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It has been a little while now that this fledgling community has been around and it remains one of my favorite stories about communities. A splinter of a much larger community took it upon themselves to challenge the rest and make a move to a new home. Shedding the shackles that were being placed on them was a bold move, but one that has been fantastic.
The community here is great, but here is my question. Overall, we are amazingly tolerant of others, of the choices they make, and of their beliefs. I would then be curious, if we are such a tolerant group, how do we address intolerance in our ranks? I recently came across what I can only say filled me with pity and sadness. I find it saddening that in this day and age, and especially in this group, there are still such hate-filled people.
But this poses a question: how does a group that is tolerant deal with intolerance within it's ranks? Does our acceptance of others extend to accepting someone that has thoughts and beliefs which are far from the norm within this community, or is there a limit placed on how far from our own values a member of the community may be?
(Score: 2) by moondrake on Sunday April 13 2014, @08:55PM
Ethanol, I had modpoints, so I was thinking on whether to agree with the informative (for letting people know how you think), or just mod you Troll for making a dumb argument. Instead, I thought it best to just bite:
I did not see you saying something insulting about Germans and Japanese. If I would have, I would have called you out on that. Its a nonsensical statement to imply that a whole nation or group of people engages in such activities and the single outcome (and aim) of such statements is to insult people or attract attention. Politicians in some countries do this, but they at least have the excuse of trying to convince the dumb and uneducated.
Nevertheless, even if we follow through for a moment with your claim: two wrongs do never make a right so why on earth do would you think saying something bad about both A and B somehow vindicates you? It has absolutely no relevance whether or not you were called out on it. If you where not trying to do defend yourself, why the hell this post? Are you so devoid of attention that you need this kind of trolling? Do you actually like the discussion about how disgusting you can be? That would make me pretty concerned about my mental health...
Your second argument is similar unimpressive, the fact what people may or may not thing about you in real life has nothing to do with the issue, and certainly does not excuse you from the fact that you, for lack of a better word, are behaving like a dimwitted (because your arguments do not make sense) asshole (because you are insulting people that have nothing to do with your personal problems).
IF you have problems with _specific_ people, you can talk about that (and politeness gets you more compared to swearing in that case). If instead you just are an attention whore, I do not want you here, because I do not have the time nor the desire to read through such crap. In that case, I'd love somebody creates a special -10 modifier just for you (and only allow your account to actually browse at -10).
I usually associate arguments like yours with a lack of intelligence or experience. In your case, I now suspect you actually just say it to get attention. That is rather pitiful IMHO. Try to do something better with your time here, I suspect you will feel more happy. For my part, if you do not improve, this has been the last time that I read (or comment on) your posts.