| Draw the line at pain and suffering. Go ahead and draw it right there. -------------------- I used to be really judgemental. I'm less so now. But when this blew up I knew what I wanted to stand for, and I have, in however minor and insignificant a way. (Yay me, look at all my shiny points!) The thing is, lots of people are focusing on him and the admittedly terrible idea that he should be shunned "just for his words". But I really am more concerned with the folks, people who have never deserved what they put up with daily, who might look at this situation and wonder, "Where do you draw the line? How openly racist does a person have to be before they are no longer welcome in polite society?" Whatever the LambdaConf folks' intention (and it was good: tolerance and freedom of speech are GOOD THINGS) their decision was a bad one: it means choosing a racist over all the humans who aren't racist or white. They are "gonna have a bad time." --- To be clear, if the fool in question came to his senses and repented of this foul illogical nonsense, I would be more than willing to extend forgiveness to him. The whole logic of the situation is "What enhances wholeness?" As soon as you take that frame as the overarching stance of analysis of the situation things clear up and reconciliation can commence. --- Which brings me back to reiterate my original point: The word "slavery" seems to hide the horrible truth from people. That doesn't surprise me, it is a thing which wounds the mind, sears the soul. It is hell on earth, an institution built on violence and cruelty that indicts our whole species for even being capable of conceiving such a horror and perversion. Please, PLEASE, don't equate it to love (between two men or two women or whatever) or even to wanting to vote for a troll-clown. The line can be drawn at pain, at suffering. Someone who advocates horrific cruelty and psychotic violence has crossed the line. |
Apparently more openly racist than "wrote things under a pen name 17 years ago".