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Originally Posted by sampvt
My point was simply that in one breath we all promote free speech and opinions, on the other we are educated not to utter a word if it might offend. My era is different from your era so latitude must be given on both quarters. I was at apins to explain that there is no right or wrong, merely that others perceptions of opinionated views can be misconstrued and twisted to suit whoever wants to twist it. Is it wrong to say you would not date a black person, in my view no it isn't. \in your view yes it is. How the hell can anyone be right or wrong, it depends on what moral codes you live by.
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When 2 sides disagree on something, it doesn't always hold that the truth lies somewhere in between. Sometimes one side can simply be just wrong. I appreciate your era is different from mine, but I've spoken at lengths with my Da about his time growing up, and I wouldn't want to grow up in an era where "****'s out" was written on walls and bridges across the UK. I wouldn't want to grow up in an era where gollywogs were an acceptable thing to be printed on jars of breakfast preserve, and I definitely don't want to grow up in an era of politicians warning of rivers of blood.
You grew up in an era of racism. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt here - I don't believe you are necessarily racist, but I do believe some of the language you've used in this thread is racist.
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