[Callers] Progressive politics? Ha, ha

[Ron Blechner via Callers]

"Controversial" is different from "political".

We can discuss controversial topics without bringing up political
affiliations.

Please stop.
On Oct 29, 2015 11:00 AM, "Aahz Maruch via Callers" <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015, Ron Blechner wrote:
> >
> > Can we please not discuss politics on this list?
>
> Whether "gypsy" is an offensive term and the figure name should be
> changed is an inherently political discussion, so no.  (Ditto similar
> discussions about gender-free dancer terms.)
>
> For that matter, I would argue that discussions about how to handle
> harassment are political as well; at minimum, thirty or forty years ago,
> there would have been people arguing exactly as you are that we should
> avoid discussing them because they are political.
>
> What exactly are you objecting to?
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