How ought a community deal with such a neighbor? Do we expel them? Which belief did we expel them for? How do we draw the line between a difference of opinion and something that someone ought to be expelled for?
How ought a community deal with such a neighbor? — BitconnectCarlos
A negligible price to pay.Expelling them is to rob the community, and the believer, of any chance of reconciliation, redemption and compromise. — NOS4A2
The chances seem to be that this new neighbor will inspire the community to expel the minority.How ought a community deal with such a neighbor? Do we expel them? — BitconnectCarlos
The trick is, when is it time to go hunting? — James Riley
The chances seem to be that this new neighbor will inspire the community to expel the minority. — baker
Ignore them. Yes, this is easy to say, but could be difficult to do. It depends on how attenuated the community is regarding ethnic issues. Remember, "Why can't we all just get along?" — jgill
The community ought to leave them alone and afford them the right to believe what they want. Expelling them is to rob the community, and the believer, of any chance of reconciliation, redemption and compromise. — NOS4A2
To some degree or other the neighbor is all of us - or must of us, or me anyway. I am quite sure I am better than many of my neighbors, and can supply and satisfy myself with proofs both at need and as entertainment. — tim wood
If we're going by the cockroach example, I wouldn't want them around my house whether I saw them or not. I just wouldn't want any cockroaches near my place of dwelling ever. — BitconnectCarlos
I'm happy going hunting if by hunting we mean doxxing - revealing the neighbor's beliefs to an employer or other members of the community. I'd imagine if the scenario described in the OP were to exist it would be like a min-Cold war in the community where there is clear conflict and hatred, but none of it being open hostility. — BitconnectCarlos
A negligible price to pay.
Fair enough and credit to you if you can ignore him. I would have a hard time and it would be on my mind anytime I saw the neighbor or passed the neighbor's house. How would you deal with other neighbors who engaged with the bigot in conversation? You see what I mean when I said earlier that there's now possibly something resembling a mini-Cold war in the community.
I'm not sure we understand eachother.The chances seem to be that this new neighbor will inspire the community to expel the minority.
— baker
Fair enough - what belief are we expelling him for exactly? Could the neighbor retract that belief but still hang onto other offensive ones? — BitconnectCarlos
I'm not sure we understand eachother.
I'm saying that if you're black in a white neighborhood and a white supremacist moves in and tells you that you don't deserve to live, but that he will not take action against you, then, if this becomes known to the other neighbors, chances are that _you_ will be the one to get expelled. Not the new racist neighbor. — baker
How ought a community deal with such a neighbor? Do we expel them? Which belief did we expel them for? — BitconnectCarlos
How do we draw the line between a difference of opinion and something that someone ought to be expelled for? — BitconnectCarlos
How ought a community deal with such a neighbor? Do we expel them? Which belief did we expel them for? How do we draw the line between a difference of opinion and something that someone ought to be expelled for? — BitconnectCarlos
How ought a community deal with such a neighbor? — BitconnectCarlos
Indeed. But can you be on good neighborly terms with someone who believes you should not exist? — baker
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