I was attempting to point out the absurdity in prefacing statements with a disclaimer such as: "There is no hate in what I'm saying..."
Ah, I see. I did misunderstand.
Therefore, the person making a statement doesn't get to declare if there is "no hate" in what they're saying.
I don't really agree, but I understand.
But if someone takes offense... then that offense is fair to have.
I agree that the receiver may take offense, but I don't think there has to be hate there for that to happen. And I don't think offense taken means that there is hate there.
When I say "the statement contains hate" I'm talking about the emotion that resides in the hearts of those who hear/receive the statement.
Okay, well I only impose hatred to a statement via the sender and not the receiver.
But I'm not talking about the haters be hatin' type of hate - I'm talking about real emotional hatred.
Taking offense to something doesn't mean the person who said it was feeling hatred.
And no one gets to say "You're not allowed to feel offended... I said my statement didn't include any hate!" Because that's just a silly thing to say if you understand how people and feelings work.
That I agree with.
So, no need to reply. We're square. And I'm going inactive - this place sucks now. I'll see you on Battle.net (if I do).
Cheers, Stile.
Here, have some context:
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