woof woof ! » Sat Oct 27, 2012 5:24 pm wrote:Hold up a minute KK.
I know many including the thought police on here would have you arrested for having racist views in your head even though you've kept them to yourself, but until reading people's minds becomes a possibility, unfortunately for them they won't be able to arrest anyone. Failing that though is the next best thing, suppressing one's racist views from public opinion, this doesn't mean it cannot controversially be discussed but if the absence of pure vitriol and abuse is suppressed that's the best you are going to get.
Is this an anti racism statement OR one in support of allowing racists to vent as much bile as they want ?
Well, it's certainly not a statement that allows racists to vent as much bile as they want woof. Realistically, silencing racist views is the best way to combat racism, i.e if society deems it unacceptable to publicize racist bile then the fight against racism is half way won.
BUT if a person is racist, through fear, stereotypical misconceptions, naivety or whatever and keeps their thoughts to themselves (which as I've already stated is a good thing and part of the battle is won because they know society deems it unacceptable) and doesn't spew them publicly (like hate speech), then it's fine. For example, I wouldn't want to take my son to a football match and have him hear some knuckle dragger's views about 'throwing a banana at a black player'. Football, society has come a long way since John Barnes was pelted with bananas and that's because society as a whole deems this kind of behaviour and action as totally unacceptable. However, if that same knuckle dragger, still believed throwing a banana at a black player is funny or whatever, but didn't action it and kept his foul abusive language to himself for 90 mins then that's also good. Like Boxscarf said, you could be sitting next to a racist at a match but you wouldn't know it, if he kept his views to himself, for me that's the best and most effective way to combat racism.
Unless of course you actually advocate your wife taking your personal belongings and all your finances in a divorce case because she has read your lucid horny mind about doing the younger and fitter model next door to you both. Or conversely, you have invented some neurological piece of technology that can erase racist thoughts from every person's mind, then as stated above it's the best way to combat racism.
I hope I've cleared that up for you.

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