[FRIAM] why some people hate cops

[Stephen Guerin]

>
> Marcus writes:

   I guess the only thing I hate more than cops are religious people.


As a list admin, this might be flaggable.  I'm not sure if expressing
hatred of a protected class of people in of itself is hate speech- it seems
to be at least up to the line. Ie, replace with "The two groups I hate more
than cops are gays and black people" - would I have a responsibility to
intercede?

As I consider the impotence of this group to take political action and
incite political violence I consider the statement low to zero risk. I will
take no action as a list admin. Intellectually, I would like to know where
the line of hate speech is.

Now, as a fellow list member and religious person, I find your hate an
opportunity for discussion and exploration.  I would estimate your emotion
is held by at least a rough majority of list members.

The Science / Religion schism, I think it is one of the great divides in
our political situation and may signify a phase transition in our culture
as we stretch for new metaphors in scientific and spiritual understanding.
The 2000-year old metaphors are certainly getting long in the tooth.
Similarly, many on this list feel the 60-year-old scientific metaphors
around fundamental questions of intelligence and living systems are in the
process of updating and exploration. I suspect there will be opportunities
for synthesis.

 Perhaps Merle would like to facilitate a virtualFriam on the topic.

-Stephen
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