Letting posts on this board sway you on something is a scary idea. — Terrapin Station
It's not a matter of "letting". Either I'm swayed or I'm not. That's out of my hands. It's not like I can decide what I do or don't find convincing. — S
Nothing plausible about it in my view if we don't have empirical evidence to support it.
So that's why I care. I guess I'm more skeptical than you. — Terrapin Station
Same question for you, by the way--do you also think that video games, movies, etc. cause violence? — Terrapin Station
I wouldn't make a blanket statement like that. — S
Why would we ban something based on unconvincing evidence? Thats a low standard. To give up any ANY liberty the standard needs to be higher than that. Id go further than that, I dont think its a good idea to ever base anything at all on unconvincing evidence. — DingoJones
I have to say, it seems a bit disingenuous to try and dodge the clear relation to your stance on hate speech and this paper. — DingoJones
Thats a pretty pertinent question, you seriously going to dodge it like that? — DingoJones
Same sociopathic tendency as Terrapin. Why would you consider the benefit to society of being able to publicly say "Gas the Jews" is so great that it requires an overwhelming evidence of harm to remove it. What's so great for you about being able to say "Gas the Jews"? — Isaac
You aren’t in control of your body, not all of it. Are you unfamiliar with the basic biology of autonomous bodily functions?
Same sociopathic tendency as Terrapin. Why would you consider the benefit to society of being able to publicly say "Gas the Jews" is so great that it requires an overwhelming evidence of harm to remove it. What's so great for you about being able to say "Gas the Jews"? — Isaac
Why are you comfortable making a blanket statement like "Hate speech causes violence?" — Terrapin Station
I'm not, but the qualified version is more of a mouthful. — S
I am my body, I can prove this by pointing to myself. — NOS4A2
You cannot point to yourself, or whatever it is you identity yourself as. — NOS4A2
What is the qualified version? — Terrapin Station
Sigh. Something like: hate speech can be a causal factor leading to acts of violence. — S
Sure, you’re not saying it and do not mean it, but no less you want to go the the cinema, you are your body, therefor your body wants to go to the cinema. — NOS4A2
Anything else presupposes a sort of dualism, a homunculus, a Cartesian theater. — NOS4A2
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