That’s a pretty damn tiny “in-group”. 
Not surprisingly, other sources link discrimination by nationality and other factors very closely with racism.
I totally agree with every sentence after “no”. And yet, there might still be some disagreement about what racism actually encompasses.
It’s okay. Such a disagreement doesn’t mean I’m a hypocrite, or a bad person (nor does it mean anything negative about you). It’s really possible for decent folks to honestly disagree on stuff like this. And it’s okay to discuss it.
“Something with far more scholarship, respect, and credibility than you, little one.”
Clearly. You seem to think it encompasses such a broad array of normal human behavior that it is essentially indistinguishable from normal human behavior. Thus “everyone’s a racist” (my words, not yours). Which I disagree with.
OK, lets. Please explain how my objection to being called a racist is actually evidence of my being a racist, or is motivated by my own racism. I refer you back to my prior example:
“You are this vile thing.”
“No, I am not.”
“Objecting to being identified as this vile thing is evidence that you are this vile thing.”
How do non-racist people sometimes (“by mistake”) do racist things? If that is true then the opposite must also be true, that people who sometimes do racist things are not racist. Please explain.
Are you also going to disagree about what the word ‘trivial’ means? Please give examples of acts of racism which you would consider of little to no value, inconsequential, or unimportant. Then, please explain why we should even bother considering how to eradicate them. (Hint: paradox. If they’re trivial we need not concern ourselves with them, if we need to concern ourselves with them then they aren’t trivial.)
How is that the opposite? Aren’t those both the same thing?
Ding!
Assuming another person is racist is an act of prejudice, I see a LOT of projection in cases were racism or other vile imputation of a persons character is thrown around almost by default.
Whoa, this thread blew up. Good stuff, guys. Lots to consider.
This thread was fine as a stand-in for ‘what has the left done that has pissed you off’. Because, really the most the left has done HAS been stupid trivial SJW stuff. But after today, the schills for the Dem Party (NYTimes…others)… Maybe there should be a “What has the Democratic party done today to piss you off.”
Cause the Clinton-dick-sucking, Dem-Centrist New York Times continuing association of the LEGALLY INSANE Loughner with Sarah Palin may get some more votes for the Dems in New York, but it’s going to cost votes in about 5 swing states.
AGAIN Dems, no one wants to be associated with your Republican-lite practices. You need to woo back the voters who sat out 2016. And acting like an org about as morally inept as…say…FIFA…isnt the way to do it.
A day without the Washington Examiner is like a day without ipecac.
Shocker that HuffPo wouldn’t carry something like that. Gotta give Snopes time of course. Doubt Intercept can be bothered cause they cover real problems rather than six year old myths. But ill look.
Edit: Yup…Intercept is trying to save millions of Yemeni.
A Huffington Post writer’s Twitter response to Congressional shooting: Laments that this sort of violence isn’t organized or effective enough.
Well, for this self-described liberal, that guy appears to be an asshole, and doesn’t speak to, or for, me. The rather gaudy counter-threats of violence against him are a bit much, though.
Reason #12534 why I have nothing to do with Twitter: a profusion of Twits.
I read some of it…WOW. Back in the safe ol days of Obama…I know that Dan O’ Brien and (In a different case) the owners of Baseball Think Factory received ‘visits’ and had the fun time of sitting down for a personal interview. And for much, much, much less.
I have to wonder if the Secret Service is so busy these days that they simply don’t have time to look into assholes like that guy.
You’re on the wrong messageboard then. Attempts to do this seem to be a large percentage of our total output.
Everyone’s a little bit racist sometimes, but it doesn’t mean we go around committing hate crimes. Look around and you will find no one’s really color-blind. Maybe it’s a fact we all should face: everyone makes judgments based on race.
The problem is also that people who have been called racist are quick to claim this is what is happening even when they’ve actually been racist. Because there’s no objective judge for racism, merely a shifting consensus view, and most people tend not to think of themselves as bigots (merely “realists”). We can all point to examples at either end of the spectrum but in the middle it gets muddy.
In the event you genuinely didn’t get the “There’s glory for you” reference, it’s from Alice Through the Looking Glass:
No, I don’t believe this.
I never said you were a racist, and I never said you were motivated by racism.
Those are the same things, not opposites. People sometimes make mistakes, out of ignorance, clumsiness, thoughtlessness, or more.
So far you’ve mischaracterized pretty much everything I’ve said. I’m not inclined to play the hypothetical situation games with you until you’re not doing this any more.
What chu talkin’ 'bout, Gyrate?
Hey! Calling it "Fred” means shit to me! :eek:
(Not an Arbor-American)
Fuck these people. Fuck HuffPo. There are too many people out there making everything worse.
I already agree with this statement, of course, so no need to tip me off about it 
Cool story, bro
Why on earth would you say all that in response to “Does this look real?”
You make some irrelevant point about cubic zirconium looking like a diamond, which wasn’t the question. And then you insult the guy by saying he didn’t look like he could afford such a thing.
Here’s a tip for you: Answer the question that somebody asks. “Hey, do these diamond earrings look real?” “Yeah, they look real”
Again, not that hard.