DC elementary school gave 4-year-olds ‘anti-racism’ ‘fistbook’ asking them to identify racist family members

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[–]jet199 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I'm quite happy with people being more loud, uncomfortable, confrontational and visible, but isn't this exactly the stuff with makes people feel unsafe?

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Does that only apply to people forcing your ideology on others? Or do you think people should be vocal and confrontational with opinions you disagree with too? Should the Muslim kids berate the gays? Should the pro lifers shame those who had abortions? Should biologists publicly out the trannies?

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well all those things are already happening in the UK and I haven't done anything about it, so maybe.

What a lot of people don't get is if you don't let arseholes air their stupid opinions then you can't prove them wrong and make a good argument against them.

That means a whole lot more people will take up those opinions due to the same misunderstandings.

People worry charismatic bad guys will convert loads of people but such charismatic people are rare. It's much more common that a group of people get the same opinion because they see and experience the same things and maybe don't have access to perspectives outside that.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's one thing to let people speak, it is another to create a cult of extremists, which this teacher is doing. This is no different than the local mosque handing out "remove the gays" pamphlets. These are not about convincing others that they are wrong, they are about punishing others for being wrong without any discussion.