Originally posted by KharmaDog
Political correctness is joke. I'd rather if someone were racist, misogynist or any other "ist" that they'd be upfront about it. Sure they may offend me, but I'd always know where they (and in turn I stood).
but, in turn, that means we get to call them the disgusting idiots they really are
Oh geez...
People who get offended at racial slurs or the like seem pretty selfish and cowardly in my opinion. I don't understand why a person wouldn't want to be associated by their actions, unless of course they are ashamed of said action.
For example, if someone called a homosexual "f@g", what sort of thought process has to take place for the homosexual to be offended at being recognized for the very thing he is? Our society has caused the word "f@g" to mean "homosexual" the same way "sodomite" meant "homosexual" years ago. Or like when "cool" gained the dual-meaning of "low temperature" and "likable personality".
Originally posted by LLLLLink
Oh geez...People who get offended at racial slurs or the like seem pretty selfish and cowardly in my opinion. I don't understand why a person wouldn't want to be associated by their actions, unless of course they are ashamed of said action.
For example, if someone called a homosexual "f@g", what sort of thought process has to take place for the homosexual to be offended at being recognized for the very thing he is? Our society has caused the word "f@g" to mean "homosexual" the same way "sodomite" meant "homosexual" years ago. Or like when "cool" gained the dual-meaning of "low temperature" and "likable personality".
Freedom Is: Feeling the emotions you're told to.
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Name ten clearly intelligent people that believe blacks are inherently inferior to whites mentally.
In my life I've known more than ten people who think that about blacks, who would fit that description. I could sit here and give you a list of names exceeding 10, but since you never knew any of them, that would seem a little pointless. And most people I've known--and currently know--who don't like black people were actually Hispanic and not white (intelligent or otherwise).
The founders of Eugenics and other forms of scientific racism in the 19th Century were clearly intelligent, so were the academic figures who endorsed the theories. Even today among scientists and doctors, you honestly don't think they are intelligent people who think blacks are mentally inferior?
A racist doesn't have to be an unaware knuckle-dragging idiot with a small vocabulary. He can also be an Ivy League alum, wear a suit and make a six-figure salary.
Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Many intelligent people believe blacks are mentally lacking; are they still disgusting idiots?
to save you my ranting and hair splitting over needless stuff, yes
I actually stopped hanging out with an old friend because his racism and sexism ended up bothering me too much
Originally posted by LLLLLink
Oh geez...People who get offended at racial slurs or the like seem pretty selfish and cowardly in my opinion. I don't understand why a person wouldn't want to be associated by their actions, unless of course they are ashamed of said action.
For example, if someone called a homosexual "f@g", what sort of thought process has to take place for the homosexual to be offended at being recognized for the very thing he is? Our society has caused the word "f@g" to mean "homosexual" the same way "sodomite" meant "homosexual" years ago. Or like when "cool" gained the dual-meaning of "low temperature" and "likable personality".
Probably the intent behind the word; not just the word itself, eg the person calling a homosexual a "***", likely is implying that being gay is a negative in of itself.
Originally posted by Robtard
Probably the intent behind the word; not just the word itself, eg the person calling a homosexual a "***", likely is implying that being gay is a negative in of itself.
But you see how hypocritical that person would be with that mindset? By disliking another's dislike of gays, race, lifestyle, etc, you (not actually you, Rob) become a hypocrite. Therefore, the only fair way is that either both parties are tolerant or both parties are refrained from having an opinion.
Of course, actual hate crimes are a whole other discussion than hate speech. Nothing wrong with disliking something, just don't act upon it if you don't want to suffer consequences. Speech must be interpreted and acted upon by the receiver(s) to have an effect.
Originally posted by LLLLLink
But you see how hypocritical that person would be with that mindset? By disliking another's dislike of gays, race, lifestyle, etc, you (not actually you, Rob) become a hypocrite. Therefore, the only fair way is that either both parties are tolerant or both parties are refrained from having an opinion.Of course, actual hate crimes are a whole other discussion than hate speech. Nothing wrong with disliking something, just don't act upon it if you don't want to suffer consequences. Speech must be interpreted and acted upon by the receiver(s) to have an effect.
what is hypocritical about that position?
Originally posted by KharmaDogyou rock.. i rather ppl be honest as well as oppose to fictitious and two face...
Political correctness is joke. I'd rather if someone were racist, misogynist or any other "ist" that they'd be upfront about it. Sure they may offend me, but I'd always know where they (and in turn I stood).
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaoscan we use 1800 ppl and forefathers?
Name ten clearly intelligent people that believe blacks are inherently inferior to whites mentally.
Originally posted by Wild Shadow
you rock.. i rather ppl be honest as well as oppose to fictitious and two face...
You won't rather a world where people, I don't know, aren't racist in the first place?
Originally posted by Wild Shadow
can we use 1800 ppl and forefathers?
Last 50 years, once the era of such beliefs being extremely widespread had started to fade. Of course this ignore the more salient problem with my request, that people can't be simply classified as "intelligent" in useful ways, smart people will usually hold one stupid belief or another (thus saying that "Einstein didn't believe in evolution" is as meaningless as saying that "Alice didn't believe in evolution", since neither Einstein nor Alice are experts on biology).