morepork wrote:Coco wrote:Wow... I called Cashead out earlier on his inability to refrain from abusive and racist remarks and he continued. Would be nice not to be attacked and verbally abused while trying to learn and have open dialogue with other posters that dont feel threatened by questions and differing views.
I am no shrinking violet but enough is enough. The guy has NO coping skills or self control much less TOLERANCE for anyone different thinking than him... ironic cos he preaches tolerance and equality out of the other side of his ass.
Anyone care to let me know why his verbal abuse is tolerated?
Just for clarity, are you claiming you have been a target of racism from this poster? This thread is entirely about tolerance of difference and the understanding thereof. Do you feel Cashead has redirected the narrative towards a criticism of you personally? He is offering an informed perspective, albeit profane, of the subject matter at hand. Are you representative of the minority group originally resented by this thread or are you claiming that your majority status is threatened by the discussion? Would you rather your view of the actual minority group be the template for debate? You seem to be sailing towards a logical fallacy low tide. I accept that being verbally abused is not on, but I am concerned at the implication of you being the victim here.
Cashead's comment presuming the race and gender of board members of the IAAF or CAS were not "informed" perspectives... they were presumptions. He accused the board/panel of denying Ms. Semenya on the basis of her race... and gender. If he bothered to inform himself and actually look at the legal documents from The Court of Arbitration for Sport, with regard to Caster Semenya's requests for arbitration, he would have understood that the President of the panel was a woman - The Hon. Dr. Annabelle Bennett AO SC. Since she is female, I am going out on a limb here that she is not a racist white man. Second of the 4 on the panel was The Hon. Hugh L. Fraser (ret). Here is his picture:
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Does he look like a old white man to you?
My so-called majority status was not even part of the discussion, and Im not sure how I would feel it was being threatened. Maybe you can elaborate what you are insinuating.
A template for a debate sort of defeats the benefits of dialogue.
As far as you saying "this thread is entirely about tolerance of difference and the understanding thereof" with a straight face, while continuing to look the other way when Cashead incessantly crosses the line is rich.
My opinion of course.
I love you Porkster, but nowhere in my rant was I trying to claim to be a victim. I was pointing out that Cashead's verbal abuse crosses the line of being "profane", as you call it, and goes beyond. That it has been tolerated this long is disappointing. The tolerance of difference and understanding thereof only applies to some, apparently.
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