Sorry, that was the general "you", not the personal.
You say you don't like racist speech, but yet you like the Chappelle Show. His commentary and sketches are at LEAST as racist as any other comic, just from the other side. So it's OK to be racist as long as one is black? I know you didn't specifically say that, but you seem to be being a little inconsistent here.
Regarding your recent racist attack, the my exact quote was: "The verbal abuse was a little over the top, but as for the rest I can't see what else he could've done." Note there was no "might have been". If you're going to quote me, at least don't MISquote me. And I said I haven't been discriminated against OFTEN, not that I never have; it's just that when I have been my first reaction wasn't to make a federal case out of it. Is it annoying? Sure. Would it be worse the more often it happened? Sure. But making a huge deal every single time is probably the worst thing I could do since it just emphasizes the differences. The people who do it can then say, "See, I told you so" to their friends and thus MORE people get involved rather than less.
My reaction to the topic of racism/sexism is that I'm against anything that treats one person differently than another, whether that be a law (women having the advantage in child-custody cases in many states), a handout (affirmative action), a tradition (I can say X but you can't), a clique, or something else. Two wrongs don't make a right. If one group was badly treated in the past, treating the other group badly now doesn't make up for it. Giving one unfair advantage to offset another unfair advantage (especially one long past) doesn't balance the playing field. The ONLY way that these differences of treatment are going to go away is by treating everyone the same over a long period of time, and by not intentionally emphasizing those differences.
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Sorry, that was the general "you", not the personal.
You say you don't like racist speech, but yet you like the Chappelle Show. His commentary and sketches are at LEAST as racist as any other comic, just from the other side. So it's OK to be racist as long as one is black? I know you didn't specifically say that, but you seem to be being a little inconsistent here.
Regarding your recent racist attack, the my exact quote was: "The verbal abuse was a little over the top, but as for the rest I can't see what else he could've done." Note there was no "might have been". If you're going to quote me, at least don't MISquote me. And I said I haven't been discriminated against OFTEN, not that I never have; it's just that when I have been my first reaction wasn't to make a federal case out of it. Is it annoying? Sure. Would it be worse the more often it happened? Sure. But making a huge deal every single time is probably the worst thing I could do since it just emphasizes the differences. The people who do it can then say, "See, I told you so" to their friends and thus MORE people get involved rather than less.
My reaction to the topic of racism/sexism is that I'm against anything that treats one person differently than another, whether that be a law (women having the advantage in child-custody cases in many states), a handout (affirmative action), a tradition (I can say X but you can't), a clique, or something else. Two wrongs don't make a right. If one group was badly treated in the past, treating the other group badly now doesn't make up for it. Giving one unfair advantage to offset another unfair advantage (especially one long past) doesn't balance the playing field. The ONLY way that these differences of treatment are going to go away is by treating everyone the same over a long period of time, and by not intentionally emphasizing those differences.