Codeberg responds to hate attacks
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But you know nothing about how privileged or not I am.
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Just because it's not hate against you does not make it not hate, you privileged little you.
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
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“Words aren’t dangerous” is one of the greatest misnomers of all time. Words have, repeatedly throughout human history, demonstrably been the catalyst for action.
Normalizing hate speech is a signal that hate itself can be normal. Hate speech has become violence so many times that I can not fathom not understanding that words have real power.
Regarding who may be making the problem worse, I’ll let a better spoken man field a response: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
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This, again, is my point. A puerile ethnic slur (I didn't read it closely but I think that's what it was) by provocateur spammers is cause for a big song and dance of solemn apologies and ostentatious contrition. But your personal insult lobbed against me is apparently fine. This is the modern value system that I don't understand and don't want to be part of, personally.
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No balls go tell your employer Hitler was right and you personally fucked a dog last night.
Trust me bro these words won't hurt you, their kinetic energy is like in the milijoules at worst.
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I get your point and generally agree but it's not a non-issue.
I think the general gist is that if you don't react to words, actions will follow.
And, historically, the pen has always been mightier than the sword. -
You can all put your money where your mouth is: https://donate.codeberg.org/
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Sure, I understand the arguments. I've had this debate plenty of times, virtually and in person. I've even lost a couple of friends over it. Some people see things my way, some people see things yours. Your way is in the ascendant, it's undeniable. But you must know that there are other ways of interpreting the same facts, that people - yes, even good people - have different values to you. For me you are selling a creed of victimhood, of fragility, of hypersensitivity, in which people are incentivized to find offense, where everyone comes out a loser. Again: you seem to be a decent well-meaning person, you're not throwing insults around like others here, and I hear the points you make. I'm sure you're intelligent and I completely respect you. But I fundamentally disagree with your analysis. Good night.
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It's not a personal insult. I'm objectively pointing out that your emotional intelligence is low, considering you're seemingly incapable of understanding that some people mind slurs, and services have every right to police their own platforms...
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You have the privilege of not giving a shit about racist attacks.
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He never insulted you... wtf
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Honestly lil bro, you lack emotional intelligence.
That was the personal insult. It was unnecessary and I'm not sure why you figure you needed to say that.
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Is that what that was?
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yeah same, i just deleted and minded on lmao
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not even just a slur, it was slur balls
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Oh that's what the email my brother received about.
