Why do YOU hate racism?
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Well, as the topic keeps slipping back to 'only restrict thick people' I'll post the first few minutes of 'Idiocracy' which I think is quite relevant..and funny!
http://www.livevideo.com/video/1EFA01743AB2491F99D063C46158820B/idiocracy-intro.aspx
http://www.livevideo.com/video/1EFA01743AB2491F99D063C46158820B/idiocracy-intro.aspx
Exactly, the whole notion is hilarious and the more paranoid the racist the better the comedy gold.Xan Krieger said:
It's ignorant and people who are racist need to realize that just because another person's skin is a different color than their's doesn't mean they any better or worse or different where it really counts and they need to start judging them for the person they are rather than by the way they look.
Ironically, I'm prejudiced against bigots.
Makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong.
Anyway, I hate racism because there's no need for it. Most of the time it's not true, and people hate falling to generalities (at least I fucking do).
Possible outcomes of racist comments:
1: You're right. The person feels generic and shitty.
2: You're wrong. You look like a moron.
3: You're right. The person doesn't care.
4: You're wrong. The person doesn't care, and you don't feel bad because your ego is 1/3rd the size of Canada.
What I'm trying to get at is that NOTHING GOOD can come of racism.
Makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong.
Anyway, I hate racism because there's no need for it. Most of the time it's not true, and people hate falling to generalities (at least I fucking do).
Possible outcomes of racist comments:
1: You're right. The person feels generic and shitty.
2: You're wrong. You look like a moron.
3: You're right. The person doesn't care.
4: You're wrong. The person doesn't care, and you don't feel bad because your ego is 1/3rd the size of Canada.
What I'm trying to get at is that NOTHING GOOD can come of racism.
The "White Man's Burden" is no longer "educate the natives" (the kind Rudyard Kipling spoke of) but it is now white people's burden to have ancestry from possibly colonialist families and they feel they must do everything possible to not be labeled as racist like their ancestors. That is if they are liberal bleeding hearts like myself.
Sometimes you can be accidentally racist and be horrified at yourself for being so. But that doesn't mean I'm going to blame my reading Ian Fleming and H.P. Lovecraft for it.
Sometimes you can be accidentally racist and be horrified at yourself for being so. But that doesn't mean I'm going to blame my reading Ian Fleming and H.P. Lovecraft for it.
I don't hate it...
Mainly because the only reason racism is considered such a major issue is due to the whole 'equality' thing our society tries to use.
Now, I'm all for equality, just not in the way most people see it. A white person is NOT equal to a black person. Generally, they have different cultures, different social groups, are part of different demographics, hell, black people have a heavier bone structure than the equivalent sized white person which is why you never see a black jockey in horse racing.
Terms that are considered 'racist' are simply because it's a comment about a person's race. But you don't see ginger people waging war against non-gingers for the comments people make of them (Outside of South Park anyway). You don't get religious advocates calling out people like me to make an example of us bashing their religions so much. Hell, there's worse stuff than racism that goes on in largely white, middle class high schools with bullying, but if it's between two similar white guys, it's fine. Racism just takes the issue of hurting others to a whole new level, labelling things as 'hate crimes' even when this is unlikely to be the case.
It's not like racism is only done by white people, and it's done in much less subtle forms. Black people who agree with them getting repairations for their ancestors getting enslaved are racist, because they probably will NOT agree that egyptian, white, asian and even people in mainly black communities in areas of Africa should also get repairations, despite the fact they all had histories of slavery, usually to a larger degree than what happened a couple hundred years ago.
Fair treatment of races should not devolve into giving them as much as possible. It just turns into a form of reverse racism. If we didn't worry about equality (taking the sense the majority see it in) so much in the first place, the term 'racist' would be useless.
Mainly because the only reason racism is considered such a major issue is due to the whole 'equality' thing our society tries to use.
Now, I'm all for equality, just not in the way most people see it. A white person is NOT equal to a black person. Generally, they have different cultures, different social groups, are part of different demographics, hell, black people have a heavier bone structure than the equivalent sized white person which is why you never see a black jockey in horse racing.
Terms that are considered 'racist' are simply because it's a comment about a person's race. But you don't see ginger people waging war against non-gingers for the comments people make of them (Outside of South Park anyway). You don't get religious advocates calling out people like me to make an example of us bashing their religions so much. Hell, there's worse stuff than racism that goes on in largely white, middle class high schools with bullying, but if it's between two similar white guys, it's fine. Racism just takes the issue of hurting others to a whole new level, labelling things as 'hate crimes' even when this is unlikely to be the case.
It's not like racism is only done by white people, and it's done in much less subtle forms. Black people who agree with them getting repairations for their ancestors getting enslaved are racist, because they probably will NOT agree that egyptian, white, asian and even people in mainly black communities in areas of Africa should also get repairations, despite the fact they all had histories of slavery, usually to a larger degree than what happened a couple hundred years ago.
Fair treatment of races should not devolve into giving them as much as possible. It just turns into a form of reverse racism. If we didn't worry about equality (taking the sense the majority see it in) so much in the first place, the term 'racist' would be useless.
I hate racism because it's a stick to beat the white man with. Too many lies are told in modern education to 'big up' other races and to portray white people as a mixture of demons,thieves,and pedophiles. This is all bullshit. White people have nothing to be ashamed of.
Yes, it amused me that the topic assumed hatred for racism. Quite frankly, racism needs to be a better defined term to be a clear 'thing' to hate, and those who don't experience it in any way on a day to day basis may well just not give a damn. Obviously, anyone trying to promote responsibility on a higher than community or individual level reads the news, but that still won't make some people care.FarleShadow said:
By better defined I mean that the insistence that no racial differences whatsoever exist is in some eyes the only non-racist ground state. Is a white person more likely on average to drive a specific kind of car? Do nutritional differences in a culture account for 2-3 points of average IQ difference between, two native american tribes? Do black people have a high likelihood of curly hair? The only point at which racism truly exists is when one pins a stereotype or aggregate measurement to an individual for the purpose of treatment or thought, whether promoting or demoting. Anything else is finery, chaff, smoke and mirrors.
Exactly what I'd EXPECT a white devil to say to try and cover his cleft-hoof tracks.orifice said:
How many brothers did you loan-shark today with outrageous interest rates so he could feed his family?
How long has it been since your last KKK meeting? Promoted to Grand Wizard, yet?
Go back to Alabama. We don't take kindly to your ilk here.
I think that Racism is for the weak. People who are insecure about themselves in one way or another and need some way to make themselves feel extra special. So they convince themselves that somehow, someone else is inferior for whatever reason and they are so much better. Eventually they actually start to believe this is true and hence become like "Hillbillies" I hear mentioned.
*steps off soapbox* Who's next?
*steps off soapbox* Who's next?
I think it's wrong to group racial joking about with mates with hate crimes.
Christ, i've cracked my own fair share of "racist jokes", in front of and with, people they were aimed at. And they've cracked them back, but none of us are racist or have any issues with any skin colours.
Chill out.
Christ, i've cracked my own fair share of "racist jokes", in front of and with, people they were aimed at. And they've cracked them back, but none of us are racist or have any issues with any skin colours.
Chill out.
Firstly, the cosmetic surgery on my feet makes my cleft-hoof tracks look human!Ignignoct said:
Second, 58 'brothers' but I think my interest rates are quite reasonable.
third, last thursday, but I can't have the Grand Wizard job until the existing one dies.
Lastly, I'm British, I wouldn't be caught dead in Alabama! And I don't have a pet Elk, where would you get that idea from?
You know the sun set on the British Empire for a reason. People like Gandhi didn't take too kindly to how the Indians were treated. You might not be caught dead in Alabama, but doesn't mean the British can't be racist. I prescribe Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire and good 3 hours of Shah Rukh Khan in Devdas.orifice said:
i think who ever posted this is a retarded philosipher. cause in one way getting all work up over some impressions is retarded. Humor (funny things for all you FUCKING RETARDS!) is based on a culturally relavant set of taboos. People find what is different funny. So these english people don't have hillbillies there and so they think they r funny. Just like a child makes potty jokes because the potty is something you don't talk about therfor taboo.
on the other hand i hate racism because it represents ingnorance in mankind. Racism is not a new thing its been around fer like... awhile. HOWEVER back then we weren't as advanced and evolved as we are now so racism couldn't be blamed on the people because they were dumb. Its like yelling at a cripple because he can't run a mile. BUT now we are smart and racism still exists so therefor RACISM = STUPIDITY.
on the other hand i hate racism because it represents ingnorance in mankind. Racism is not a new thing its been around fer like... awhile. HOWEVER back then we weren't as advanced and evolved as we are now so racism couldn't be blamed on the people because they were dumb. Its like yelling at a cripple because he can't run a mile. BUT now we are smart and racism still exists so therefor RACISM = STUPIDITY.
I'm actually quite pro India, my religion comes from there!(Hare Krishna!) Your making assumptions about me that are not accurate. I'm not racist, but I do get pissed off about white people getting 'painted' as the devil himself.(who I don't believe in!)NewGeekPhilosopher said:
All races did dubious things over the course of history, no one is innocent. Much of my previous post replying to ignignoct was an attempt to be humorous, believe it or not.
As a white male, I'm supposed to sit there, shut up, and not say anything about anyone, no matter how fucked their behaviour is. I speak and understand enough languages (primarily curses) to know exactly what asians, indians and others say about us white people, and most of it is quite reprehensible. If I were to say anything back, however, I'd be thrown a podium and a microphone and be expected to apologise profusely for any offense I gave.
The sheer hypocrisy offends me. I don't give a fuck if you're white, black, yellow, green or purple. What you look like is completely irrelevant. How you act is what's important, and if you act like a tool, I'm well within my rights as a free-thinking human to say what I feel about it.
I'm sick to death of being told how racist I am simply because I'm white.
The sheer hypocrisy offends me. I don't give a fuck if you're white, black, yellow, green or purple. What you look like is completely irrelevant. How you act is what's important, and if you act like a tool, I'm well within my rights as a free-thinking human to say what I feel about it.
I'm sick to death of being told how racist I am simply because I'm white.
