To publish, or not to publish? Overt racism published

Would you publish the comments if you were the editor?

  • Yes

    Votes: 7 77.8%

  • No

    Votes: 2 22.2%

  • Unsure

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    9
Tonington

Tonington

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Background: A teacher was fired for allegedly trying to turn her students gay. West Virginia newspaper publishes story. Same West Virginia paper publishes transcribed reader comments from a voicemail:
White and right
We were really glad to hear that School Board is getting rid of them queers. The next thing is we need to get rid of all the n****rs, the spics, the kikes and the wops. You know even them Catholics, they are wrong as baby eaters. We need to clear them people out and have good, white, God fearing Christians and everybody else needs to be put to death for their abominations. We'll keep Lincoln County white and right. Thank you.​

Outrage ensues.

So, should they have published it? Does it spark a useful conversation? Or is it shock value only? Would you publish it?
 
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Cliffy

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petros said:
Publish.

Force them back into the light of day from the underground.
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Although I totally agree, I am left wondering if the author was using reverse psychology to ferret out the loonie toons. Hard to imagine that there are still Troglodytes around... Ooops, I forgot......
 
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Sal

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oops did I press no by mistake... :( sorry if it was me
 
damngrumpy

damngrumpy

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Yes, it is time people like this are exposed for what they are. Some say it only
provides an avenue to hurt others. Look at it this way, it is far better to expose
then now before they enter public life and above all political positions within
the society at the local level or higher.
Can you imagine living in a community run by people with this attitude? Good
white Christians though they may be. There are a lot of good Christians white
and other wise that are appalled by people like this masquerading as good
Christians.
And yes there are still people like this living in communities all over North America
 
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Sal

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but the irony is, they aren't good Christians...they are just white
 
DaSleeper

DaSleeper

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Question: Why is ******s censored in the article and not spic, kikes, wops and queers, and frogs for that matter ?

Edit: here too.....Are the rest second class???
 
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Cliffy

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Sal said:
but the irony is, they aren't good Christians...they are just white
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"The Archko Volume"

Another description of Jesus is found in "The Archko Volume" which contains official court documents from the days of Jesus. This information substantiates that He came from racial lines which had blue eyes and golden hair. In a chapter entitled "Gamaliel's Interview" it states concerning Jesus (Yeshua) appearance:

"I asked him to describe this person to me, so that I might know him if I should meet him. He said: 'If you ever meet him [Yeshua] you will know him. While he is nothing but a man, there is something about him that distinguishes him from every other man. He is the picture of his mother, only he has not her smooth, round face. His hair is a little more golden than hers, though it is as much from sunburn as anything else. He is tall, and his shoulders are a little drooped; his visage is thin and of a swarthy complexion, though this is from exposure. His eyes are large and a soft blue, and rather dull and heavy....' This Jew [Nazarite] is convinced that he is the Messiah of the world. ...this was the same person that was born of the virgin in Bethlehem some twenty-six years before..."

- The Archko Volume, translated by Drs. McIntosh and Twyman of the Antiquarian Lodge, Genoa, Italy, from manuscripts in Constantinople and the records of the Senatorial Docket taken from the Vatican of Rome (1896) 92-93"

This has proven to be a forgery but there are many who swear it is authentic.It always helps to remember that egotists are just trying to over compensate for their low self esteem.
 
SLM

SLM

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Tonington said:
So, should they have published it? Does it spark a useful conversation? Or is it shock value only? Would you publish it?
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I don't know if it's a "useful" conversation starter, but better to have that out and exposed to the cold light of day.

Cliffy said:
Although I totally agree, I am left wondering if the author was using reverse psychology to ferret out the loonie toons. Hard to imagine that there are still Troglodytes around... Ooops, I forgot......
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Trolling 'Letter to the Editor'? I can see that, it almost seems too racist.
 
Walter

Walter

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SLM said:
Trolling 'Letter to the Editor'? I can see that, it almost seems too racist.
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Has Yale law written all over it. The boys from the faculty lounge are giggling all the way to their ACLU meeting.
 
karrie

karrie

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Tonington said:
Background: A teacher was fired for allegedly trying to turn her students gay. West Virginia newspaper publishes story. Same West Virginia paper publishes transcribed reader comments from a voicemail:
White and right
We were really glad to hear that School Board is getting rid of them queers. The next thing is we need to get rid of all the n****rs, the spics, the kikes and the wops. You know even them Catholics, they are wrong as baby eaters. We need to clear them people out and have good, white, God fearing Christians and everybody else needs to be put to death for their abominations. We'll keep Lincoln County white and right. Thank you.
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Outrage ensues.

So, should they have published it? Does it spark a useful conversation? Or is it shock value only? Would you publish it?
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I wouldn't publish it since its tone reads as sarcasm, and even if it isn't a bad joke, it's inciting violence.
 
karrie

karrie

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The difference in censorship is probably due to the difference in the historical treatment of said racial groups, in the country publishing, thus censoring, the article.

Say what you want, but none of the others have faced quite the history that 'the n word' has.
 
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