What would you say if I walked up to you with a shirt the read: "I'm not involved in sex trafficking"?
Wouldn't your first thought be: "Huh, I wonder if this guy is involved in sex trafficking..."
Why do these people feel the need to declare that they're not hateful? Are they implying that the default assumption is that they are? Are they secretly hateful and feeling guilty? Or (more likely) are they just looking for an excuse to virtue signal to their neighbors?
Why would they need to say that though? Why would they feel the need to pre-emptively put a sign in their yard informing the general public they don't condone hate? Should we assume everyone without a sign is hateful?
See why this is stupid? You shouldn't have to put up a sign to let people know you don't condone hate; it's the default assumption.
What would you say if I walked up to you with a shirt the read: "I'm not involved in sex trafficking"?
Wouldn't your first thought be: "Huh, I wonder if this guy is involved in sex trafficking..."
Why do these people feel the need to declare that they're not hateful? Are they implying that the default assumption is that they are? Are they secretly hateful and feeling guilty? Or (more likely) are they just looking for an excuse to virtue signal to their neighbors?
Why would they need to say that though? Why would they feel the need to pre-emptively put a sign in their yard informing the general public they don't condone hate? Should we assume everyone without a sign is hateful?
See why this is stupid? You shouldn't have to put up a sign to let people know you don't condone hate; it's the default assumption.