mac_bolan00: racist, stupid, racist, and can't work the shift key

[Filbert]

@LonesomePolecat

Again, Islam and the West have a long history of conflict, and to act as if this history has no critical bearing on today’s world goes beyond mere denial. It approaches psychosis.

So, let me get this straight- I’m English, and I need a list of people I’m supposed to be wary about. Help me out here;

So far I’ve got the French, the Irish- in fact pretty much all of Europe if you go back enough, so it’s probably best to play it safe and avoid all of them, as they’re pretty much all the same race anyway. Oh, but come to think of it, I probably should be asking you guys, 'cos most of you are Americans, and we do have a pretty troubled history there. Hm.
There was quite a lot of conflict in the Colonial era, so I guess anyone from Africa, or India’s out. Oh yeah, and the Japanese. Better not go there. I should probably be counting China and the rest of Asia in there too, y’know. Same race. I expect they have the same temperament, and just didn’t get round to fighting with us yet.

Any Australians around? I think I’m OK talking to you guys- you might take the piss a bit, and my government may have been a bunch of bastards to you at various times, but we’ve never actually fought. Unless you’re Aboriginal, I guess.

Anyone from any recently contacted South American or New Guinea tribes on here? No problems with you guys! You can come right over!

[Bridget_Burke]

@mac_bolan00

jews assisted in thr holocaust as well. in their case, they were forced to work the manual aspects of gassing, cremation and disposal on the threat of death. but as one genius here is saying, the former christian aspect of the nazis is also to blame for the deaths.

there was much to admire from adolf hitler (not the murderer part of him to be sure.) the good news is that some white people are now brave enough to talk about it.

Things were neck & neck for a while but the subject of this pitting has pulled ahead in the “racist, stupid, racist” event. (He’s got “can’t work the shift key” all wrapped up.)

[elbows]

Really, why engage with a fifth grader who won’t use a shift key so as to be ‘edgy’?

Surprised he’s a racist dim wit?

I’m shocked, shocked I tell you!

[Dr.Drake]

@elbows

Really, why engage with a fifth grader who won’t use a shift key so as to be ‘edgy’?

Surprised he’s a racist dim wit?

I’m shocked, shocked I tell you!

I’m not actually interested in the lost cause of macbolan. I’m just not willing to lend tacit approval to racism by my silence.

[Frank]

@Dr.Drake

If it wasn’t clear to multiple readers here, then it wasn’t clear. I assumed that since there was no USA for most of the history of the slave trade, and since most of the slaves from Africa went to the Caribbean and South America, that there would be no confusion. A hasty and incorrect assumption on my part, I guess: sorry.

You could have tried " the Americas". That might have worked.

[Dr.Crap]

i am a white man and i want to have a frank discussion about children and their fannies

[Lochdale]

Not sure I want to comment on the last post there!

And yes, there was a lot of migration in Europe’s history but it was usually called an invasion rather than migration. And immigration can be a very good thing, in moderation. After all, look what it did for the American Indian.

[Lobohan]

@Lochdale

Not sure I want to comment on the last post there!

And yes, there was a lot of migration in Europe’s history but it was usually called an invasion rather than migration. And immigration can be a very good thing, in moderation. After all, look what it did for the American Indian.

Hey, they went from owning zero casinos to owning hundreds. That’s progress!

[Bridget_Burke]

@Lochdale

Not sure I want to comment on the last post there!

And yes, there was a lot of migration in Europe’s history but it was usually called an invasion rather than migration. And immigration can be a very good thing, in moderation. After all, look what it did for the American Indian.

The Migration Period is the more current name for what used to be called the Barbarian Invasions. The problem with the Columbian Exchange is that it happened suddenly–not in moderation…

In the Old World, knowledge had travelled back & forth between different regions for millenia So had disease.

[Batfish]

@Dr.Drake

Here’s the deal: nobody who commits murder gets a pass. In return, individuals who belong to the same group that murderers belong to don’t have to share the blame unless the stated agenda of that group is murder, which is not the case with either the major world religions or with Communism.

That’s a stunningly logical statement. Are you sure you’re on the right board?

@Dr.Drake

If it wasn’t clear to multiple readers here, then it wasn’t clear. I assumed that since there was no USA for most of the history of the slave trade, and since most of the slaves from Africa went to the Caribbean and South America, that there would be no confusion. A hasty and incorrect assumption on my part, I guess: sorry.

Noooo… don’t dumb it down for them.

[mac_bolan00]

@BigT

Oh, and a question to mac: Why the hell do you think it’s okay to go around and raise zombies of any thread with less than ten answers? Are you trying to be a troll?

it seemed like a nice idea. well, after three tries and zombie-like responses, i gave up.

[tomndebb]

I have always been amused that the Mack Bolan books are published by Harlequin.
It seems appropriate to the level of “literature.”

[mac_bolan00]

this pit amuses me. are featured dopers expected to take their dedicated threads seriously?

[Chen019]

@crywolf

What i think about this is that if all of the Difference between races are real what do we do with that knowledge? Will everyone try and help the races and groups that are not stable become stable? Or do what stormfronters want(i am STRONGLY against this). cus if races are real and people accept it what is the next conclusion?

Maybe try treating people as individuals rather than focussing on their group membership? Maybe stop blaming all unequal outcomes on discrimination which require positive discrimination to address? Stop fretting about whether there are enough people from [insert underrepresented minority group] at places like MIT. As Peter Singer points out in "ADarwinian Left":

A Darwinian left would not:

• Deny the existence of a human nature, nor insist that human nature is inherently good, nor that it is infinitely malleable;

• Expect to end all conflict and strife between human beings, whether by political revolution, social change, or better education;

• Assume that all inequalities are due to discrimination, prejudice, oppression or social conditioning. Some will be, but this cannot be assumed in every case;

[rogerbox]

@Chen019

Maybe try treating people as individuals rather than focussing on their group membership?

That’s rich coming from you. You are obsessed with groups, and the tiering thereof.

[Measure_for_Measure]

@mac_bolan00

this pit amuses me. are featured dopers expected to take their dedicated threads seriously?

No, they are expected to huddle in the fetal position, whispering, “Make it stop, make it stop, make it stop.” They are also excepted to use cough at least readable punctuation.

Of course ideally they will listen and learn. Some do.
Mac_bollan00’s arguments typically lack both substantiation and incisiveness. I fear that this poster suffers the double burden of incompetence in argument and a lack of the sort of meta-cognitive ability necessary to recognize his errors in judgment. It’s a vicious circle. Very unfortunate. For the board.

[Chen019]

@rogerbox

That’s rich coming from you. You are obsessed with groups, and the tiering thereof.

Well, do you disagree that people should be treated as individuals? I only point out the Darwinian reality (as Singer does above) because some mistakenly blame group disparities solely on discrimination or unfairness. This leads to absurd complaints like the one above about MIT, or this kind of racist discrimination:

Translating the advantages into SAT scores, study author Thomas Espenshade, a Princeton sociologist, calculated that African-Americans who achieved 1150 scores on the two original SAT tests had the same chances of getting accepted to top private colleges in 1997 as whites who scored 1460s and Asians who scored perfect 1600s.

Espenshade found that when comparing applicants with similar grades, scores, athletic qualifications, and family history for seven elite private colleges and universities:

Whites were three times as likely to get fat envelopes as Asians. Hispanics were twice as likely to win admission as whites. African-Americans were at least five times as likely to be accepted as whites.

[mac_bolan00]

@Measure_for_Measure

Mac_bollan00’s arguments typically lack both substantiation and incisiveness. I fear that this poster suffers the double burden of incompetence in argument and a lack of the sort of meta-cognitive ability necessary to recognize his errors in judgment. It’s a vicious circle. Very unfortunate. For the board.

wow, two long words per sentence. so, what do i call people like you who tend towards stupid generalization? i lack substantiation, incisiveness, competent argument, and meta-cognitive abilities IN THIS THREAD. i have not risen to any serious arguing here, but i have elsewhere. therefore, your post is as stupid and useless as this thread.

[Measure_for_Measure]

@mac_bolan00

wow, two long words per sentence. so, what do i call people like you who tend towards stupid generalization? i lack substantiation, incisiveness, competent argument, and meta-cognitive abilities IN THIS THREAD. i have not risen to any serious arguing here, but i have elsewhere. therefore, your post is as stupid and useless as this thread.

Actually, I was alluding to your GQ remarks, admittedly and hypocritically without substantiation. Your idiosyncratic punctuation tends to call attention to the weakness of your remarks.

[mac_bolan00]

i thought they weren’t bad as short remarks go. i’m referring to casual one-liners; intended to amuse or momentarily derail a thread, but otherwise considered normal doping; recognized and allowed by this board.

i do start valid discussions from a wide range of subjects, with something of substance and depth. they don’t turn out too bad.

so i am called here to answer for my poor GQ posts. :smack: