&gt; &quot;It&#x27;s OK to argue. That&#x27;s how we learn to see different viewpoints, rather than pretending to agree for sake of making everyone happy.&quot;<p>Discussion is fine, disagreement is fine, but arguing is more than just disagreement. If we can discuss respectfully then we can continue.<p>&gt; &quot;This seems to be how it ended up with blacks and crime. I&#x27;d say the outcomes that we don&#x27;t like don&#x27;t require the stereotypes, so the stereotypes themselves aren&#x27;t harmful and it&#x27;s OK if they turn out to be fundamentally true.&quot;<p>Regarding blacks and crime, which statistics is this backed up by? I suspect the truth may be more nuanced than a simple correlation, but lets start with the statistics.