Boorish is putting it mildly. It DOES fall under hate crime (which includes
insults and verbal abuse). I think hate crime is a clear line that we don't
traverse on this list. Pompous gas bag is not a hate crime. Faggot is. I would
prefer the way William F. Buckley introduced Norman Mailer ("unalloyed
narcissism"). Mailer even found it charming.
Jeffery
On Oct 24, 2010, at 2:22 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote:
> Shunning someone for boorish behavior isn't trampling on their rights.
> It's merely depriving them of a platform from which to engage in that boorish
> behavior ... a platform to which no one person is entitled.
>
> -- Walt
>
>
>> why? isn't pompous twittery also an inherent trait? If you limit other
>> people's right to say things you don't like, someone else will limit your
>> right to say things they don't like. We all know where that leads.
>>
>> Secondly, why do you limit it to inherent properties, whatever that means?
>> What if being gay turns out not to be an inherent property? Does that
>> suddenly make it ok to insult gay people? I don't think so.
>>
>> B
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