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  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Hate Speech

    @DudeMcGuy I'm curious what makes you say that all venting results in harm. For example, if someone vents in a completely private venue, such as a diary, is such venting ...

    Jul 10, 2014
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Hate Speech

    Do you really mean everything you say? Even in the heat of the moment? With that said, I'm unaware of radical feminists seriously claiming that all men are rapists and ...

    Jul 10, 2014
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Hate Speech

    I don't think I examined these stereotypes thoroughly, then. Are there examples of stereotypes and generalizations that you can think of that you wouldn't consider hate speech? Nothing comes to ...

    Jul 9, 2014
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Feminism

    @1morestupidlovesong Um. There have been women commenting on this debate. Unless women who are in favor of feminism don't count, because quite a few of those who have commented are ...

    Jul 9, 2014
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Hate Speech

    I think it depends on the generalizations and stereotypes. Generalizations and stereotypes, while insensitive, don't always qualify as hate speech. That fried chicken and watermelon are delicacies amo

    Jul 9, 2014
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Hate Speech

    I think it might be useful to define which types of power are involved. While @DudeMcGuy's example of hate speech directed at President Obama involves President Obama holding greater personal ...

    Jul 7, 2014
  • Lounge, The Re: Net art

    I went with Floccinaucinihilipilification. Glorious.

    Jul 7, 2014
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Kendall Jones

    I also hunt, so bais alert. With that said, there are a lot of different kinds of hunters, and each of them have different reasons to hunt. Most hunters do ...

    Jul 4, 2014
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Hate Speech

    Now, for a fun question: can any group utilize hate speech, or is it only hate speech when there is an inequality of power?

    Jun 30, 2014
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Veganism

    It really depends. Different people have different dietary requirements, and while a vegan diet can be beneficial for some people, it can be really harmful for other people. Like me. ...

    Jun 24, 2014
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Love and Soulmates

    Well, one thing we've established so far is that talking about love is really confusing. We also all seem to agree that emotional intimacy and sexual intimacy are independent aspects ...

    Jun 24, 2014
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Girls and Science

    @DudeMcGuy I never said that there weren't sex-mediated differences, however, whenever the matter of biology comes up with regards to gender, the biological influences are overstated to the point wher

    Jun 24, 2014
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Hate Speech

    @Zolen So, what qualifies as hate speech to you? Now, to answer my own questions. Hate speech is one of the most insidious forms of discrimination because a lot of ...

    Jun 24, 2014
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Girls and Science

    @Crunch Thank you for taking the time to consider it. Now, as my field of specialty is biology, I can confirm that the physical differentiation of the sexes occurs after ...

    Jun 23, 2014
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Love and Soulmates

    A desire to be emotionally intimate and a desire to be sexually intimate aren't always linked, otherwise all people who love each other would have sex Noo. This is poor ...

    Jun 23, 2014


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