Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Adam H. Kerman" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Meet U.N. "Climate Advisor" Ayisha Siddiqa... Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 17:05:41 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <5iadnWq7MamezI37nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@giganews.com> Injection-Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 17:05:42 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="408f3ed53309c0722adecda71294feae"; logging-data="3808017"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/vE8KaSEeNeHBRPmdwZJctwLplr1AP8Kk=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:yeTh3LyiK6Iqeh6STifDSRxk5SU= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 2220 The Horny Goat wrote: >On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 10:37:58 -0400, FPP wrote: >>She's racist because she holds racist opinions. >There are of course lots of people who think racist things but would >never actually say them. Uh, no. People who think nasty thoughts but do not act upon them are NOT racists. You got that very very wrong. How many times has someone in the news irritated you so much you think that you want to kill him or want him dead? Is someone with murderous thoughts -- that would be every person on the planet -- who has never committed murder nor attempted murder a murderer? >Similarly there are lots of opinions on what the term means (for >instance there are some that would call anybody who opposed DEI as I >do to be racist - which I reject) and a reasonable discussion - il.e. >excluding the looney-tunes - could be had. >It might even be educational to one side or the other or even both. >That is after all the whole purpose of dialogue - to inform and >potentially change minds and hearts. Who cares what's in people's hearts? We don't yet have thought police. Let's leave someone and his thought alone. I'm concerned only with how someone acts.