11-13-2017, 10:02 PM
(11-13-2017, 09:50 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I certainly can; yet, many in the very forum have told me they will call it as they see it. Some have even bragged about passing this propensity down to their children.
Civil discussion can be thrown out the window when folks are compelled to label folks as the see fit. Personally, I try to avoid labels that can be viewed as divisive. I love to see a Thanksgiving dinner with members of this forum if they talk in person the same way they do on the internet.
I think there needs to be a recognition of balance. If something is said that could be construed as prejudicially based, we ought to say just that. But labeling someone as an -ist doesn't provide much room for dialogue and is just aggressive. Honestly, the more I have thought about this after observing some of these conversations on here is that using the -isms puts people immediately on the defensive and so shuts down conversation. We need to be able to discuss how certain things being said are based in prejudicial attitudes and can be harmful, but without making it into the pissing match it tends to become.
