(03-17-2019, 08:36 PM)Rootilda Wrote:

(03-17-2019, 11:21 AM)MirahM Wrote: She was responding to what I said about your post. Also she saw a portion of your post that I quoted.

Exactly right. I got pissy with Duchess for quoting him and exposing his stupidity. Thank you for not quoting him anymore, Duchess. I appreciate you.

(03-17-2019, 09:12 PM)Maggot Wrote: I believe racism in the US has not increased since the 60's but I do believe the media want's people to believe it. I just do not see it. I see people not being responsible for their own actions and others trying to blame racism on their own mistakes but racism in itself has not "increased" The media sure likes to stoke the fire though and idiots following the talking heads like children eating candy.

(03-17-2019, 08:36 PM)Rootilda Wrote: Thank you for not quoting him anymore, Duchess.  I appreciate you.

(03-17-2019, 04:40 PM)Fry Guy Wrote: Its a great idea. Ideological echo chambers have no conflict, a lot of agreement, you get to virtue signal and be rewarded. Head pats and hair ruffles are the order of the day. You can predict how people respond. You know what sources you are allowed to respond to and what to dismiss and who to listen to and who not to. You don't need to worry too much about facts or truth if you know the narratives. Whatever the narrative becomes your new truth.
You lose the ability to think critically and willingly keep yourself ignorant but it is a small price to pay for head pays, hair ruffles and people agreeing with your every pronouncement.

(03-17-2019, 09:12 PM)Maggot Wrote: I believe racism in the US has not increased since the 60's but I do believe the media want's people to believe it. I just do not see it. I see people not being responsible for their own actions and others trying to blame racism on their own mistakes but racism in itself has not "increased" The media sure likes to stoke the fire though and idiots following the talking heads like children eating candy.

(03-18-2019, 09:38 PM)sally Wrote: I've had so many niggers make my life miserable during my school years because of the color of my skin. You apologetic white guilt people make me sick to my stomach. You're the ones who are responsible for keeping racism alive and you're too fucking stupid to even comprehend why.

(03-18-2019, 08:15 PM)MirahM Wrote: Sorry Rootilda,
Don't read my next post.

I don't mind debating with people. I don't mind debating with people with differing ideas. I appreciate learning another perspective.

But you like to call people stupid, liars, and other names. It just takes the enjoyment out of it. Call me weak. I don't care. I don't feel like engaging like that.

(03-18-2019, 08:15 PM)MirahM Wrote: Sorry Rootilda,
Don't read my next post.

(03-17-2019, 04:40 PM)Fry Guy Wrote: Its a great idea. Ideological echo chambers have no conflict, a lot of agreement, you get to virtue signal and be rewarded. Head pats and hair ruffles are the order of the day. You can predict how people respond. You know what sources you are allowed to respond to and what to dismiss and who to listen to and who not to. You don't need to worry too much about facts or truth if you know the narratives. Whatever the narrative becomes your new truth.
You lose the ability to think critically and willingly keep yourself ignorant but it is a small price to pay for head pays, hair ruffles and people agreeing with your every pronouncement.

I don't mind debating with people. I don't mind debating with people with differing ideas. I appreciate learning another perspective.

But you like to call people stupid, liars, and other names. It just takes the enjoyment out of it. Call me weak. I don't care. I don't feel like engaging like that.

(03-18-2019, 08:22 PM)MirahM Wrote:

(03-17-2019, 09:12 PM)Maggot Wrote: I believe racism in the US has not increased since the 60's but I do believe the media want's people to believe it. I just do not see it. I see people not being responsible for their own actions and others trying to blame racism on their own mistakes but racism in itself has not "increased" The media sure likes to stoke the fire though and idiots following the talking heads like children eating candy.

I wish this were true Maggot. But I cannot believe it. I thought the 80's and 90's were nice. But as a white person-I cannot really comment on how blacks or any person of color was treated. When I looked back on my highschool days I realized that it was still very racist, it just seemed more okay to make jokes and assume everyone was laughing.

I have seen racisim first hand through my friends eyes. It still exists. 

There are improvements-yes. But there is still a long long way to go. I don't ever want to stop making improvements in these areas until each person can have the same experience without the color of their skin being an issue.

(03-18-2019, 11:41 PM)Rootilda Wrote:

(03-18-2019, 08:15 PM)MirahM Wrote: Sorry Rootilda,
Don't read my next post.

I don't mind debating with people. I don't mind debating with people with differing ideas. I appreciate learning another perspective.

But you like to call people stupid, liars, and other names. It just takes the enjoyment out of it. Call me weak. I don't care. I don't feel like engaging like that.

I like to hear different opinions but I'm not seeing anything that resembles opinions here, just comments like "progressives are at fault for mass shootings" and "white guilt is responsible for keeping racism alive."  It's all finger pointing and refusing to accept part of the blame for this fucked up country.  There's no political ideology on the right anymore, just a bunch of trolls trying to piss off the left.

(03-18-2019, 10:28 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:

(03-18-2019, 09:38 PM)sally Wrote: I've had so many niggers make my life miserable during my school years because of the color of my skin. You apologetic white guilt people make me sick to my stomach. You're the ones who are responsible for keeping racism alive and you're too fucking stupid to even comprehend why.

Any of us in our general age group who grew up in areas where we were in the large minority racially or culturally probably got shit in school.  Yeah, it sucked.  I don't wish it on others at a national or global level throughout their adulthood.

I'm a white person who doesn't feel personally guilty about racism or run around calling people racists at every turn.  But, I do recognize that blacks face systemic race-based disadvantages  in the U.S. when it comes to income opportunities, education quality, criminal justice treatment, and such.  I've seen it personally time and again and there's plenty of evidence of it on a macro level as well.  I agree that we still have a long way to go and should always be working towards greater equality.  

As to Maggot's opinion...............I don't know if racism in general is worse than it was when we were growing up.  It could be that it's





just being discussed and witnessed by more people now.  

But, it's certainly not non-existent and racial inequities can't be credibly written off  by claims that black people are just lazier, scarier, or looking for hand-outs more than white people.  And, the suggestion that if some white people stopped feeling guilty then racism would die is really fucking stupid, in my opinion.

Anyway, there are times when racist violence spikes and that links to backwards people being emboldened to embrace supremacist views openly and have them re-enforced, in my observation.  But, I don't believe for a second that racism would die out if all the extremely vocal and violent bigots were wiped off the face of the earth either.

(03-19-2019, 10:52 AM)sally Wrote: Being thrown to the ground and kicked and punched because of the color of your skin is not called "getting shit", it's called violent racism 

(03-18-2019, 06:03 PM)Rootilda Wrote: I'm curious if Fox News and Breitbart were included.