Re: Meet U.N. "Climate Advisor" Ayisha Siddiqa...

The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 10:37:58 -0400, FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com> wrote:

She's racist because she holds racist opinions.

There are of course lots of people who think racist things but would
never actually say them.

Uh, no. People who think nasty thoughts but do not act upon them are NOT
racists. You got that very very wrong.

How many times has someone in the news irritated you so much you think
that you want to kill him or want him dead? Is someone with murderous
thoughts -- that would be every person on the planet -- who has never
committed murder nor attempted murder a murderer?

Similarly there are lots of opinions on what the term means (for
instance there are some that would call anybody who opposed DEI as I
do to be racist - which I reject) and a reasonable discussion - il.e.
excluding the looney-tunes - could be had.

It might even be educational to one side or the other or even both.
That is after all the whole purpose of dialogue - to inform and
potentially change minds and hearts.

Who cares what's in people's hearts? We don't yet have thought police.
Let's leave someone and his thought alone.

I'm concerned only with how someone acts.