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Is racism wrong?

Is racism wrong?

  • Yes

    Votes: 88 83.8%
  • No

    Votes: 15 14.3%
  • There is no such thing as racism

    Votes: 2 1.9%

  • Total voters
    105
This thread gives me hope that political correctness might die soon. I hope it happens in every household at he same time and everyone is reading how some douche got offended at this word or that and frustration reaches the tipping point and we all shout a unified "F this!!". Then we all run out in the street and I will say "I am a half breed honky kike!!" and my neighbor will say "Sup honky kike, I am a negro!!" and we will run down the street arm in arm screaming "I'm a negro lovin Jew!! I'm a negro lovin Jew!!" surrounded by everyone else who has had enough of this garbage and they will be screaming their own no-longer-offensive phrases and all the hippie's hackey sacks will fall into the gutter, and the world will heal. :mrgreen:
 
Some of us never bought into the whole PC notion to start with. Just seems wimpy and sissified to worry about every little thing one says, because somebody may get their little feelings hurt.---I say grow up, and get over it---say something back, if you don't like what is being said. No requirement to just take it.
 
Some of us never bought into the whole PC notion to start with. Just seems wimpy and sissified to worry about every little thing one says, because somebody may get their little feelings hurt.---I say grow up, and get over it---say something back, if you don't like what is being said. No requirement to just take it.

So no respect for anyone else is required?

That doesn't work in the real world, or on moderated boards. Most of us learned manners as children. Grow up.
 
So no respect for anyone else is required?

That doesn't work in the real world, or on moderated boards. Most of us learned manners as children. Grow up.

Respect & PC are two different things......
Respect is earned....
PC is like a GUBMINT handout.......;)
 
This thread gives me hope that political correctness might die soon. I hope it happens in every household at he same time and everyone is reading how some douche got offended at this word or that and frustration reaches the tipping point and we all shout a unified "F this!!". Then we all run out in the street and I will say "I am a half breed honky kike!!" and my neighbor will say "Sup honky kike, I am a negro!!" and we will run down the street arm in arm screaming "I'm a negro lovin Jew!! I'm a negro lovin Jew!!" surrounded by everyone else who has had enough of this garbage and they will be screaming their own no-longer-offensive phrases and all the hippie's hackey sacks will fall into the gutter, and the world will heal. :mrgreen:

I'd run down the street yelling, "I'm WHITEY!", but it's already pretty evident....:)
 
So no respect for anyone else is required?

That doesn't work in the real world, or on moderated boards. Most of us learned manners as children. Grow up.

Desired? Yes.
Required? No.

What doesn't work in the real world is thinking you have the right not to be offended. I have manners and I am very respectful, but only when dealing with people who I think deserve it. That is my judgment call and my choice. Thank God the United States is not a moderated board.
 
Respect, and PC, are not one and the same thing---People take offense now days, over things that are not even directed at them. A tree is cut down and somebody gets offended.---"Beware being the injured third party" --get those chips of your shoulders, and relax. It will be alright. Respect must be earned-not just given.
 
Respect, and PC, are not one and the same thing

I didn't say that. You implied that ANYTHING should be tolerated. Some things are PC nonsense, and some things are just disrespectful. And guess what? We can disagree about which are which.
 
Respect & PC are two different things......
Respect is earned....

Not this kind of respect. You get it just for being a human being. I'm talking about basic decency and manners. You did learn that stuff, right?
 
A tree is cut down and somebody gets offended.

No, a tree gets cut down and somebody gets pissed off. Entirely different thing.
 
I didn't say that. You implied that ANYTHING should be tolerated. Some things are PC nonsense, and some things are just disrespectful. And guess what? We can disagree about which are which.
No not tolerated, but allowed. People don't have to like what you say, but you have every right to say it anyhow--In America. ---People have the "right" to burn our Flag, (how PC is that?) but they best not let me catch them doing it. ---Freedom is not free.
 
No not tolerated, but allowed. People don't have to like what you say, but you have every right to say it anyhow

This isn't about rights. It's about not being an a-hole.

People have the "right" to burn our Flag, (how PC is that?) but they best not let me catch them doing it.

So first you complain that others complain about what you say, then you say you'll retaliate against someone who expresses their views by burning a flag. Make up your mind.
 
No, a tree gets cut down and somebody gets pissed off. Entirely different thing.

Well, some people get offended. :2razz:

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This isn't about rights. It's about not being an a-hole.



So first you complain that others complain about what you say, then you say you'll retaliate against someone who expresses their views by burning a flag. Make up your mind.
but people have a right to be an Aholes if they choose. I ran into a couple at Krogers just today. ---I will defend a persons right to burn the flag, as long as they understand that I will exercise my rights to strongly object to them doing so. I have fought for much less.--I would never tell them they didn't have the right, just that like with all rights, there are consequences.
 
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but people have a right to be an Aholes if they choose.

A legal right, sure. But you don't have a right not to suffer the consequences, such as being told you're being an a-hole, or losing friends, or being kicked in the nuts, or being banned from internet forums, of whatever.

I ran into a couple at Krogers just today. ---I will defend a persons right to burn the flag, as long as they understand that I will exercise my rights to strongly object to them doing so. I have fought for much less.--I would never tell them they didn't have the right, just that like with all rights, there are consequences.

And that's what I'm saying. There are consequences to being an a-hole. And that applies even if you whine about political correctness or whatever.
 
but people have a right to be an Aholes if they choose. I ran into a couple at Krogers just today. ---I will defend a persons right to burn the flag, as long as they understand that I will exercise my rights to strongly object to them doing so. I have fought for much less.--I would never tell them they didn't have the right, just that like with all rights, there are consequences.

Burning flags wouldn't be any fun in no one objected or found it offensive. No one would do it.
 
Burning flags wouldn't be any fun in no one objected or found it offensive. No one would do it.

Personally, I've never felt the urge to burn a flag - until someone tried to make it illegal.
 
Not this kind of respect. You get it just for being a human being. I'm talking about basic decency and manners. You did learn that stuff, right?
Well then, here's some more disagreeing we can do---I have met many Human beings, that get no respect from me, at all. they don't act respectable, so that is how I treat them. Like you say, It's my call.---I'm sure some folks may feel that way about me. --and that is their call.
 
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