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I won't deny that a few idiots may have claimed that disagreeing with Obama is racist, since there are plenty of idiots out there of all stripes. However, the claim that a significant number of Obama supporters believe that criticism of Obama is racist is a red herring and weapon of mass distraction.] There have always been conservatives opposed to his policies before they were associated with him, and everyone knows that. There also is a lot of racism behind the hatred of Obama, for example the people who labeled him a Kenyan anti-colonialist. (as if being an anti-colonialist is a bad thing)
No they do not.Hard Truth said:Racists misuse statistics to view all individuals within a group as the same.
Then before I deal with the rest of your paragraph, you are admitting True generalizations CAN Be made about Racial groups.Hard Truth said:That is not what the statistics indicate. Statistics on race some may show tendencies of a group, but they do not tell you anything about the individuals within that group.
Yes, I just explained that.Hard Truth said:For example, East Africans as a group may tend to be good runners, but that does not mean every East African is a good runner. Humans are too varied and individual for any tendency to be universal, even within a relatively homogenous group. That can be measured and easilly observed. For accuracy, people need to assessed as individuals, not as members of a racial or ethnic group.
Of course, you would want to time every runner first, but the Racial statement East Africans are better distance runners remains TRUE, if not [duh] "ALL".Hard Truth said:It is would be a foolish error for someone seeking a team of good runners to only hire East Africans without assessing each individual's abilities. Some East Africans are not good runners and many people with other backgrounds are as good or better runners. The racist's error is the notion that racial tendencies are more significant than individual characteristics.
Nope. If you are a racist you are a bigot, and bigots are not good people.
not true, people can use racism via disassociation.
disassociation is a right.
don't you disassociate yourself from a people you don't like .
Based off of their color of their skin? Nope.
if i disassociate myself from say blacks, and in doing that i don't do anything to them in a physical or verbal means, am i a bad person?
Do you believe that your race is superior than them and hold prejudice against them?
no i don't, however if a person has a belief, and in exercising that belief there is no victim or even any emotional pain.......what has made that person bad in your eyes?
Based off of their color of their skin? Nope.
Is their belief based off bigotry and holding their race more superior, and hold prejudices? If so that is racism.
On the heels of reading how it's just totally ok and no big deal to accuse people of racism because, hey, it doesn't mean you're a bad person if you are, I'm wondering if most people agree. Are racists good people?
Need a minute to get the poll up.
so if a person does no harm, physical and emotional to a another person of a different race.....
remember the question is, "is that person a bad person".........what is making him bad?
Websters defintion is a good one: "a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race."
Racism - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary bold added by Hard Truth
Thinking that the race of your child's spouse is significant makes one a racist, because it is based on the nation that "race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities" and infringes on your child's freedom to choose.
that person holds prejudice against someone based off their color of their skin.
sorry but i don't consider other people who do no harm to other people,... A bad person.
The problem today is more and more people throw the word "bad" out .... with ease.
BAD...
having a wicked or evil character; morally reprehensible: ..........
if we are talking morals.......then were are we giving them from.
You dont call people who are racists bad people? I sure do.
If you are a racist you are a bad person. You hold your race more superior to others simply based off their color of their skin. That is bad.well, i do look at the works of people, and not the color of their skin.
Common sense.but what i am asking is, were you get your interpretation of bad.........because if we take it from a religious prospective, yes...... the person would be bad.
Common sense.but since you don't use the religious prospective, where do you get your interpretation?
If you are a racist you are a bad person. You hold your race more superior to others simply based off their color of their skin. That is bad.
Common sense.
Common sense.
I don't think so. I seen here on DP and another couple of political sites. In fact I have been labeled that myself. No big deal for me. That stuff rolls off my back. But I have seen legitimate tuned into you are a racist because you disagree.
common sense, that is no answer.
where do you get the interpretation someone is bad, since we are not going into the religious aspect of things..
are you getting it from..... your own thinking?
Of course it is. No race is superior to others. One persons melanin compared to others does not give on superiority.
what i am getting at is, where do you get your determination of bad...... is it your personal feeling....[who is it who determines if a person is bad]...a person, groups of people, society as whole..
now i know it comes from a religious morals, however i know you are not using that.........
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