[FRIAM] why some people hate cops

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Hi, Steve, 

 

Well, I hate people who hate.  Hating something, particularly any category as broad as “religious people”, is like putting your own eyes out and blaming the darkness.  I hate myself when I hate.  But I think the hatred described here is mostly rhetorical.  There is a way of talking on FRIAM that involves using hyperbole with a wink, and, given that 80 percent of Americans are more or less religious, I think this is an example.  It’s almost equivalent to saying, “I hate people,” which I can complete understand, but wouldn’t admit to out loud.  Actually,  I don’t think there are a lot of haters in this group.  

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I think we are at our best as a group when we talk about things we (1) care about, (2) on which we have some [expert?} experience to bring to bear, and on which our minds are at least slightly ajar.    I do wish complexity would rear its ugly head more often in our discussions, but I would guess we have drifted away from it both in caring and in knowledge, so, if we tried to get a discussion going, it would be like burping up last night’s Famiglia Cribari. µ

 

Nick

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Clark University

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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] why some people hate cops

 

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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