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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 07 January 2014 04:57:14AM 8 points [-]

I don't think there's a problem with countering misogyny, racism, homo/bi/transphobia, or ableism. That sounds like a good thing. You may disagree with what they label as x-phobia, but the discussion should be about what is x-phobic, not whether we should care about x-phobia.

The problem is that this derails the discussion into arguing whether Y is x-phobic rather than whether Y is bad.

Comment author: falenas108 07 January 2014 05:45:06AM -1 points [-]

That's true, let me add to my statements:

I think the mission statement is a good thing. But, I agree how the policy is carried out (e.g. crying "That's racist!" and nothing more) is ineffective.

Alternative: If somebody says something x-phobic, the response should be something along the lines of "Saying X is harmful to group Y because...."

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