Thread: Faith in humanity levels dropping

Originally Posted by CivilWars

So show me where all these conservatives are that say prejudice, or even more specially racism, doesn't exist today.

On TV, radio, and in newspapers. There isn't a "Racism is a thing of the past" channel, it's a little more subtle than that.

But not much more.

I will say that there are plenty of people in the media who identify as (or are identified as) conservatives who completely fail to reflect any of my own conservative views. I think of these people as Bullshit Conservatives, who wear a convenient label in exchange for a paycheck. They make good money in a tough economy, so I'm not sure it makes sense to call them stupid, but it's so frequently the case that their expressed views are so perfectly lacking in thoughtfulness, coherence, or insight that I wonder why it is that they're paid so well.

But they are paid. And for someone to pay them to say those things is all the evidence I need that institutionalized racism is still alive in this country.

Cheers,


AetheLove

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

No, it could be about states' rights

No its about how the word is used just like many other words. If you mean to use it in hate then yeah its racist. We as society have taken the word to a new level by giving it the connotation of being racist and making it the worst one in our language that i can think of. So people jump right on the bandwagon that anytime a nonblack says it they are a racist.

Why would they use it then? If they know it´s the most offensive word that a black person can think of...why use it?

I don´t know what part of the population uses it...thing is...I don´t see how using this word would represent anything other than being blatantly offensive and racist.

Well, like Civil said earlier... Black people themselves use it and call eachother by said word... So are they racist to their own race? Is it only racist when a race other than blacks use it?

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Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

I don´t know what part of the population uses it...thing is...I don´t see how using this word would represent anything other than being blatantly offensive and racist.

Easy. Just as people use to ask for a fag (meaning a cigarette), and queer use to just mean odd, and people use this word sometimes against themselves meaning they arent ignorant enough to do something they know they dont have to. Not everything is black and white and there's plenty of grey area when using words.

Originally Posted by SmokenScion

What day did they say it on? Might that be a clue......

To some sure but not all. No one can read someone elses mind and no one can really speak to whether someone is racist or not if they have never even met them. Sure it doesnt work like that every time but just jumping to someone you dont know is a racist is just stupid.