Words that we use do matter.

And they can be hurtful and offend. Especially if they
are targeted at you for no apparent reason. They have the cringe
factor. And people will judge you by the words you use and the
feelings they evoke in others. If the words evoke anger,
disgust, and other feelings of negativity and bad emotions they
may not want to have anything more to do with you because you
bring down their emotional state.

And saying something like "I feel hatred towards Jews. I have
the urge to kill them." And saying that these words offend no
one? Because they are your feelings? I find this incredible.
Insensitive, and very offensive.

I wonder if this would be acceptable to the original poster
who didn't find his comments about Jews not offensive
when a joke is made that touches on his religion? :

"My girlfriend left me for a Hindu guy.
It's okay though.
He';; treat her better.
They worship cows".

Certainly not as offensive as his comments about the Jews
he hates and wants to kill.

Dear Foxy,

Everyone owns their feelings.

One can even choose to be upset over being told "the sun is shining, the birds are chirping" and nobody can stop them from that.

You wouldn't have started this discussion have you not known that a considerable number of people hate the Jews, that is why you did not for example start a thread called "why people hate blue ribbons?", right?

So suppose one of us here decides to tell the truth about him/herself and confesses to be one of these people, is that a shocking surprise? would it be reasonable to be upset about it? I think one should rather celebrate their honesty and courage!

I explained in my opening post of this discussion
that I started this discussion because earlier another
poster gave a quote about Jews being responsible for
Bolshevism. It got me thinking about how quite a
few people blame the Jews for so many things which are not
accurate and I thought it may be interesting to see why this
was so. It has been quite a learning experience for me. Not all
of it positive.

I don't see hate speech as "honesty and courage," and I certainly
would not excuse it under the umbrella of - "telling the truth".

Expressing hostility and hatred against a group
of people I don't see as a cause for celebration. I find it
dangerous and shameful.

Hate speech is an abuse of freedom of expression. We're free
to express ourselves. But not everything is acceptable as
free speech. The moment people start publicly to target
hostility against a group of people than this becomes hate
speech not free speech.

Hate speech can take many forms from shouting at someone in the
streets to posting offensive comments online while hiding
behind the anonymity of computer screens.

Respecting human dignity is especially challenging in cyberspace.
where borders and border lines are less apparent. However we
must draw the line when hate begins.

Paulair,

Once again you are a liar and a fraud. That's not what I said and you know it. You are quoting yourself.

Shonky,

We were getting along just wonderfully, I thought you were coming over from the Dark Side, then back you go to your old ways of calling me "Pauliar", that is not nice. I quote you verbatim with a 'cut and paste'quote and you still deny it. There are institutions for delusional people such as yourself. In the old days we would have called them 'The Nut House', but fortunately today we are much more enlightened, I would like to refer you to a competent specialist for treatment.