All posts tagged hate speech
I'm not always wearing my full habit...
What struck me most about this document is just how American it is in every way.
— Jeff Sharlet, an author and expert on right-wing movements in the United States, on reading A European Declaration of Independence by Anders Behring Breivik
This gives me chills. May God have mercy on us all!
(with thanks to @JesusOfNaz316 for the link)
Rep. Jared Polis (D-Col.), a successful Internet entrepreneur, has offered to help Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) track down the staffer who published an anti-gay slur earlier in the week.
Asked Friday how tough it is for Chambliss to locate the culprit, Polis said, “It’s extremely easy.”
“We know which computer it came from — all you need to do is look at the browser history,” Polis told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Friday. “And if one of them erased their browser history, boom, you’ve figured out who it is…”
The controversy swirls around a bigoted comment — “All [gays] must die” — posted to a gay advocacy blog on Tuesday. The comment — published in response to Democratic efforts to repeal the Defense Department’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy — was traced back to one of Chambliss’ offices in Atlanta.
Tech-savvy Polis offers to help Chambliss locate staff bigot (via ryking)
Um… my browser history is deleted every time I close it. Does that automatically make me guilty?
Undercover Nun doesn’t want to call our honorable senator a moron, so I’ll just pray for his immortal soul.
(via silas216)
No person is a piece of sh*t
Nothing makes me angrier than to see one person call another (or a group of others) a piece of shit. Let me make this very clear: no person is a piece of shit, and no person deserves to be called this.
To equate a person with excrement is an insult beyond the pale in ordinary discourse. It is dishonorable. It is reprehensible. It is hate speech. And no person should ever be called this, not even people I disagree with.
That’s right. I mean it. Not you, not me. Not Glenn Beck, not George W. Bush, not Barack Obama, not Al Franken, not Nancy Pelosi. Not the Marquis de Sade, not Benito Mussolini, not Josef Stalin. Not a single person who has ever lived, who lives now, or who will ever live. Ever.
Even if you are not a Christian, I hope you agree with me that all persons should be treated with dignity and respect. Yes, even Osama bin Laden. Even that seditious leader of guerrillas and terrorists — what’s his name? oh, yeah! — George Washington.
Undercover Nun does not tolerate this language in her physical presence. I am not sure I can tolerate it in my online presence any more, either. When I see this language pop up in public discourse online, I’m going to say something about it publicly. I’m not afraid to use shame: if you equate a person — a beautiful and unique child of God, your brother or sister in this world — to a pile of stinking poop, then you should be ashamed!
You’ve been warned. Undercover Nun is on the rampage.
Love one another. And act like it, for heaven’s sake!
