{"id":45,"date":"1998-04-23T14:21:34","date_gmt":"1998-04-23T14:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/1998\/04\/23\/the_minefield_o_2\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T17:08:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T22:08:02","slug":"the_minefield_o_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/1998\/04\/23\/the_minefield_o_2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Minefield of Aggressive Language (Part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Subject: Re: What’s considered RACIST in the Zine World<\/strong>
\nDate: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 16:21:09 -0400
\nFrom: Daniel Rhatigan <Sparky@inch.com>
\nNewsgroups: alt.zines<\/p>\n

D. Halligan wrote:<\/p>\n

> one also needs to keep in mind that this is a newsgroup revolving around writing, self-publishing, and free speech. I think if it’s important to you to point out words and ideas that offend you, then by all means do. [snip] But realize the free speech that protects your right to voice your opinion is the same free speech that allows someone to say something that may be offensive to you.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Really beautifully stated. And probably a good concept for participants in the newsgroup to keep in mind. I would even go so far as to say that if we\u2019re committed to being writers and self-publishers, it’s our responsibility
\nto exercise that free speech to its fullest \u2014 we\u2019re less bound by the forces
\nthat might keep it at bay. Sure, it would be fantastic if everyone in the newsgroup \u2014 and in the world at large \u2014 were considerate, rational, and
\ncommitted to an open dialogue of ideas. Truth is, that\u2019s not necessarily
\nthe case, and I\u2019d rather argure someone down to the mat or make a personal
\nchoice to ignore them rather than let their unpopular ideas fester behind
\ncensorship until they explode without warning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Subject: Re: What’s considered RACIST in the Zine World Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 16:21:09 -0400 From: Daniel Rhatigan <Sparky@inch.com> Newsgroups: alt.zines D. Halligan wrote: > one also needs to keep in mind that this is a newsgroup revolving around writing, self-publishing, and free speech. I think if it’s important to you to point out … Continue reading “The Minefield of Aggressive Language (Part 3)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ultrahistorical"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71354,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions\/71354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}