On Wed, 10 Dec 2014, Bob <forums@wtaustralia.com> wrote:
It's interesting how social pressure to conform to the latest, fashionable, politically correct rhetoric pervades every corner of our lives. Not that I agree with the terminology used, or the thinly veiled implication, but whatever happened to 'free speech'? Personal
Free speech is about not being censored by the government. It does not require that other people use their resources to spread your speech. It also does not mean that your speech is exempt from criticism. You have the freedom to run your own mailing list and send whatever you want to it. The LUV committee determines what is appropriate for this list, we have banned someone from this list in the past for discriminating against a minority group and are ready to do so again in future.
responses to such poor taste may be appropriate, but the pressures within social media etc to conform to the views of pressure groups and all sorts of lobbyists is becoming tiresome - as is the public threat of
This is a very common response from people who benefit from inequality in society. Slurs against minority groups are often associated with violence, using them in a public forum is an implicit threat of violence, when the people in authority don't appear to respond it sends a message that such behavior is acceptable and that people who are treated badly won't be supported - that is unacceptable. You are putting your feeling "tiresome" at a greater priority than the safety of other members. That is not acceptable.
action by some 'higher authority'. Next we won't be able to say 'girl' on this in public - perhaps naturally assigned female gender or NAFG?
Perhaps rather than place such personal social pressure publicly within this forum it could be done by PM?
No, it needs to be a matter of public record. When you behave badly in public there are public consequences. If you don't want a public response to your mail then don't send it to a public list. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/