exactly.
also cybit. you know im kinda pissed at companies forcing diverse hiring processes. they should only hire white dudes. real change comes from within - not forcing people to change their beliefs.
10/10 troll post, would post again?
Not sure why it's a bad thing if a company sets it's own hiring processes to lead to diversity, since we know that diversity leads to a competitive edge. Same thing with government organizations.
I'm not really sure where you are going with this. I'd like to think that is a bridge too far for me to cross on a personal level.
I think Obama's point is that you don't want to lump everyone into either you are "with us or against us." It's not particularly useful in the long-term, and he's seen first-hand the balkanization of the country and the irreparable harm it is causing (hello Trump, hello Cruz). I mean, Obama's an activist at heart, and he grew up in frankly, much worse times; so it says something that he is more along the lines of free speech defeats hateful speech (probably based on his activist background, and his amazing ability to use rhetoric to inspire and change) rather than laws and systems defeat hateful speech (which is the Clinton approach). Give me a few years and I might be back on the "just drop laws left and right till people shape up" train.
As for respectful speech vs stupid / ignorant / hateful speech -
a) everyone has blind spots due to their own experiences - and I am an optimist and give people the benefit of the doubt. I try to abide by a simple rule of treating others as I would want to be treated - some of my blind spots were taken away growing up because people had the patience and time to explain it to me. I'm also currently on the "speech beats hate" side of the pendulum rather than "laws beat hate" due to how the country still has treated african-americans even in the light of the Civil Rights Act (they just moved all the racism underground and did it in subtle ways it appears) - I'm still torn on which way ends up working out in the long run.
Fundamentally, I believe the vast majority of people try to be decent human beings - and so my approach to dealing with things and view on humanity and politics comes through that lens.
b) Obama makes a specific point about this.
I'll quote the article itself
"I think it's a healthy thing for young people to be engaged and to question authority and to ask why this instead of that, to ask tough questions about social justice," Obama told Inskeep. "So I don't want to discourage kids from doing that."
But, he continued, "As I've said before, I do think that there have been times on college campuses where I get concerned that the unwillingness to hear other points of view can be as unhealthy on the left as on the right."
Obama pointed out instances where students protest "somebody like the director of the IMF or Condi Rice speaking on campus because they don't like what they stand for."
"Well, feel free to disagree with somebody," Obama said, "but don't try to just shut them up."
"My concern is not whether there is campus activism," Obama told Inskeep. "I think that's a good thing. But let kids ask questions and let universities respond. What I don't want is a situation in which particular points of view that are presented respectfully and reasonably are shut down, and we have seen that sometimes happen."
tl;dr - balkanization is bad. Understand not everything is purely principle and stands on one extreme or the other.
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