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(70 posts)Okay, I misspelled their/there. Excuse me because I probably have not done that one since 4th grade.
Anyway, we probably have different experiences. I'm just saying it's not either/or. Yes, people get mad and need to control their anger. But you see that many do not control it on their own. If they can't control themselves, then someone will have to pick up the slack.
We live in an angry society full of hate. That hate begins with vitriol in places everywhere. Every heard of a hate crime? The founding fathers probably had no concept of this, but society was different back then. The first amendment was not meant to cover viscous hate of the type we see today. The hate crime is a well placed concept. It often start innocently enough in the locker room or a bar. A joke then becomes an unloading of feelings. People look for targets. Symbols are inflammatory.
The point is that ALL of this starts with people getting mad. Combine that anger with hateful symbol, and you have a cocktail for things like hate crimes. You can take all your ivory towerness and be proud, but it won't do you any good if you can't secure walking down the street and not being bothered.