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Old 07-16-2015, 08:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
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maybe the actual term racism is just loaded with emotional/ideological baggage that makes it hard to objectively define
I think this is the case.
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Old 07-17-2015, 07:00 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I think this is the case.
i would say though that while i understand the desire not to be racist.. and i think it's a good quality to have in the 21st century... part of me thinks that racism is just sort of built into human psychology through tribal instinct

and that really progressives like yourself who "aren't racist" are simply more skilled at/more determined in the suppression of racist instincts, rather than the idea that you are actually not at all racist

not that i can prove that or that i say it as a fact but that's my best guess atm
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i associate white people with colonialism, war, drones and death. but i don't really judge all whites based on that, i tend to judge each person individually and i did have some white friends in high school. if that makes me a racist, i am okay with being racist.
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i associate white people with colonialism, war, drones and death. but i don't really judge all whites based on that, i tend to judge each person individually and i did have some white friends in high school. if that makes me a racist, i am okay with being racist.
We also cured Polio, landed on the moon, and invented the combustion engine. :p
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We also cured Polio, landed on the moon, and invented the combustion engine. :p
yeah, i never claimed the u.s. has never done anything good, of course they have. they've also done some really awful things as well.
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Drones were used in India long before white people started making them.
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Drones were used in India long before white people started making them.
yeah but they are used by the u.s.

if my opinion offends anyone, that is really not my intention. this is just from my perspective as someone who grew up in the middle east.
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yeah but they are used by the u.s.

if my opinion offends anyone, that is really not my intention. this is just from my perspective as someone who grew up in the middle east.
India still uses them like they have been for hundreds of years. Don't give the U.S. all the credit
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India still uses them like they have been for hundreds of years. Don't give the U.S. all the credit
i didn't say the u.s. was the only country that used them. i just said that is what i personally associate them with.
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You might want to recheck that, since drone is pretty rare in the US and in India it's as popular as Mozart.
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