Posted: Sep 14, 2018 4:43 pm
felltoearth wrote:Teague wrote:felltoearth wrote:PensivePenny wrote:
I agree with you. But do you think we could manage an honest consensus about which ones were personal and which were not? Or would it just further descend and divide the tribes to their respective colored corners? I'd like to think we could be objective about that, but I don't think it's possible here, unfortunately.
I think insulting someone based on their chosen career is a good start. There is other unnecessary name calling. I also think it’s offside calling Mike_L Racist. I think he is unwittingly (in every sense of the word) posting racist apologetics. I don’t think he’s a racist though and it is unproductive to label him has such.
Maybe, maybe not. How would you know if you're a racists if you actually are but think you're not? How about years of conditioning and not ever being the victim of racism?
Why is it that blacks have had the most hatred thrown at them? I don't think there's anything comparable to the N word, "Chinky" doesn't really cut it, I don't even know of any latino ones. I heard racist jokes when I was growing up that were aimed at black people who seemed to be the singled out race amongst all races. I don't know why that is but it's institutionalised more than people think.
That's why I asked the question, when is racism enough racism for a black person to put up with until they rightfully snap? I don't suffer from it so I wouldn't have the first clue about being a victim but some comments here about her "temper tantrum" perhaps don't really understand the pressures the minority races have as an extra burden.
Of course, she's also a woman so she has the double whammy of misogyny to deal with as well.
I don’t know how any of this has to do with anything I wrote. “I think Mike_L isn’t a racist” is obviously a very different statement form “I know Mike_L” isn’t a racist. Nothing here on this forum has shown him to be a Racist. Having uninformed opinions and incoherent arguments doesn’t make someone racist, as pointed out before in this thread.
Well I'm not saying he's a racist but how would you know whether he is or isn't or even think he is or isn't based on a few forum posts? I was adding in how you can be unconsciously biased against minorities - that it was more ingrained in people than we probably think.