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[Speedy]

Ugh. Nevermind.

http://www.iflscience.com/brain/why-you-will-lose-your-argument

[Speedy]

This seems appropo
http://deadspin.com/rip-to-matthew-dellavedova-and-his-terrible-beautiful-1712042134?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

[MadelastCut]

Again, all kidding aside, but first let me point out to Rapt - as I am forever precluded from participating in all Math Problem threads, I welcome a good ole summertime culture war policy debate.

To all others still reading this comment, despite my advice on "trigger warning" protection, I have not been offended in any way, except that HattedCat apparently thought I actually had accused him/her of making a threat. My semantic ploy there was to illustrate that any reader so disposed could subjectively misconstrue an author's word selection to find hurt wherein a reasonable man (oops!) standard would not so find.

So, Diane Lane stay away, for now at least; our goal should be, as Speedy asserts, to agree on the precise nature of the problem, so that we, the erudite few, of Camelot can work amicably to reach a consensus solution.

As so stated by SP: to represent DU well in the public sphere, we'd do well to avoid potentially hurtful speech wherever possible.

Again my response to this proposition is exclusively targeted at the merits of that statement, and would be exactly the same had it been proffered by e.g. either of my two favorite icons, Steff or Coach McK: all progress in civilization would end (and the world would be the dullest place imaginable) should adults self-censure every communicated word they write/utter in the futile attempt to appease the infinite capacity of a potentially infinite number of third party readers/listeners to take offense thereto. Enuff said, by me at least.

[Swinette]

Great post, Speedy. Well stated. Been reading it over a couple of times. There's a lot there to consider. Many things that us males don't ever think could be happening. Thanks for saying it all.

[jamesdhogan]

Charleston church shooting suspect Dylann Roof apparently had a history of saying racist things.

"I never heard him say anything, but just he had that kind of Southern pride, I guess some would say. Strong conservative beliefs," [his high school friend] said. "He made a lot of racist jokes, but you don't really take them seriously like that. You don't really think of it like that." (source)

This is why I side with the PC police a lot of the time. I don't think Stan is a misogynist. But it's a lot harder for the real misogynists to hide when they're the only ones making off-color jokes. The reason people tend to ignore behavior like what this Charleston guy exhibited is when it's so ubiquitous it's impossible to pick out as troublesome. If everybody's making racist jokes....
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[i77cat]

It was a nice post. Much nicer than the mean one a few pages back. And that mean one wasn't the meanest or most petty in this thread.
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[MadelastCut]

FH: are you saying that should every non-homicidal, non-lunatic permanently refrain from off-color sexist jokes, the "pre-crime" police will thereby be able to early on identify the Dylann Roofs of this world and arrest them? For what exactly?

[Steve Rodgers]

[Dr. Bliss]

Dr. Bliss dreams of electric sheep. Being as he has a vaguely Celtic ancestry.
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[Steve Rodgers]

[MrMac]

"Electric sheep"...is that how we get electric blankets?

[Steve Rodgers]

[WildCock]

[MadelastCut]

Next to Stripes, it was her greatest role. And coulda been a great B.W.

[Steve Rodgers]