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originally posted by: beezzer
How can you tell the difference between someone with a legitimate criticism and a person using a topic to promote their own personal bias?
originally posted by: beezzer
a reply to: Krazysh0t
How can you tell the difference between someone with a legitimate criticism and a person using a topic to promote their own personal bias?
originally posted by: angelchemuel
I apologise if I am over-simplifying things, but if you take a whole bunch of young children from all walks of life, colour and creed in the same room they will play together. Racism is something we are taught, not born with....it only happens when adults interfere
Just my 2p worth
Rainbows
Jane
This tactic was made famous with the Obama administration, but it is bleeding over into other forms of bigotry
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: JuniorDisco
Sure. Read this thread
www.abovetopsecret.com...
It was played rather quickly in it and the thread spiraled down into hate talk pretty quickly afterwards. I haven't read it since yesterday but I was pretty disgusted with the actions happening in it.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Kangaruex4Ewe
Exactly. I get so tired of having to put an argument on hold so that I can defend against accusations of racism or bigotry before getting back on topic.
originally posted by: theantediluvian
This thread is just as bad as what it purports to be against.
Why do I say this?
The other extreme is to deny the existence of bigotry and decry all allegations of bigotry as "pulling the race card" or being part of the "gay agenda" or "the Muslim agenda" or any of the other "agendas." Two sides of the same coin. Just as there are those who would have you believe that everything has some basis in bigotry, there are just as many people who want to deny that anything has a basis in bigotry.
Addressing one side of the issue without addressing the other is equally detrimental as there should be no "sides." For every person "pulling the race card" there is another "playing the victim card."
Are you actually interested in having less division or do you just want everyone to see things your way?
originally posted by: JuniorDisco
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: JuniorDisco
Sure. Read this thread
www.abovetopsecret.com...
It was played rather quickly in it and the thread spiraled down into hate talk pretty quickly afterwards. I haven't read it since yesterday but I was pretty disgusted with the actions happening in it.
Thanks for the swift reply. Which specific statement are you referring to, though?
originally posted by: ColCurious
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Kangaruex4Ewe
Exactly. I get so tired of having to put an argument on hold so that I can defend against accusations of racism or bigotry before getting back on topic.
That is exactly the goal of labeling.
What you're insinuating sounds alot like political correctness to me, used to discredit your argument.
The only thing even funnier is when anti-PC people resort to using NLP-labeling-techniques themselves, and by doing so discredit themselves without even knowing.