07-18-2024, 07:49 PM
I would like to believe that it needn't be said.
That people generally understand the nature of their own biases, and will exercise self-restraint when airing their own prejudice.
But some people might need it to be spelled out. I suppose some folks are controlled by their words...
And perhaps equally important, that it is NOT that anyone is being specially "protected"... it's that everyone is being protected.
I would think that any such bias and mean-spirited evocation of disdain and disrespect for some particular group of people is simply not welcome in our discussions.
That people generally understand the nature of their own biases, and will exercise self-restraint when airing their own prejudice.
But some people might need it to be spelled out. I suppose some folks are controlled by their words...
And perhaps equally important, that it is NOT that anyone is being specially "protected"... it's that everyone is being protected.
I would think that any such bias and mean-spirited evocation of disdain and disrespect for some particular group of people is simply not welcome in our discussions.
