Chula Vista

Ridiculous analogies.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Key

Not really. If you didn't know a teacher in an elementary school was a racist or a homophobe, does that automatically make her a bad teacher?

kibbeh

yes, it is ridiculous. comparing a band or some person on the internet to a cop or teacher is ridiculous.

yes, it would matter if a teacher is racist because eventually, it shows. racists don't usually have enough self-control and are too full of hate to shut up. and maybe you won't ever experience it as a white boy, but it really ****s you up especially when you're still a kid.

Key

But if it never shows itself, does it still make them a bad teacher? That's the question i'm asking. If a cop never says he's racist or a homophobe, is the cop still racist if he shoots down a black man if the black man is a criminal?

Chula Vista

You're still not getting it. A cop has the power to arrest you, beat the **** out of you, and even kill you. You don't think a strongly racist cop doesn't look at black people a bit differently? If a severely homophobic cop pulled over a car that happened to be full of flaming gay guys, you don't think it's going to affect his attitude towards them somewhat?

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

kibbeh

of course it still is racist. racism isn't saying you're ****ing racist. its what you do, what motivates you to do something. if you shoot a black guy cuz you hate black people but you don't say you hate black people it doesn't make you any less of a ****ing racist!!!!!!

Key

Of course it would, but that's not what i'm asking. If there is no knowledge of the cop being homophobic or racist, and he shoots a black man or a gay man because they're a criminal, that doesn't make them racist or homophobic, they're just doing their job.

Blank.

You're not getting it. If he doesn't act upon those and plays by the rules is he bad at his job?

kibbeh

i don't think he understands what racism or homophobia is.

Key

So if i'm a cop, and I shoot a man who is of color, and I'm not racist, and it was for the sheer motivation to stop the criminal from killing other innocent people, is that still wrong?