Exactly What is a racist?

on Dec 16, 2005

I think a racist is a person who believes that they are better than someone else just because they feel their race is superior. They generalize and make judgements about other people based solely on race. They feel no remorse for using racist slurs to describe anyone of another race.

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Moderateman

on Dec 16, 2005

Reply By: LocamamaPosted: Friday, December 16, 2005I think a racist is a person who believes that they are better than someone else just because they feel their race is superior. They generalize and make judgements about other people based solely on race. They feel no remorse for using racist slurs to describe anyone of another race.

but I am better and superior.......... hahahhhhhah

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Rightwinger

on Dec 16, 2005

I agree with Locamama.....for the most part. Well put, Loco.

You know, many people here think LW and myself are racists. This is, I think, because we tell it like we see it.
Now, granted, I can't actually speak for LW, but as for me, I'm not a racist. I treat everyone equally until I know where they stand, then I judge how I feel about them.
Will I call a "nigger" and nigger? Yes, but there are many, many "blacks" I've met in my life, too. Some I consider to be very good friends. And, as has been said before, there ARE white niggers, too. Many are in groups like the Klan and the various incarnations of the Nazi Party and its affiliates.
I DO think that some people are better PEOPLE than others. Better human beings; but that's really got nothing to do with race; that's a matter of soul and an individual's personality traits.

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Moderateman

on Dec 16, 2005

3 by Rightwinger
Friday, December 16, 2005

I agree with Locamama.....for the most part. Well put, Loco.

You know, many people here think LW and myself are racists. This is, I think, because we tell it like we see it.
Now, granted, I can't actually speak for LW, but as for me, I'm not a racist. I treat everyone equally until I know where they stand, then I judge how I feel about them.
Will I call a "nigger" and nigger? Yes, but there are many, many "blacks" I've met in my life, too. Some I consider to be very good friends. And, as has been said before, there ARE white niggers, too. Many are in groups like the Klan and the various incarnations of the Nazi Party and its affiliates.
I DO think that some people are better PEOPLE than others. Better human beings; but that's really got nothing to do with race; that's a matter of soul and an individual's personality traits.

I totally agree, but in todays atmosphere even calling things as you see them gets you branded as racist.

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Leauki

on Dec 16, 2005

A racist is somebody who sees a difference between races or nationalities in an area where there is no relevant such.

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Shovelheat

on Dec 16, 2005

It's kinda like what they say about pornography. I can't really define it but I knows it whens I sees it.

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Moderateman

on Dec 16, 2005

Reply By: LeaukiPosted: Friday, December 16, 2005A racist is somebody who sees a difference between races or nationalities in an area where there is no relevant such.

but the races are different could you define what you said better?

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Moderateman

on Dec 16, 2005

Reply By: ShovelheatPosted: Friday, December 16, 2005It's kinda like what they say about pornography. I can't really define it but I knows it whens I sees it.

REALLY JOE? funny I cannot tell the difference sometimes, some comments about race are just the plain truth.

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Rightwinger

on Dec 17, 2005

It's kinda like what they say about pornography. I can't really define it but I knows it whens I sees it.

---shovelheat

True enough....the problem lies in the gray areas.

"Pornography", by strict definition, is anything rudely hyped or sensationalized; violence, sex, what have you.
The media's microscopic examination and presentation of charges and methods of torture could even be considered "pornographic".
We've simply come to accept it as the word meaning "dirty pictures, words or movies".

To some, even hardcore porn (which, as I understand it, is porn that invloves blatant penetration and onscreen male orgasms) is "free expression" or even, dare I say, "art". See movies like those made in the 60s and 70s by Andy Warhol, an "artist", for example.
Then, for others, what most would consider "art" itself can be pornography. Nude paintings, sculptures....witness our distinguished former Attorney General placing an expensive drape across the "nude" statue of Justice. Stupid, yes, but there you go.

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Rightwinger

on Dec 17, 2005

It won't let me delete post #9.

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Moderateman

on Dec 17, 2005

Reply By: RightwingerPosted: Saturday, December 17, 2005It won't let me delete post #9.

I did post 9 for ya. ok?

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Rightwinger

on Dec 17, 2005

Thanks, but you did the wrong post....what was post 11 is now post 10. You deleted the revision I posted, the one that came up as post 10. +LOL+
I can't remember what I wrote now. Oh well, thanks anyway.

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Leauki

on Dec 17, 2005

but the races are different could you define what you said better?

Yes, the races are different. That's why it is relevant differences that are part of my definition.

There are relevant and irrelevant differences between races depending on the subject in question.

There are some diseases which can make a difference relevant. If the question is one of health policy, making a difference between races is right and proper (and probably very necessary).

For most issues, there is no relevant difference.

But a racist would insist that a difference be made. A sexist, similarly, insists that a difference between the sexes must be acknowledged even in areas where that difference is irrelevant.

I hope I am being clearer now?

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Dr Guy

on Dec 18, 2005

Yes, the races are different. That's why it is relevant differences that are part of my definition.

There are relevant and irrelevant differences between races depending on the subject in question.

There are some diseases which can make a difference relevant. If the question is one of health policy, making a difference between races is right and proper (and probably very necessary).

For most issues, there is no relevant difference.

But a racist would insist that a difference be made. A sexist, similarly, insists that a difference between the sexes must be acknowledged even in areas where that difference is irrelevant.

I hope I am being clearer now?

I will add to Leauki's with the following. A racist is one who believes that a race is inferior by the race itself. Beyond the obvious differences (different colors). A racist is one who will not tolerate those that disagree with them in the same race. They think that all of one race must believe as one. A racist is one that believes that inferiority is based upon the race (or superiority), and who then goes and practices that. Such that they cannot accept one of their race being something they cannot fathom.

40 years ago, about the only racists were caucs in this country (USA). Today, there are still cauc racists. But more and more, there are racist of every color. They do not tolerate those within and without their race that do not kowtow to their beliefs. never understanding that very few people are of one pure race. They denigrate another or their own race based upon, not the words or beliefs of the person, but on their perceived idea of what that person should or should not believe.

Racism is not defined by who you hate, but how you hate. And that corrals a lot of people all over the spectrum.

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Moderateman

on Dec 18, 2005

Reply By: RightwingerPosted: Saturday, December 17, 2005Thanks, but you did the wrong post....what was post 11 is now post 10. You deleted the revision I posted, the one that came up as post 10. +

+ I can't remember what I wrote now. Oh well, thanks anyway.

who's on first?