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CMV: I believe anyone should be able to think anything they want and say it in a private situation.

I'm not sure if this is more appropriate in unpopular opinion or CMV. I welcome any and all criticism. I also go off on tangents during this writing.

I'm about to be torn to shreds.

As a 30yo black American born in the US. I believe anyone should be able to think anything they want but say it in a private situation. I would like to note I personally have no dislike against anyone due to their race, religion, culture, or ideas.

Prime example but not limited to: I believe people are allowed to hate me for being black (the color of my skin). I believe the problem comes in when you act on that hate. If someone was to say I don't like black people; I would strongly disagree with them and I would think them incredibly ignorant, and would recommend they don't say that in certain areas, or even out loud, but I believe they have the right to think that.

 I think if they act on those thoughts they should be shunned by society. If they treat someone differently based on their skin color or beliefs. There are people I don't like (prefer strong distaste) (for personal reasons, generally attitude or character) but I am perfectly nice and polite and even helpful towards. Would saying I don't like you because you are black be considered "acting on that hate"? Perhaps. Many people probably lack the ability to separate their own thoughts from conforming to society.

 I disagree a level of violence should be done against them for their thoughts. In turn if they act on a level of violence, punishment should be handed down. As in if they threaten violence or show the intent of violence they should be dealt with. But even then they would be dealt with on their threats of violence not on their beliefs. 

Of course you can't have blanket statement like that and have a functioning society. For example you can't have a store owner refusing service because someone is black.
But they should freely be able to think that I believe. CMV

Edit: So I've been replying for a few hours and handed out some deltas. I will take a break, I will try to respond more later. Have a great day

Edit: I just think there is more nuance to racism than society likes to act like.

Edit: I'm not advocating for racism. I'm saying there are levels to racism. And silencing peoples voices does not solve the issue of racism, I believe it allows it to grow in a corner. A random guy along the street saying racist things should be ignored. You should not have to deal with racism on your private property, at work, on in certain social situations. Educating racist is the best way to solve racism. I'm not saying John says a racist sentence and you pat him on the back. I am saying if John says a racist sentence figuring out why John says those things and educating him would be better. Of course there is debate is if it's up to you or not. I believe it depends on the situation.

Edit: I'm not saying be friends with racist. But every little racist situation that a person runs into is not the same. I think too much power is given to racism. Many people here have mentioned harassment. I think it's harassment through the racism. People have used religion to perpetuate crime. But you place racism you are failing to get to the root cause. In my experience common day racism is ignorance.

Edit: it's better to have discourse with racism than silence it.
The crux of it

Edit: my mind has been changed. I believe racism should not happen in public. But I believe they should be able to express it in a spot where there can be open discourse.
gpt
what do you mean by "allowed"?

People obviously can't be punished for their thoughts.  There are no mind readers.  There's no proposed punishment anywhere for what people think.

But, what people think is part of their morals, even if they fear reprisal enough not to act on those thoughts.  If by allowed, you mean there should be no moral condemnation at all for evil thoughts, that seems odd to me.  People's thoughts can express what people would do, if there were critical mass to avoid judgement for acting on those thoughts.