One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations

[Katie]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Del wrote:
> > <snip> I do hear you, but you don't seem to hear me. I've been
> trying to explain that calling those people who have a problem with
> homosexuality "bigots" simply because one doesn't agree with them 
is a sign of bigotry and intolerance in oneself. Do you hear me when 
I say that?
> 
> Carol responds:
> I agree that the unwillingness to hear views that we consider
> offensive is a form of intolerance, as is labeling our own views as
> "tolerant" and then having no tolerance for those who don't share
> them. Maybe we should just ban the b-word ("bigot")? Then maybe we
> could express our ideas without labeling those whose views we 
disagree with as bigoted or intolerant.


***Katie: But I, to whom Del was initially resonding, haven't called 
anyone a bigot. I *specifically* have been referring to thoughts and 
beliefs, *not* people. I have been trying very hard to keep the tone 
of the conversations civil, and I feel like I'm being yelled at in 
return. I understand it is very difficult to convey tone in this 
format, but I do feel like some posts are very aggressive. 


Let's do ban the word "bigot" and let's stop namecalling altogether. 
We should be able to disagree without attacking each other 
personally. Katie