<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Marcus writes:</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> I guess the only thing I hate more than cops are religious people. </blockquote><div><br></div><div>
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?<br><br> 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.</div><div><br></div><div>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. <br><br>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.<br><br> Perhaps Merle would like to facilitate a virtualFriam on the topic. <br></div><div><br></div><div>-Stephen</div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:stephen.guerin@simtable.com" target="_blank">Stephen.Guerin@Simtable.com</a><div>CEO, Simtable <a href="http://www.simtable.com/" target="_blank">http://www.simtable.com</a><br><div>1600 Lena St #D1, Santa Fe, NM 87505<div><div>office: (505)995-0206 <span style="font-size:12.8px">mobile: (505)577-5828</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">twitter: @simtable</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://zoom.com/j/5055775828" target="_blank">zoom.com/j/5055775828</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>