Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:47:56 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Canada to Start Punishing People for Pre-Crime Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <20240312121011.00002220@example.com> <75r1vidlcuq3nd6lsnd4o1s254bn9khpgu@4ax.com> <17bc6a65e0fefe3d$133203$1098985$c8d58268@news.newsdemon.com> <17bc7186f7c96288$397$2820980$c4d58e68@news.newsdemon.com> <17bc7ef34c89321a$26$2906873$52d51861@news.newsdemon.com> Content-Language: en-US From: moviePig In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 76 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:47:57 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 4345 X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17bcb94811ebbd65$131538$1588242$4cd50660@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 4727 On 3/13/2024 10:22 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > In article <17bc7ef34c89321a$26$2906873$52d51861@news.newsdemon.com>, > moviePig wrote: > >> On 3/13/2024 7:25 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>> moviePig wrote: >>>> On 3/13/2024 4:14 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>>> In article >>>>> <17bc6a65e0fefe3d$133203$1098985$c8d58268@news.newsdemon.com>, >>>>> moviePig wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 3/12/2024 11:36 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>>>>> In article <75r1vidlcuq3nd6lsnd4o1s254bn9khpgu@4ax.com>, >>>>>>> The Horny Goat wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:10:11 -0400, Rhino >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> A bill passed earlier in Trudeau's Reign of Error made people >>>>>>>>> eligible for two years in prison for "mis-gendering" (i.e. correctly >>>>>>>>> identifying the gender of an individual). They got away with tha >>>>>>>>> so now they've upped the ante to put us in prison for life for >>>>>>>>> hate speech. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I suppose I could be in trouble then since I have publicly and online >>>>>>>> denounced the Gladue decision and the UNDRIP. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Has anyone pointed out to Trudeau how ironic it is that a guy who has >>>>>>> been caught in blackface is now proposing life sentences for hate >>>>>>> speech? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Has anyone suggested he lead by example and check himself into the >>>>>>> nearest maximum security prison? >>>>>> >>>>>> Trudeau's blackface wasn't a clear expression of hate ...which 'hate >>>>>> speech' presumably is. >>>>> >>>>> Yes, there's always an excuse for why "it's different when we do it". >>>>> >>>>> Ask any BLM/NAACP/black racial grievance group if they consider >>>>> appearing blackface to be hate and I bet they have a different standard >>>>> than you do. And the rules of political correctness say their definition >>>>> controls. >>>> >>>> No, there isn't "always an excuse" for why it might be "different". >>>> Consider, for example, the recent discussion of RuPaul's book-banning. >>>> >>>> Meanwhile, the question of 'hate' is determined by the offender's state >>>> of mind, not the offendee's. >>> >>> Not according to all the woke DEI training everyone has to go through these >>> days. Your intent doesn't matter. It's the offended person's feelings that >>> matter. >>> >>> That's why people can get fired for using the word niggardly. Doesn't >>> matter if the word has no racial meaning. Doesn't matter that the person >>> who used it had no intent to offend. All that matters is that a stupid >>> person with a stunted vocabulary was offended. >> >> 'Training' is presumably to let people know what things might be >> unexpectedly injurious. > > No, they don't go through a list of what's offensive. They just tell you > that it doesn't matter what you meant or intended. Only the offended > person's thoughts and feelings matter. > >> 'Hate' is what might be inferred of someone who does such things despite >> already knowing. >> >> By now, we'd both bet that 'niggardly' is used primarily to taunt. > > Presumption of guilt. One of America's core values, amirite? Expectation isn't presumption.