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In article <17bc7ef34c89321a$26$2906873$52d51861@news.newsdemon.com>,
 moviePig <never@nothere.com> wrote:

> On 3/13/2024 7:25 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> > moviePig <never@nothere.com> wrote:
> >> On 3/13/2024 4:14 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> >>> In article
> >>> <17bc6a65e0fefe3d$133203$1098985$c8d58268@news.newsdemon.com>,
> >>> moviePig <never@nothere.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 3/12/2024 11:36 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> >>>>> In article <75r1vidlcuq3nd6lsnd4o1s254bn9khpgu@4ax.com>,
> >>>>> The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:10:11 -0400, Rhino
> >>>>>> <no_offline_contact@example.com> 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?