tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post1854289733028005227..comments2024-03-28T09:51:55.365-06:00Comments on ECOLOGY WITHOUT NATURE: Demand that Your School or University Make a StatementTimothy Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05067377804366363020noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post-45517156235556145922016-11-20T16:42:29.538-06:002016-11-20T16:42:29.538-06:00Certainly the underlying hate speech is, well, hat...Certainly the underlying hate speech is, well, hateful but I dare to disagree a bit on making statements. My point is allow a thousand little poisonous flowers to bloom and then explain that they are committing autocide via socially 'wrong' behavior. I don't want to restrict human behavior vis a vis other humans as much as show its ultimate consequences.<br /><br />Where I am on shakier ground is with coded messages of hare in Trump USA where the fascist wears a smart Italian suit and normalizes hate as policy. <br /><br />That said, human bullying and intimidation is apparently natural behavior for the human species and should be understood in context. I have always favored the politics of exclusion over prohibitions. If someone wants to goosestep like John Cleese in Fawlty Towers, let them do so and laugh at the show -- they are killing their own social construction because who will care to deal with them? In the language of the missionary: aren't heartfelt conversions and mindful more valuable than mere genuflective behavioral conformity? Or can we ban humans who wear fur as well (I would like to) because it reflects a species based oppression which I oppose?John T. Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10579304947759570141noreply@blogger.com