Nature and nurture. It's impossible to say what really determines who someone is. A surprising number of serial killers, for example, had head injuries while they were young and domineering mothers. But not everyone in those circumstances grows up to kill. There's no way to say for sure which factor (nature or…

Fair enough. In context it seemed like you were trying to draw a direct line. But I'd suggest words and actions are pretty far apart, as any number of internet comment boards would suggest.

So it's okay to rebel against what straight white man have done (and some certainly continue to do) by hating on straight white men? Two wrongs…

This is such a silly line of discussion.

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I'm actually laying down. Is that acceptable?

Yes, repercussions can/should exist. Just not to the point they do today.

That's a very false equivalency.

I never said it's reverse racism. I think that anyone should be able to say anything.

There's no real hardship…it's not difficult to not say words. The problem is groups of people deciding what other groups of people can say/do. As a clear student of history, I'm sure you can see why that's a problem.

So a person needs to have kids to have an opinion about kids?

Yeah, you're probably right about the first part. I disagree about common ground, having learned a great deal from people on this very site, and I hope they'd say the same.

So being born a certain way means you don't get to do certain things? Do you not see how backwards that line of thinking is?

I do, regularly. We continue to get on just fine.

How about nobody says it?

Explain why. Why does telling any one group of people they're not allowed to do/say something amount to anything other than, in this case, racism?

And all those are bullshit rules. Anyone should be allowed to say anything.

Why should anyone? Telling a group of people they're not allowed to say something because of their race is…/whispers/ racist.

You're giving a lot of credit to Twitter in its users' ability to make nuanced distinctions.

Fascinating list!