# Brazil84 doesn't get what's wrong with the claim that majorities of sub-saharan africans are retards **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 25, 2013, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198 "2013-10-25T11:29:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/181 "2013-10-28T00:51:23Z")
_snip_ > [@magellan01](#): > > In your world and the world of many leftist geniuses on this board, making a distinction between a lie and a statement that is simply untrue is “splitting hairs”. Really? > [@magellan01](#): > > And “knowingly lie” is redundant. So that’s wasn’t hair splitting but an attempt to diss Karrius’s argument? Damn, wonder how anyone could have missed the intended insightful evisceration? > [@magellan01](#): > > Evidently, you’re not too good at the whole thinking thing then, huh? 😃 If by “thinking” you mean able to follow your convoluted thought process, you got me there Mags. > [@magellan01](#): > > I’m not surprised you and others would think so, as it interferes with your ad hominem level of debate, which is precisely the point. Thanks for drawing extra attention to it. Debate? Ah, no. You mistake my intent there Mags. I make it a practice not to _debate_ idiots, I just don’t have that much free time. I was _ridiculing_ you… ---
**Author:** ![Karrius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71c47a/32.png) [@Karrius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karrius)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/182 "2013-10-28T03:10:10Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > :rolleyes: In your world and the world of many leftist geniuses on this board, making a distinction between a lie and a statement that is simply untrue is “splitting hairs”. I’m not surprised you and others would think so, as it interferes with your ad hominem level of debate, which is precisely the point. Thanks for drawing extra attention to it. brazil posts the _exact same cites_ every thread, and every thread they are pointed out how those cites are invalid, bad, falsified, and otherwise just bunk. Next thread, he just decides to post them again. What do you think that is if not lying? “Admirable conservative stubbornness”? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/183 "2013-10-28T03:59:50Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > North Carolina’s illiteracy rate is approximately equal to or slightly less than the national average. [Actually, no.](http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023930054) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/184 "2013-10-28T04:02:35Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > So I have a strong feeling that much of the shiny infrastructure you are crowing about is actually the doing of Western and/or East Asian contractors. Well, of course. Why would you expect anything else, even if all the races involved were intellectually equal? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/185 "2013-10-28T04:37:06Z")
Heck, Westerners and East Asians having construction technology _proves_ they’re genetically smarter, huh? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/186 "2013-10-28T04:39:39Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Heck, Westerners and East Asians having construction technology _proves_ they’re genetically smarter, huh? Great, you just gave the idiot something to build on. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/187 "2013-10-28T04:57:14Z")
S’okay, he “banned” me long ago. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/188 "2013-10-28T06:00:49Z")
I’d like to respond to brazil’s arguments but unfortunately I am illiterate, or at least I must be, because his arguments make no sense. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/189 "2013-10-28T06:45:58Z")
> [@Charredcasm](#): > > Brrraaaiiiii…nevermind. yeah I had a look too. Even the hamsters turned him down. ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/190 "2013-10-28T08:58:30Z")
> [@Karrius](#): > > brazil posts the _exact same cites_ every thread, and every thread they are pointed out how those cites are invalid, bad, falsified, and otherwise just bunk. Oh really? Which cites did I post in the thread which spawned this one? Here’s a link to get you started: > **[From a purely genetic standpoint, how does it make sense that the average IQ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=705779)** > > I’ve been following the debates regarding the “black-white iq gap” and whether it is hereditary or environmental and one confusing thing just recently occurred to me: Those on the hereditary side always say that mixed race people (half black-white)... Ok, now please show me three previous threads in which I posted those “exact same cites.” It should be pretty easy to do if I post the “exact same cites every thread.” On the other hand, if you are wrong, it won’t be so easy. Instead, you will most likely invent a lame excuse rather than just admit you are wrong. > [@](#): > > What do you think that is if not lying? I think I’m about to see who is lying. Please back up your claim that I post the exact same cites in every thread. I’m extremely skeptical of your claim. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/191 "2013-10-28T09:38:19Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > Oh really? Which cites did I post in the thread which spawned this one? Who gives a shit? You don’t understand what’s wrong with the claim that most africans are functionally retarded. You’re a fucking moron. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/192 "2013-10-28T10:07:57Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Who gives a shit? You don’t understand what’s wrong with the claim that most africans are functionally retarded. You’re a fucking moron. To be fair, he’s only claiming that they’re functionally retarded _on average_. The fact that he doesn’t understand why this is just as bad may be evidence that _he_ is functionally retarded, however. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/193 "2013-10-28T10:31:12Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > Why? If you were capable of understanding the answer to that question you would have done so already. Simple observation shows that you aren’t and I have more satisfying paid teaching to do. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/194 "2013-10-28T12:13:45Z")
Is there an actual ignore feature he’s using, or is he just resolving to ignore us? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/195 "2013-10-28T12:32:46Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Is there an actual ignore feature he’s using, or is he just resolving to ignore us? The board does have an ignore feature, but there’s no real way to tell if he’s actually using it or if he’s just saying he’s ignoring people. I thought it was a bannable offense to tell people you were putting them on ignore (or at least worthy of a mod warning) just because the only real reason for doing so was to start fights. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/196 "2013-10-28T12:36:07Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > The board does have an ignore feature, but there’s no real way to tell if he’s actually using it or if he’s just saying he’s ignoring people. I thought it was a bannable offense to tell people you were putting them on ignore (or at least worthy of a mod warning) just because the only real reason for doing so was to start fights. I think you can tell them that in the Pit, but not anywhere else on the board. He’s been on my ignore list for quite some time. It’s fun seeing you guys take him apart, and I don’t have to scan past large paeans of drivel to do it. ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/197 "2013-10-28T13:15:37Z")
> [@naita](#): > > If you were capable of understanding the answer to that question you would have done so already. i.e. you prefer to simply assert your conclusions without offering any evidence or argument in support of them. > [@](#): > > I have more satisfying paid teaching to do. Suit yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/198 "2013-10-28T13:29:59Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Actually, no.](http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023930054) Am I missing something, or are you under the impression that South Carolina and North Carolina are the same state? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/199 "2013-10-28T13:57:15Z")
Potato, potahto. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198/200 "2013-10-28T14:12:02Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Is there an actual ignore feature he’s using, or is he just resolving to ignore us? It’s a personal list. Depending on how a thread goes and who is posting, you occasionally get a “This person is on my ignore list for being smarter than me, and I choose not to respond to the poster”. So, **b84** is clearly reading the posts but doesn’t have the brain or testicular fortitude to adequately respond. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil84-doesnt-get-whats-wrong-with-the-claim-that-majorities-of-sub-saharan-africans-are-retards/672198.md?page=11)