Is Bigotry Taught? - Page 5

Premmy · 02-24-2010, 05:52 AM

You callin' me a dick-head?

Geminex · 02-24-2010, 06:38 AM

I don't think so, but we might as well...

Dickhead.

And my blathering was less directed at the fact that only a few posts before you made that horrible, ABOMINABLE pun we were having a perfectly normal discussion. Then Smarty posted, then I posted, then you threatened me, then IQ missed an opportunity for a "WEST SIDE!" reference, then you two posted again. Then you made a "pea-shooter" pun.

I don't like puns.

dick-head.

Seil · 02-24-2010, 12:28 PM

I started this thread in the hopes that it would be nurtured by thoughtful arguments, philosophical justifications and researched facts - now we're talking about pee shooters. This thread will grow, and be nurtured by your posts into the tree of bigotry, which, incidentally, also goes by several other names:

Premmy · 02-24-2010, 04:18 PM

Honestly, most dorks(read: All of you) Can't seem to have a real discussion about racism beyond " Racism is bad, M'kay?" without going into any further detail about why, or the real root causes.

Discussing why individuals are dicks is somewhat pointless in these discussions, so me making an overly serious long-ass post would have been pointless, even more so because people would have responded with anger due to refusal to understand, so, Dick puns are more suitable to discussion on serious topics around here, just look at the feminisim thread, it STARTED out bad and only got worse.

Amake · 02-24-2010, 04:32 PM

We have discovered a root cause of racism dating to prehistoric times, what more do you want?

Azisien · 02-24-2010, 05:03 PM

Hey racism isn't always bad! Chris Rock would only have like 10% of his jokes if racism didn't exist. And Chris Rock is totally worth hundreds of years of both overt and subtle oppression!

Premmy · 02-24-2010, 05:19 PM

It's not about saying racism is good or bad. It's saying something after that.

Azisien · 02-24-2010, 05:27 PM

It's not good when I get asked things like "why" because you end up with big convoluted posts. I'm actually interested to hear what you have to say though, Prem. My problem is of course that you'd label any concern/disagreement I have with 'anger due to refusal to understand.' Which actually sounds kind of condescending anyway, like you would be the ultimate purveyor of knowledge and we merely nod because you are correct.

That being said, racism probably falls under a broader umbrella of multiculturalism in general, and whether that is even possible. Is it? Yeah. Could our generation accomplish it? Almost definitely not. Canada's supposed to be "multicultural" but I think we struggle with it. We still have our own regional values we advertantly or inadvertantly force onto others and I think that's actually natural. If I up and moved to somewhere exotic I would have to swallow whatever regional customs/values that place has. I don't really know where to proceed from there.

01d55 · 02-24-2010, 05:44 PM

http://www.racialicious.com/2010/02/...e-racist-kids/

Quote:

Step One: Don�t talk about race. Don�t point out skin color. Be �color blind.�

Step Two: Actually, that�s it. There is no Step Two.

Congratulations! Your children are well on their way to believing that <insert your ethnicity here> is better than everybody else.

There is, of course, an equally simple way of raising kids to be not racist.

There's a set of rules that governs what kind of results you get from a given kind of nurture, and those rules constitute nature.

NATURE VS. NUTURE DEBATE RESOLVED.

Premmy · 02-24-2010, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Azisien

It's not good when I get asked things like "why" because you end up with big convoluted posts.

Well, that's because Racism is a big, convoluted issue, That's just something that has to be dealt with if you want to get involved.

Quote:

I'm actually interested to hear what you have to say though, Prem. My problem is of course that you'd label any concern/disagreement I have with 'anger due to refusal to understand.'

I'm willing to listen to anything somone has to say, if they're willing to actually listen. These are complicated issues, and a lot of times, people have their feelings hurt by the simple matter of what's being talked about. I'll listen to things I don't want to hear if people will listen to things THEY don't want to hear.

Quote:

I don't think so, but we might as well...

Dickhead.

And my blathering was less directed at the fact that only a few posts before you made that horrible, ABOMINABLE pun we were having a perfectly normal discussion. Then Smarty posted, then I posted, then you threatened me, then IQ missed an opportunity for a "WEST SIDE!" reference, then you two posted again. Then you made a "pea-shooter" pun.

I don't like puns.

dick-head.

See, now you're making me explain the pun:

IQ brought up Phallic objects as Extensions of our psyche, to which SO posted

Quote:

Originally Posted by Satan's Onion

So...it's like we're poking the Universe with the fingers of our minds.

...Whoa. Deep.

So I made the "Dick-Head" joke in reference to the phallic objects being extensions of the mind, thus, dicks in the head, thus Dick-head.

02-24-2010, 05:52 AM	#41
Premmy Stop the hate Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a nice web on fifty first street Posts: 4,466	You callin' me a dick-head? __________________ Drank

02-24-2010, 04:18 PM	#44
Premmy Stop the hate Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a nice web on fifty first street Posts: 4,466	Honestly, most dorks(read: All of you) Can't seem to have a real discussion about racism beyond " Racism is bad, M'kay?" without going into any further detail about why, or the real root causes. Discussing why individuals are dicks is somewhat pointless in these discussions, so me making an overly serious long-ass post would have been pointless, even more so because people would have responded with anger due to refusal to understand, so, Dick puns are more suitable to discussion on serious topics around here, just look at the feminisim thread, it STARTED out bad and only got worse. __________________ Drank

02-24-2010, 04:32 PM	#45
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	My only regret is that I've never watched West Side Story We have discovered a root cause of racism dating to prehistoric times, what more do you want? __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed Last edited by Amake; 02-24-2010 at 05:11 PM.

02-24-2010, 05:19 PM	#47
Premmy Stop the hate Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a nice web on fifty first street Posts: 4,466	It's not about saying racism is good or bad. It's saying something after that. __________________ Drank

02-24-2010, 06:38 AM	#42
Geminex SOM3WH3R3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,606	I don't think so, but we might as well... Dickhead. And my blathering was less directed at the fact that only a few posts before you made that horrible, ABOMINABLE pun we were having a perfectly normal discussion. Then Smarty posted, then I posted, then you threatened me, then IQ missed an opportunity for a "WEST SIDE!" reference, then you two posted again. Then you made a "pea-shooter" pun. I don't like puns. dick-head.

02-24-2010, 12:28 PM	#43
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	I started this thread in the hopes that it would be nurtured by thoughtful arguments, philosophical justifications and researched facts - now we're talking about pee shooters. This thread will grow, and be nurtured by your posts into the tree of bigotry, which, incidentally, also goes by several other names:

02-24-2010, 05:03 PM	#46
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	Hey racism isn't always bad! Chris Rock would only have like 10% of his jokes if racism didn't exist. And Chris Rock is totally worth hundreds of years of both overt and subtle oppression!

02-24-2010, 05:27 PM	#48
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	It's not good when I get asked things like "why" because you end up with big convoluted posts. I'm actually interested to hear what you have to say though, Prem. My problem is of course that you'd label any concern/disagreement I have with 'anger due to refusal to understand.' Which actually sounds kind of condescending anyway, like you would be the ultimate purveyor of knowledge and we merely nod because you are correct. That being said, racism probably falls under a broader umbrella of multiculturalism in general, and whether that is even possible. Is it? Yeah. Could our generation accomplish it? Almost definitely not. Canada's supposed to be "multicultural" but I think we struggle with it. We still have our own regional values we advertantly or inadvertantly force onto others and I think that's actually natural. If I up and moved to somewhere exotic I would have to swallow whatever regional customs/values that place has. I don't really know where to proceed from there.