"I think that you can call some one anything you want as long as you have a reason for it"

[alp227]

http://www.youtube.com/comment?lc=JUJM3ir7nUTain4qRSrIFJdBTvTUumpYJceypiLWAps

I'm confronting right wingers on this stupid "RamZPaul" YouTube channel, and this guy is justifying the use of calling Adria Richards the B-word because " i do not think that it is wrong to call some on a bitch or a nigger as long as they deserve it. I think that you can call some one anything you want as long as you have a reason for it, and as long as it dose not cause any real damage. Being offended dose not count in my opinion btw." Adria Richards sparked controversy over posting on Twitter a photo of two men she heard breaking the Code of Conduct at a Python programming conference and the Twitter post caused the men to be fired, and unfortunately she got fired later as her company suffered a DDOS and Richards was targeted with rape/death/racist threats.

This is what we have to put up with in modern society where people rationalize bigotry. How do you respond to people who make such justifications? I think a lot of people nowadays are looking for reasons to reinforce their narrow minded narcissistic worldviews.

Oh this being said, I unfortunately also must acknowledge that too many people even on DU proudly throw around "b_tch" like it's no big deal.

[seabeyond]

1. Hey, we hear the exact same excuse here on du. Nt

[TimberValley]

2. That sort of rationalization actually happens here on DU, too.

Check out this comment by another poster - Reply No. 90# specifically:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021351108#post90

[bettyellen]

3. I was told by someone here their "white mans burden"

Was to swoop down and perform heroic acts, LOL, and as such, he had a right to be completely in sensitive and careless about how he spoke to people.
Apparently he believed women and people of color never do anything courageous at all, but were depending on white men like him.
Where do people get these stupid ideas?