So, recently I started a discussion in a group I was invited to. The topic I began was Hate Crime and how I thought that punishing certain types of crime such as assault or battery because they were claimed to be based on hate over normal assault and battery (Whatever that is) says to one victim, your rights are greater than this other person because your perpetrator is being punished more harshly for the same crime.
Evidently some people had been victims of the current definitions of hate crimes and were emotionally involved in their defenses of the law. I responded calmly and with no anger, malice, or untowards behavior... only to find out that soon after I was kicked from that group (which fashioned itself as one that was for civil and intelligent discussion) and that one of my longest friends here had removed themselves from friends list with no explanation and will not respond to inquiries.
Not only does the response to my discussion go against the very nature of the group, but it hurts.
I want my friend back.
Evidently some people had been victims of the current definitions of hate crimes and were emotionally involved in their defenses of the law. I responded calmly and with no anger, malice, or untowards behavior... only to find out that soon after I was kicked from that group (which fashioned itself as one that was for civil and intelligent discussion) and that one of my longest friends here had removed themselves from friends list with no explanation and will not respond to inquiries.
Not only does the response to my discussion go against the very nature of the group, but it hurts.
I want my friend back.