BLU is a member of BostonUserGroups
BLU is a member of BostonUserGroups
We also thank MIT for the use of their facilities.

Valid HTML 4.01! Valid CSS!



Boston Linux & Unix / webmaster@blu.org