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Right wingers: Are you racist?

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A question for the right wingers here, do you consider yourself a racist? Do you feel your race is superior to anyone else's or do you feel prejudice towards any race or races?

I'm not a racist and I consider myself right leaning on the majority of issues. This issue is interesting to me because I've come to the conclusion that many if not most leftists believe that right wingers are racist yet I never have conversations that have anything to do with racism with other right wingers.
 
JC Callender said:
A question for the right wingers here, do you consider yourself a racist? Do you feel your race is superior to anyone else's or do you feel prejudice towards any race or races?

I'm not a racist and I consider myself right leaning on the majority of issues. This issue is interesting to me because I've come to the conclusion that many if not most leftists believe that right wingers are racist yet I never have conversations that have anything to do with racism with other right wingers.
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I lean slightly to the right.

As defined

Racist: Person who believes that a particular race is superior to another.

No.
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Prejudice: preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.

Probably when I was much younger. No, from my 30's on.

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People confuse racism with stereotyping and prejudice all the time.
 
I believe the entire idea of differentiating people by race is rather idiotic. The concept of having pride in one's skin color or contempt for others who have a different skin tone is as pointless as caring about someone's hair color.
 
JC Callender said:
A question for the right wingers here, do you consider yourself a racist? Do you feel your race is superior to anyone else's or do you feel prejudice towards any race or races?

I'm not a racist and I consider myself right leaning on the majority of issues. This issue is interesting to me because I've come to the conclusion that many if not most leftists believe that right wingers are racist yet I never have conversations that have anything to do with racism with other right wingers.
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No, but since I’m white, straight, conservative, Christian, believe in the rule of law, and believe in the constitution as it is written, and our bill of rights, the left will label me racists, bigot, misogynist, etc. and I really don’t give a ****.
 
holbritter said:
I lean slightly to the right.

As defined

Racist: Person who believes that a particular race is superior to another.

No.
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Prejudice: preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.

Probably when I was much younger. No, from my 30's on.

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People confuse racism with stereotyping and prejudice all the time.
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This is the Merriam-Webster def: "a person who shows or feels discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or who believes that a particular race is superior to another."
 
Not all conservatives are racist but almost all racists are conservatives.
 
CMPancake said:
Not all conservatives are racist but almost all racists are conservatives.
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Lol, and the liberals burning the US flag and chanting "black power" outside Maxine Waters' office are not racists?
 
Nobody considers themselves "racist."
 
CMPancake said:
Not all conservatives are racist but almost all racists are conservatives.
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That largely depends on if you buy the traditional definition of racism or the Left's reinvention of the term. By the traditional definition most people are racist to a degree.
 
I'm not racist.I like white people.
 
digsbe said:
Lol, and the liberals burning the US flag and chanting "black power" outside Maxine Waters' office are not racists?
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I never said they weren't. Then again, black supremacists and Maxine Waters are not pushed to the forefront of the Democratic Party. Meanwhile racism in the Republican party is the elephant in the room that the non-racist conservatives don't ever wish to address.

Nap said:
That largely depends on if you buy the traditional definition of racism or the Left's reinvention of the term. By the traditional definition most people are racist to a degree.
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Or we can quit trying to play word games and come to a mutual understanding that the Neo-Nazi, Ku Klux Klan, and Anti-Semites of the world by and large support the Republican party.
 
JC Callender said:
A question for the right wingers here, do you consider yourself a racist? Do you feel your race is superior to anyone else's or do you feel prejudice towards any race or races?

I'm not a racist and I consider myself right leaning on the majority of issues. This issue is interesting to me because I've come to the conclusion that many if not most leftists believe that right wingers are racist yet I never have conversations that have anything to do with racism with other right wingers.
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Being right-wing doesn't inherently make you racist, because there's more issues than just race in the political spectrum. They're right-wingers who support things such as BLM albeit a very small minority, but it can obviously be assumed that racial issues aren't a priority when they probably should be if you're leaning right.

The problem I've seen, and it's not exclusively with the right is they don't understand what is racist, and don't want to for fear of exposing their true selves. The fact that they get so defensive to begin with kind of shows how they really feel about the situation. They pretty much suffer from the "Racial version' of "nice-guy syndrome" where their actions are just one big pile of hypocrisy. Being racist, or not racist is not something you define yourself as. It's something you let others interpret you by your actions towards them.
 
JC Callender said:
A question for the right wingers here, do you consider yourself a racist? Do you feel your race is superior to anyone else's or do you feel prejudice towards any race or races?

I'm not a racist and I consider myself right leaning on the majority of issues. This issue is interesting to me because I've come to the conclusion that many if not most leftists believe that right wingers are racist yet I never have conversations that have anything to do with racism with other right wingers.
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Yes, I am a racist but not about color, religion, or gender. I am a racist against incompetence, stupidity, greed, narcissism, bullying and lying.

Put one of those in front of me and I "automatically" think bad of that person.
 
CMPancake said:
I never said they weren't. Then again, black supremacists and Maxine Waters are not pushed to the forefront of the Democratic Party. Meanwhile racism in the Republican party is the elephant in the room that the non-racist conservatives don't ever wish to address.



Or we can quit trying to play word games and come to a mutual understanding that the Neo-Nazi, Ku Klux Klan, and Anti-Semites of the world by and large support the Republican party.
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You do realize there are more than a few anti-semites that support the DNC? Neo-Nazis only support the Republicans due to immigration, Richard Spencer types agree more with Bernie Sanders than your average Republican.
 
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thenotorious said:
Being right-wing doesn't inherently make you racist, because there's more issues than just race in the political spectrum. They're right-wingers who support things such as BLM albeit a very small minority, but it can obviously be assumed that racial issues aren't a priority when they probably should be if you're leaning right.

The problem I've seen, and it's not exclusively with the right is they don't understand what is racist, and don't want to for fear of exposing their true selves. The fact that they get so defensive to begin with kind of shows how they really feel about the situation. They pretty much suffer from the "Racial version' of "nice-guy syndrome" where their actions are just one big pile of hypocrisy. Being racist, or not racist is not something you define yourself as. It's something you let others interpret you by your actions towards them.
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I guess some folks get unreasonably upset when their character is unfairly assassinated, esp. when it accompanies job loss and destruction of social status. Go figure. :roll: Btw, part of the definition of a racist is someone who believes they're superior to another race, so who are you to question someone's beliefs when they clearly tell you they aren't racist?
 
CMPancake said:
I don't think I called you a racist in my post, did I?
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No not directly, but you suggest that ALL racists are conservative. So I am a racist by association?

Generalizations about such things are juvenile and only serve to further divide.
 
thenotorious said:
Being right-wing doesn't inherently make you racist, because there's more issues than just race in the political spectrum. They're right-wingers who support things such as BLM albeit a very small minority, but it can obviously be assumed that racial issues aren't a priority when they probably should be if you're leaning right.

The problem I've seen, and it's not exclusively with the right is they don't understand what is racist, and don't want to for fear of exposing their true selves. The fact that they get so defensive to begin with kind of shows how they really feel about the situation. They pretty much suffer from the "Racial version' of "nice-guy syndrome" where their actions are just one big pile of hypocrisy. Being racist, or not racist is not something you define yourself as. It's something you let others interpret you by your actions towards them.
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"nice guy syndrome" is not a bad thing to be. I remember that when I was 18 and I asked one of my friends how I could become someone that was liked by everyone (I did not like myself at the time) he said "Find people that you like and copy what they do. At first, it will not be real (it will be fake since it is a copy) but if you do it long enough, that trait will become part of you"

Trying to be nice may be a hypocrisy at the beginning but if you do nice things consistently, soon you will become a nice person.

I sent such an email to Trump in January 2017 telling him about this, since he so much wants to be liked by everyone, but I don't believe he listened or listened to what I meant given that since I sent the email, Trump has tried to be like Putin and Jung-un (dictators), tried to be like Erdegan and Duterte (bullies), tried to be like Duke and Stewart (racists) and tried to like Roy Moore (sexual predator). I guess he took my suggestion but applied it the wrong way (like everything he does).
 
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JC Callender said:
A question for the right wingers here, do you consider yourself a racist? Do you feel your race is superior to anyone else's or do you feel prejudice towards any race or races?

I'm not a racist and I consider myself right leaning on the majority of issues. This issue is interesting to me because I've come to the conclusion that many if not most leftists believe that right wingers are racist yet I never have conversations that have anything to do with racism with other right wingers.
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No. I don't consider myself racist.
 
JC Callender said:
I guess some folks get unreasonably upset when their character is unfairly assassinated, esp. when it accompanies job loss and destruction of social status. Go figure. :roll: Btw, part of the definition of a racist is someone who believes they're superior to another race, so who are you to question someone's beliefs when they clearly tell you they aren't racist?
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Unfairly assassinated? They bring it upon themselves with their own decisions. Wonderful at putting the blame on someone else instead of taking responsibility for their own actions. Ironic, right? The same thing the right loves to blame the "communists" for. I tend to see that as a trend for the right.

Also, thank you for giving me partial definitions so you can make a point that is valid. Nonetheless, since we're in English class, then you should know the term speak and believe are two different words. So what someone says doesn't actually mean anything without the appropriate actions taken in their place. Something that is clearly lacking with all the racists that like to pretend they don't see "color", but then look outside their blinds with 911 on speed dial when a black person does something as terrible as goes out for a jog.
 
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Luckyone said:
"nice guy syndrome" is not a bad thing to be. I remember that when I was 18 and I asked one of my friends how I could become someone that was liked by everyone (I did not like myself at the time) he said "Find people that you like and copy what they do. At first, it will not be real (it will be fake since it is a copy) but if you do it long enough, that trait will become part of you"

Trying to be nice may be a hypocrisy at the beginning but if you do nice things consistently, soon you will become a nice person.

I sent such an email to Trump in January 2017 telling him about this, since he so much wants to be liked by everyone, but I don't believe he listened or listened to what I meant given that since I sent the email, Trump has tried to be like Putin and Jung-un (dictators), tried to be like Erdegan and Duterte (bullies), tried to be like Duke and Stewart (racists) and tried to like Roy Moore (sexual predator). I guess he took my suggestion but applied it the wrong way (like everything he does).
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Nice guy syndrome isn't about being nice, or even trying to be nice. It's psychological condition where people who perceive themselves as having low social-value try to over-compensate by being nice (i.e. even labeling themselves as "nice guys"), and thus feel they are owed something for being nice. Therefore, their kindness ends up being fake, and generally ends in them being flat out repugnant when their "social deal" isn't accepted.

Expecting something in return contradicts the whole point of being kind. Now you can argue that at it's core, you're receiving happiness, or in your case likability, but those are common morally acceptable and socially acceptable traits that people strive for instead of positions of power over people that also don't lead to contradictions.
 
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