Roseanne cancelled after racist tweet

[crashtech]

Well it sounds like what you heard were the words of a moron.

You'll be on that low road by yourself.

 

[jackstar7]

You'll be on that low road by yourself.

Doubtful.

You make it sound like victims of emotional abuse (even children) just aren't tough enough.

Think about that for a minute and get back to me.

 

[jackstar7]

Looks like he needed more than a minute.

 

[mikeymikec]

I've heard it said that dignity can't be taken away.

Do you have any personal and relevant experience to lend to these assertions? Not only that, but you're making a definitive assertion (ie. one that has almost universal application) based on zero citations (and I suspect is utterly baseless), which should sound profoundly ignorant to you yet evidently doesn't.

Considering that maintaining patient dignity in the face of diminishing ability is an everyday part of my wife's work, I think there's somewhat more to do the topic than you've ever conceived.

Nothing external such as social status need necessarily affect one's internal thought processes, these belong to the individual regardless of circumstance.

A very basic truth: The things that have happened to you have affected how you perceive yourself and your position in the world.

 

[crashtech]

If dignity is being defined here as only a social construct, then I can see why there is disagreement. If there is no recognition here that there is something at our core that can remain inviolable, then that's a philosophical argument that I'm not prepared to have now. It's a tough subject for me personally; I despise the premise that our sole worth is only that which society bestows.

@jackstar7 , I'm talking about grown adults with a developed sense of self here, of course kids (and other defenseless people) need more protection than adults. If it's true that I made it sound like you say, then I ought to apologize, but I'm not convinced that most reasonable people with benign intent would think so.

 

[mikeymikec]

If dignity is being defined here as only a social construct, then I can see why there is disagreement.

It's not.

If there is no recognition here that there is something at our core that can remain inviolable, then that's a philosophical argument that I'm not prepared to have now.

Ok.

It's a tough subject for me personally; I despise the premise that our sole worth is only that which society bestows.

No-one here has said that either...