Joined: 27 Aug 2003 Posts: 23071 Local time: 3:35 AM Location: Warner Robins, GA
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject:
ChrissyFos wrote:
josephpalazzo wrote:
Racism, like religion, is a construct of the mind. It plays on the minds and feelings. There are those who use racism to further their own agenda, and there are those who are willing to play along because they are born suckers. Of course, ignorance, superstition and gullibility play their role in this enactment. And like religion -- put patriotism in that bag -- it won't go away, no matter how enlighted we become. It's like the measles, it always shows up with every new generation...
You took the words right out of my whip.
"mouth", Chrissy. "mouth". _________________ -=The Believer is Happy; the Skeptic is Wise=-
Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 8036 Local time: 3:35 AM Location: D-brane
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject:
Moloth wrote:
ChrissyFos wrote:
josephpalazzo wrote:
Racism, like religion, is a construct of the mind. It plays on the minds and feelings. There are those who use racism to further their own agenda, and there are those who are willing to play along because they are born suckers. Of course, ignorance, superstition and gullibility play their role in this enactment. And like religion -- put patriotism in that bag -- it won't go away, no matter how enlighted we become. It's like the measles, it always shows up with every new generation...
You took the words right out of my whip.
"mouth", Chrissy. "mouth".
Or... You took the "crack" right out of my whip...
I'm perfectly aware that african american's make me uncomfortable. I've tried to conciously make myself comfortable around them, but to now avail. If that makes me racist, then I'm sorry. If it helps, I try to go out of my way to be nice to african americans when I meet them. _________________ Americanism -- n. e.g. Who gives a shit??
Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Posts: 2248 Local time: 3:35 AM Location: Cherry Hill, NJ
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject:
ChrissyFos wrote:
Zocrates wrote:
But I agree that we need to laugh at racism.....and not to rehash this thread all over again, but I think we just parted ways on what constitutes "laughing at racism".
Wow. Did you actually read what I fucking wrote? You've completely missed the point of my post. I wonder why? Ignorance does in fact precede racism. Which one is blinding you here? Goodbye.
Wow....I think that just went over my head....what just happened here?
You said the road to ending racism is paved with laughter.....and I replied by saying I agree with you, but we disagree on what is funny. Is there something wrong with that that I'm missing or am I in the twilight zone? _________________ "Faith is often the boast of the man who is too lazy to investigate." - F.M. Knowles
"We only fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them" - Titus Livius
Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Posts: 2248 Local time: 3:35 AM Location: Cherry Hill, NJ
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 9:47 pm Post subject:
dobie wrote:
I know I'm late to this party. oh well.
I'm perfectly aware that african american's make me uncomfortable. I've tried to conciously make myself comfortable around them, but to now avail. If that makes me racist, then I'm sorry. If it helps, I try to go out of my way to be nice to african americans when I meet them.
You sound like black people are aliens or something. What about people with darker skin makes you uncomfortable? _________________ "Faith is often the boast of the man who is too lazy to investigate." - F.M. Knowles
"We only fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them" - Titus Livius
Joined: 23 Oct 2005 Posts: 2421 Local time: 12:35 AM Location: Northern LA County, CA
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 11:09 pm Post subject:
joshuas3521 wrote:
da_monumental_1 wrote:
The DBA (Doing Business As) and name of the storefront is We Fix Computers. If it's not that obvious, I don't want that person for a customer. From experience, those are they type who are more trouble than their worth.
When I was working fast food we had this semi-literate customer who thought he was so clever because he would make insulting jokes about the cashiers, and thought he was such a wit because we didn't tell him to fuck off. Obviously we were left speechless by his cleverness. Actually we wanted our jobs just enough to not throw the coffee pot at him.
I got so fed up one day when I saw him walk in I told the manager to wait on him instead, that I absolutely refused to. The manager was quite confused until he waited on him...
He actually asked him to leave and never come back. _________________ Nos laetus edo qui votum opprimo nobis.
Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Posts: 5315 Local time: 3:35 AM Location: Here, There and Everywhere
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 1:18 am Post subject:
Moloth wrote:
ChrissyFos wrote:
josephpalazzo wrote:
Racism, like religion, is a construct of the mind. It plays on the minds and feelings. There are those who use racism to further their own agenda, and there are those who are willing to play along because they are born suckers. Of course, ignorance, superstition and gullibility play their role in this enactment. And like religion -- put patriotism in that bag -- it won't go away, no matter how enlighted we become. It's like the measles, it always shows up with every new generation...
You took the words right out of my whip.
"mouth", Chrissy. "mouth".
No, Moloth...a whip. You remember it. The black leather one. _________________ This space is reserved for inarticulate meat puppets who have no true perspective outside the refuge of quotation marks.
I'm perfectly aware that african american's make me uncomfortable. I've tried to conciously make myself comfortable around them, but to now avail. If that makes me racist, then I'm sorry. If it helps, I try to go out of my way to be nice to african americans when I meet them.
You sound like black people are aliens or something. What about people with darker skin makes you uncomfortable?
*ahem*, I too, am a dark-skinned mexican. _________________ Americanism -- n. e.g. Who gives a shit??
joshuas3521 Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 2236 Local time: 3:35 AM Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject:
I want to cut vanilla ice. _________________ "What I'm saying is, if God wanted to send us a message, and ancient writings were the only way he could think of doing it, he could have done a better job." --Carl Sagan
"In the beginning the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move." --Douglas Adams
Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Posts: 2248 Local time: 3:35 AM Location: Cherry Hill, NJ
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 11:28 pm Post subject:
Moloth wrote:
*sigh*
.. my theme song from 6th to 9th grade... >_<
Damn you're old.....that was like 1st or 2nd grade for me. _________________ "Faith is often the boast of the man who is too lazy to investigate." - F.M. Knowles
"We only fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them" - Titus Livius
Joined: 23 Feb 2005 Posts: 1551 Local time: 4:35 AM
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 12:02 am Post subject:
Tits or gtfo. _________________ "Of the voluntary acts of every man the object is some good to himself." -Thomas Hobbs
"Those who are obsessed with practice, but have no science, are like a pilot out with no tiller or compass..." -Leonardo da Vinci
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