Racism on ET

Nine_Ender said:
Quite seriously, some of the discussions here wouldn't last long in Canada
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Two points:
  1. This site is based out of the U.S.A., and specifically from Orlando, Florida.... and proudly so for the last 15 years.
  2. The country that we get the most traffic from aside from the U.S.A. and U.K. is..... Canada, so there are plenty of Canadians that peruse this site every single day with no issues.
 
ExperiencedJoe said:
Isn't it a bit racist to regard third world countries as places for bad people ? Do you know of a single third world country going around the world bombing and slaughtering people ?
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Third world countries are more likely to have less developed education systems and economic limitations that can help breed conflicts. I expect better out of the US, and it's quite frankly shocking how openly ignorant some Americans are given the resources at their disposal and that it's the year 2014 ( not 1954 ).

I didn't say any place was "a place for bad people". You pulled that out of your ass. I might agree that the more ignorance there is, the better chance that the genuinely bad people in the community may inflict more damage on their country.
 
Nine_Ender said:
Given how some aspects of the US are quite modern and obviously many Americans are highly educated and socially progressive, I am amazed how utterly backwards some citizens ( and maybe their communities ) remain. It's like America has more then just financially created slums, it also has moral slums out there as well.
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And I am glad there is freedom of speech so that you can express your disgust towards this great country.
 
Nine_Ender said:
Third world countries are more likely to have less developed education systems and economic limitations that can help breed conflicts. I expect better out of the US, and it's quite frankly shocking how openly ignorant some Americans are given the resources at their disposal and that it's the year 2014 ( not 1954 ).
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Agreed...your ignorance is staggering.
 
Nazi Germany was built on a hate of the Jews and cost 30+ million lives to stop.

Power in the Middle East is largely built on the hatred of The West and has already cost millions of lives. The total failure of Jewish and Western Politicians, particularly Bush, and their interfering policies is largely to blame.

Hate is a powerful force.
 
Maverick74 said:
You live in a country with a 1% black population. You need to grow a pair. You want to see real racism, try Europe. Or better yet, go in a time machine and stop anywhere in the world. Thank God we're not Canada. We actually have freedom of speech down here. Yes, even unpopular speech. Yes, this is a trading site. And P&R really has nothing to do with it. Apparently you missed the warning labels before wandering down there. Tell us more about Canada whitey. Hard to tell what's whiter up there, the people or the snow.
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Canada has some pretty xenophobic tendencies and subvert racism as well. Indians are not nearly as welcome in Canada as in the US or UK.
 
This thread is hilarious. I've been called the n-word on here once and that was by one of those liberal types who claim that conservatives are racist (yes, I'm black). Why did he call me the n-word? Because I didn't think the way he thought I should (a "woe is me" mindset)...but I didn't whine to the admins about it because the guy has freedom of speech.

Aside from that, I've saw usage of the N-word but I wouldn't call those guys racist because their use of the word was justified. In fact, I don't see any racism on here, I only see guys telling it like it is. Therefore I'd call those guys race realists instead of racists. Even in the quoted text used as an example of racism, the person quoted was telling the truth.
 
Maverick74 said:
You live in a country with a 1% black population. You need to grow a pair. You want to see real racism, try Europe. Or better yet, go in a time machine and stop anywhere in the world. Thank God we're not Canada. We actually have freedom of speech down here. Yes, even unpopular speech. Yes, this is a trading site. And P&R really has nothing to do with it. Apparently you missed the warning labels before wandering down there. Tell us more about Canada whitey. Hard to tell what's whiter up there, the people or the snow.
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So if the black population of Canada were to increase, they would become as racist as we are?

Interesting thesis.

Not sure how racism elsewhere serves to justify our rationalizations with regard to our racism and "ethnicism". Because A is racist does not mean that B is entitled to be racist as well. Rather those who go on about "American exceptionalism" would argue that we are better than that. Or are supposed to be.
 
I think America is very fortunate that the black US people are not more upset ! I mean after slavery and obvious racialist inequality right up to the 1970s.
Is Ferguson etc. a one off or the beginning of something worse ? The USA could implode. The anti US countries would be delighted after all the crap the US has dished out around the world. What a wasted load of opportunities to be a great country !!
The US system of picking their politicians has a lot to be desired. I mean really !!
What a shower.
Your allies aren't happy with US leadership either as we get dragged into lost wars wasting our lives and money too with nothing to show for it.
US policy could have been made by elephants /donkeys on drugs for all the sense it makes.

The US won't listen - just shouts
 
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