August 2012
68 posts
tinyblacktears:
This cultural appropriation crap is stupid. Every culture borrows things from other cultures and culture is something that’s constantly changing over time; it’s not something that one specific group of people can own a monopoly on.
As far as I’m concerned it’s just people desperately looking to be offended over something so that they can claim victim hood....
Queercicles: why? why? I will never understand why... →
iridessence:
johncory9mm:
iridessence:
why? why?
I will never understand why it’s so hard for people to understand that they have privilege and check it.
Most of the people who talk about privileges know where they have them and check them. Why is it so hard for others?
Do I have comprehension privilege that I need to check…
Do you understand and check your First World privilege?
I...
Queercicles: why? why? I will never understand why... →
iridessence:
why? why?
I will never understand why it’s so hard for people to understand that they have privilege and check it.
Most of the people who talk about privileges know where they have them and check them. Why is it so hard for others?
Do I have comprehension privilege that I need to check…
Do you understand and check your First World privilege?
Dreadlocs
mesocylon:
I wanted them. I was all about growing my hair long again getting dreads, because I wanted to do something cool and “hipster”. Well… Fast forward to now? Wouldn’t do it in a million years. Because I’m White, because it’s not just a hairstyle, and because the culture it comes from is not mine and I have no right to steal.
Dreads don’t belong to anyone.
Dreadlocks are...
robocrat:
If you have a roof over your head, access to clean food and water, and an internet connection, then congratulations, you’re better off than at least 70% of the world’s population. Quit whining at others about privilege.
Abandon All Hope: Dear Liberals, →
slide-to-the-right:
If you feel like you DON’T have to tolerate everyone, then don’t call yourself “open minded and tolerant,” as you make yourselves look incredibly stupid.
Just wanted to address this because whenever I bring this up while questioning a liberal, they’re all like “Oh, I don’t have to tolerate you. “
I’m liberal and I accept all points of view. I find that while many...
A rich white woman murdered her husband by...
ageekyfemmeforeveringlasses:
HELL NAH!!!!!!
But white males are supposed to have the most privilege. How does that work?
Skeptical Discourse: Moral Relativism is a Cancer →
skepticaldiscourse:
What is moral relativism? It is the belief that universal moral truths do not exist. What follows from this is that we cannot judge the practices or views of other societies or cultures, or even those of another individual within our own culture, to be morally superior or inferior to our own. It…
The problem here is that morality has to be relative unless there is...
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Mitt Romney and Abortion
There are two parts to the abortion issue. One is, at what point does life begin? The other is, who gets to control a woman’s body?
It is honest for those who think that life begins at conception to view all abortions as murder. You may not agree with them, but you should recognize their integrity. On the other hand there are those who say a growing mass of cells does not constitute human...
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What’s behind Rep. Todd Akin’s rape remarks?
Republican congressman Todd Akin states pregnancy from rape is “really rare”.
Republicans would like to overturn Roe v. Wade. Mitt Romney states on his website that he believes life begins at conception.
The religious right is obviously laying the groundwork to outlaw all abortions, even in the cases of rape and incest.
Four of the current Justices on the Supreme Court are in their...
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Republican congressman Todd Akin: Rape rarely...
Read the article.
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Abandon All Hope: Liberals don't understand... →
slide-to-the-right:
johncory9mm:
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johncory9mm:
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That a “terrorist” is not someone who mans a gun. A terrorist is someone who advocates and evokes terror on another nation for their country’s sake.
Please get it right before you start ranting about how “white men who start shoot outs aren’t called terrorists and that’s racist because if they…
Your...
Abandon All Hope: Liberals don't understand... →
slide-to-the-right:
johncory9mm:
slide-to-the-right:
That a “terrorist” is not someone who mans a gun. A terrorist is someone who advocates and evokes terror on another nation for their country’s sake.
Please get it right before you start ranting about how “white men who start shoot outs aren’t called terrorists and that’s racist because if they…
Your definition of terrorism is too...
Abandon All Hope: Liberals don't understand... →
slide-to-the-right:
That a “terrorist” is not someone who mans a gun. A terrorist is someone who advocates and evokes terror on another nation for their country’s sake.
Please get it right before you start ranting about how “white men who start shoot outs aren’t called terrorists and that’s racist because if they…
Your definition of terrorism is too limited. The group that carried out...
NOW with B. Miller: SUPPRESSING THE VOTE GETS A... →
nowwithbmiller:
THE FACTS:
A Pennsylvania judge denied a request Wednesday to block enforcement of the state’s new voter identification law. Those seeking to block the law did not show that “disenfranchisement was immediate or inevitable,” wrote Judge Robert Simpson.
In refusing to grant an…
You are exactly right, the issue of making voters present I.D. when voting has nothing to do with...
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Two lovers Dilemma
Once upon a time there were Laura and Edwin. They loved each other, but they happened to live on the different sides of a big river. They wanted to see each other, but they didn’t have a boat, and the river was too wide to swim. Of course, the river is covered with ice in winter, so they can walk over it, but the winter was so far away! One day Laura couldn’t wait any longer, so she...
I actually love going to church. It's too bad I'm...
You can try a Unitarian church. I’m agnostic and I went for a while. At least half of the congregation were either agnostics or atheists. Unitarians teach life lessons and draw wisdom from a wide variety of sources.
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The Paul Ryan choice
The choice of Paul Ryan clearly indicates that the GOP has written off the 2012 presidential election. Ryan brings nothing new to the table, he is an fiscal conservative who’s strength is economics, same as Romney. So why pick him as a running mate? The only thing that makes sense is that the GOP Wants to give him some national exposure to help him in a 2016 run for the White House.
Is Reverse Racism Real?: August 12, 2012 →
johncory9mm:
isreverseracismreal:
The search continues… Still no signs of reverse racism.
When I was in Junior High I was in a civics class that had a black teacher, her name was Ms. Smith. I did a fair job in the class, I certainly wasn’t the best student but it was a fairly…
Thanks but my politics is not the issue. In my situation Ms. Smith had power, she was my teacher and she had...
Proudly bi-: I don't get this whole free speech... →
biraciallyinsensitive:
johncory9mm:
johncory9mm:
biraciallyinsensitive:
Like, what’s so great about your right to speak when you’re using that to oppress me? Why do you have a right to hate speech?
Freedom isn’t free. Freedom means allowing others to use their freedom of speech, even if what they say makes your blood…
My use of the expression “freedom isn’t free” is to illustrate that...
Proudly bi-: I don't get this whole free speech... →
johncory9mm:
biraciallyinsensitive:
Like, what’s so great about your right to speak when you’re using that to oppress me? Why do you have a right to hate speech?
Freedom isn’t free. Freedom means allowing others to use their freedom of speech, even if what they say makes your blood…
My use of the expression “freedom isn’t free” is to illustrate that there is a price to pay for...
I don't get this whole free speech thing.
biraciallyinsensitive:
Like, what’s so great about your right to speak when you’re using that to oppress me? Why do you have a right to hate speech?
Freedom isn’t free. Freedom means allowing others to use their freedom of speech, even if what they say makes your blood boil.
It would be a very dangerous thing to start denying free speech to those who say things that are unpopular....
August 12, 2012
isreverseracismreal:
The search continues… Still no signs of reverse racism.
When I was in Junior High I was in a civics class that had a black teacher, her name was Ms. Smith. I did a fair job in the class, I certainly wasn’t the best student but it was a fairly easy class. I was surprised at the end of the year to find out that I had failed the class. This was the only class in my entire...
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White people wearing Dreadlocks is NOT cultural...
From the Wikipedia article on Dreadlocks.
Dreadlocks are associated most closely with the Rastafari movement, but people from many ethnic groups in history before them have worn dreadlocks, including many ancient Semitic and Indo-Aryan peoples of the Near East and Asia Minor, Sadhus of Nepal, India and the Sufi Rafaees, the Māori people of New Zealand, the Maasai and the Oromo of East Africa, and...
Crossgender Cosmonaut: Of Dreadlocks and Racism →
the-saucy-auto:
Until today, I was not aware that dreadlocks are exclusive to people of color, considering I’ve also seen just as many whites with dreadlocks. I just assumed it was a trait shared by the Rastafari and the punk/metal communities, with differing origins and symbolic values to their respective…
From the Wikipedia article on Dreadlocks.
Dreadlocks are associated most closely...
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First World Privilege
If you are reading this, you have First World Privilege. The reason I know this is that less than half of the world population has internet access.
You benefit from first world privilege in many ways, most of which you probably don’t even realize. For example you don’t have to worry about having enough clean water to drink. You do not face starvation on a daily basis. If you are injured, you...
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First World Privilege is being able to go on the...
Because you have electricity and access to a computer and the internet.
REVERSE RACISM IS NOT A THING. SHUT THE FUCK UP.
godzilla-wednesday:
johncory9mm:
I agree with you, racism is racism regardless of who it is directed at. If a person is treated negatively based on the color of their skin, that is racism. It doesn’t matter whether that skin happens to be white, black, blue or green.
No. Racism is power + privilege. White folk are not persecuted by black people. Racism against white people is an...
REVERSE RACISM IS NOT A THING. SHUT THE FUCK UP.
I agree with you, racism is racism regardless of who it is directed at. If a person is treated negatively based on the color of their skin, that is racism. It doesn’t matter whether that skin happens to be white, black, blue or green.
In the Right: Okay, so here's a legit question... →
in-the-right:
As a review, there was a discussion concerning the difference between homosexuality and pedophilia. The resounding scream was the difference that pedophilia is wrong because it doesn’t allow for consent and homosexuality is okay because they consent. Therefore, the qualification that makes a…
I actually think the person you describe is actually more noble. They are...
Racism →
johncory9mm:
Accusing someone of being racist is being done so often that the word Racism is becoming meaningless. Now anytime a white person disagrees with a PoC, they are routinely called racist. Good job at marginalizing the word.
Feel free to call me racist for making this post, I’ve…
I’ve already redefined the word Racism in an earlier post.
It has come to my attention that...
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Racism
Accusing someone of being racist is being done so often that the word Racism is becoming meaningless. Now anytime a white person disagrees with a PoC, they are routinely called racist. Good job at marginalizing the word.
Feel free to call me racist for making this post, I’ve been called it hundreds of times for less.
What's Wrong with this Picture: Dreadlocks →
johncory9mm:
It would be ignorant and bigoted of me to tell blacks that they can’t straighten their hair because straight hair is a white person’s thing. It’s their hair and they can do anything they want with it, including straightening it. It is none of mine or anyone else’s business….
From the Wikipedia article on Dreadlocks:
Dreadlocks are associated most closely with the Rastafarian...
Not sure if this was fail or win on my part... I...
Daniel: What determines morality?
Sarah: Conscience.
Daniel: The conscience of a radical islamist brought down the World trade center. Was that moral?
Sarah: He was brainwashed and everyone knows that.
Daniel: Once again, that was his conscience. What's to say that his conscience is wrong and yours is right?
Sarah: No that wasn't his conscience. Whatever conscience he had was brainwashed away by his religious persuasion.
Sarah: Which was fanatacism I might add...
Daniel: Conscience: 1. the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action; 2. the complex of ethical and moral principles that controls or inhibits the actions or thoughts of an individual. You have to define which is the right conscience: yours or mine or what ever. Everyone has a different conscience.
Daniel: We have many views on morality. Us westerners view what the Islamic world does as evil as they degrade their women, murder those who dont agree with them, murder you for being homosexual. and they look at us as evil because we allow woman to be drive a car, tolerate homosexuals. so who do we determine has right morals?
Sarah: Causing unecessary suffering is not moral, no matter what any religion says. You can't ask me to choose between a religious society's so-called "morals" and a secular society's "morals" because it's not even the same thing. Thankfully our society realizes that religion and government are two different things and you can't use the rules of any given religion to determine your rules for how people live their lives in your society, because that takes away from freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom in general. You can't tell someone else that they are not allowed to do something simply because you believe it to be wrong, especially if they are hurting no one.
Daniel: Your missing the point. The point is who decides who has the right morals? Morals are not moral. They are what we believe to be. So who has the right set of morals?
Sarah: Morality is different than what any individual or religious system may regard as their "morals." No one has 100% correct morals if you want to put it that way. But basic morality, whether it's "all men are created equal," "as it harm none, do as ye will," "do unto others as you would have them do unto you," or however you would like to frame it, is what our basic conscience leads us to do. Whether you want to say God instilled it in us, or as my atheist friends would argue, it's innate, is not really the point. The point is that however we got it, we have it until it is brainwashed out of us by people who want to consider themselves the only "right" ones in the world and need to point out why everyone else is inherently wrong and then convince us that it's our job to point out to everyone else why we are so right and they are so wrong. It's pointless, no one changes their mind, and it leads to division and often bloodshed. And that is clearly not moral by any standards of reason.
I think we have a natural sense of morality. This stems from humans evolving from community animals. Community animals rely on members of the pack to behave in a manor that enhances the wellbeing of the pack. Individual pack members that work well with other pack members in activities such as hunting, defending the pack and raising offspring, get the opportunity to breed and pass along their ‘good’ genes. On the other hand individuals that are anti-social, overly aggressive, or otherwise harmful to the wellbeing of the pack are driven off or killed and do not get a chance to pass along their ‘bad’ genes. Millions of years of this process has given us an instinct to be good community members. We call this instinct our conscience.
Now we take all this inherent moral baggage we have ingrained in us and we form societies. This moral baggage then gets codified in our laws and our religions.
If all this is true, it means that there is no objective source for morality, hence morality is relative.
proud cis scum
whoreneedsfeminism:
reppin the crew
Cis scum pride! I used to be a closeted cis scum, but I’m no longer going to be shamed for being who I am.
The Voice Inside My Head is British: When will my... →
secretlyscully:
I tried to explain this to my sister the other day, and she is so deep in white privilege that she can’t see out of the tunnel. I told her that it’s impossible to be racist against white people, and she called me a liar.
Pro-tip: Racism is a social construct devised by those in power to oppress…
Redefining Racism
It has come to my attention that many people are not...
The Alter Ego: The Question of Morality →
wt337:
A heavy topic this way comes.
Before I go any further, let me just say that I want to encourage my reader to THINK. I don’t expect you to agree. I don’t care if you do, that’s not the point. I want you to come to your own conclusions, but firstly I want to make you want to question…
I agree with much of what you say, however you gloss over the origins of morality. I wrote some...
White, domestic terrorism strikes again
stayandchewthefat:
but we’ll call it something else. an exception. just one mentally unstable extremist.
According to the CNN headline article “At an afternoon news conference, Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards said that authorities are treating the shooting as a “domestic terrorist-type incident,” adding that the FBI will head the investigation”
thethirdseeker: USA.. the least racist country in... →
bdanni:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/295611/still-least-racist-country-world-dennis-prager
I really lol’d when i seen this one. Maybe for those who never goes through the struggle of constant unecessary hate from others because of your physical presentation , USA is a utopia. but for the…
Not having spent a huge amount of time in any other country, I really have no way of...
The Fair Witness: akholzer: All I want is to live... →
akholzer:
johncory9mm:
exquisite-artist:
johncory9mm:
exquisite-artist:
akholzer:
All I want is to live in a world where I can walk down a street, wearing a cute dress and not get shouted at from a car. Or hit on by strangers or my co-workers. More importantly, I want to live in a world where I’m not expected to kindly smile and politely accept their…
You miss understand her. She...
The Fair Witness: akholzer: All I want is to live... →
exquisite-artist:
johncory9mm:
exquisite-artist:
akholzer:
All I want is to live in a world where I can walk down a street, wearing a cute dress and not get shouted at from a car. Or hit on by strangers or my co-workers. More importantly, I want to live in a world where I’m not expected to kindly smile and politely accept their…
You miss understand her. She wants a world in which men...
The Fair Witness: akholzer: All I want is to live... →
exquisite-artist:
akholzer:
All I want is to live in a world where I can walk down a street, wearing a cute dress and not get shouted at from a car. Or hit on by strangers or my co-workers. More importantly, I want to live in a world where I’m not expected to kindly smile and politely accept their…
You miss understand her. She wants a world in which men act like gentlemen, and not animals. ...
Dreadlocks
soundofthepunkydrummer:
johncory9mm:
It would be ignorant and bigoted of me to tell blacks that they can’t straighten their hair because straight hair is a white person’s thing. It’s their hair and they can do anything they want with it, including straightening it. It is none of mine or anyone else’s business. It is just as ignorant and bigoted for PoC to tell whites that they cannot wear...
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Dreadlocks
It would be ignorant and bigoted of me to tell blacks that they can’t straighten their hair because straight hair is a white person’s thing. It’s their hair and they can do anything they want with it, including straightening it. It is none of mine or anyone else’s business. It is just as ignorant and bigoted for PoC to tell whites that they cannot wear dreadlocks.
