[IMC-Boston-Editorial] Over zealous hiding?

[Jonathan D. Proulx]

On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 08:05:21AM -0800, Sofia JarrinT wrote:
:Hmmm, not too sure about this one, Jon.  The  comment sounds down racist to me, and we have a clear policy on hiding  racist posts. Although I wasn't the one who hid it, I probably would've  anyway. 

I will grat there is likely a level or racism behind the post.

It is likely that this is due to misunderstanding rather than this
individuals relationship with aryan nation.

If we hide anything with even a tinge of racism how do we counter that
thinking? By (imperfect) analogy if this were the 80's hid any post
that suggested that AIDS was only a gay man's disease would we be
helping by suppressing homophobia or hurting by suppressing the
opportunity to present counter evidence?

We can't have an exchange of ideas if we only allow our ideas.  This
isn't spouting hate, it's rather more insidious than that and I feel
very strongly that shining a light on it as they only way to make it
better, keeping it under tight wraps is only going to make it fester.

-Jon