The politically overused term "Racist" holds no value anymore

General observation: Labeling someone as a "Racist" has been so overused (and misapplied) that it no longer holds any value.

As a political example, when the radical left in the US decided to call nearly everyone in the world a "racist", people inevitably become desensitized to the moniker.

When I read a headline that says "so-and-so is called a racist", I simply ignore it now knowing that anyone who has an opinion different than the far radical left is a "racist".

Same goes for "Nazi", "fascist", "white-supremacist", etc.

So, great job on you the far left for neutering your effectiveness with brash hyperbole.

So ask yourself honestly, when you read that someone has been called a racist, does it have the same impact as it used to or is it now just unfounded, ridiculous blather from snowflakes looking to be offended by EVERYTHING?

I think it has only lost it's power on the people that have been on the receiving end of the slander. The people that point fingers and take the finger pointing seriously still revel in it. At least that's how it seems on twitter, reddit and facebook.

Joe Biden is a racist. His racist comments are on record for all to see.

What is "racist" is redefined. Now its racist to be a white person. Because white people have a position of power. Or something like that.

Someone called me a racist recenty, and i called them a "specieist" for not being willing to hire my dog to do stuff like babysit for them. It pissed them off, and that made me more racist apparently. Because i made light of someones suffering, although i don't know who.

a reply to: InTheFlesh1980

I agree!

There is a new definition for 'Racist':

Anyone that wins an argument with a liberal.

Racist: The term generally used to refer to someone that believes in the constitutionally protected rights of free speech,civil liberty to own a firearm, and free market economics.

My granddaughter said just because I have had black, native American, and hispanic friends does not mean I am not racist. I gave her father a job and he was getting paid more than he should have been because he was my son in law and he is Hispanic. My brother in law was almost black too, he was from Micronesia, real nice guy, came from a different culture but the micronesians were actually fun loving people who did get in some trouble if they drank too much.

For years my best friend was an Indian. and I hung around with an Indian boy when I was a kid. Not many blacks around our town back those days, so how can a kid have a black friend if there are none there. I have known some really nice black people and I have known some downright jerky and pushy black people. Yet my granddaughter says I am now racist....WTF, just because I believe a person who attacks a cop with a gun or knife should be shot and that person is black, so I am racist because the deranged jerk was black. Racism runs both ways, just because my Granddaughter is one percent black she thinks she is aligned with the blacks. She is by far mostly European. but twenty five percent native American because her dad's mother is guatamalan pure blood.

Her perception is all messed up, she believes I am racist because I asked if her friend is half Indian, she corrected me saying she is full native American. Sorry, but when I grew up my friends were Indians. They complain that teams with the name Indian in them need to be changed because Indian is their name, but we have to call them Native American ?????WTF

By the way, I still have a half a dozen Indian friends and they are proud of being Indians yet, because they know of their herritage, they actually refer to themselves as Cherokee or Ojibwa or other groups, but as a whole the older ones talk about the Indian way of life. Some of the old Natives are having to change their speech too, the young now want them to call themselves Native Americans. They are resisting and think that is immaterial, their tribe name is important to them. They refer to themselves as the first nation.

The strange part is that I actually have had more Native American friends than my granddaughter has had.

We are all pawns in our society, surfs to those who desire power and wealth. Except of course those with the power and wealth, they run things, they make the rules, they structure society. Now a different group of people are trying to seize power, they are just as bad as those who are in power, they use the words racist and not politically correct....think about this, politicians always lie, so politically correct means you use language to twist the truth and it has rules to follow in how you twist it or you are labeled as a liar if not done to their exact rules. The deceivers are using politically correct as a way of crushing opposition to their authority they want us to believe they have....kind of sounds like a twist of Nazism to me.

a reply to: rickymouse

Its about culture, and the war for culture. Every generation creates its own taboo words.

The most humorous to me is that when I was young, there was the socially preferred term "Colored Person" referring to black people. Now its taboo, and replaced by "person of color". The stupidity really does astound.

My son told me how i was racist one day. After some liberal indoctrination at university, he must have realized that marrying a latina meant I obviously hated everyone that isn't white.

originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: rickymouse

Its about culture, and the war for culture. Every generation creates its own taboo words.

The most humorous to me is that when I was young, there was the socially preferred term "Colored Person" referring to black people. Now its taboo, and replaced by "person of color". The stupidity really does astound.

My son told me how i was racist one day. After some liberal indoctrination at university, he must have realized that marrying a latina meant I obviously hated everyone that isn't white.

Colored person was kind of stupid, that actually refers to someone covered in Tatoos.

Colored is what I was as a kid when I colored myself black with soot because it was a cheap halloween costume....we could not afford to waste money buying all that expensive store bought stuff like society does for their kids today. The costumes my daughter buys for their kids every year costs way more than the value of what they get in candy....that is consumerism, not rationality.

Black people did not get offended if you called them black when talking to them before, in fact some of them joked about it. But only a black person could socially acceptably call a person the N word back in the seventies to be proper, because they used it to identify a type of black personality. Now it is different, but still some black old people tell their kids or grandkids they are acting like a N word to this day. I never really used the N word, except to explain what it used to be like years ago to others. A N was a type of black person who was chaotic and did not listen to the elders....I am not sure if I got that exactly right, because I am not black but many years ago did get a black guy to explain it somewhat to me. He told me I should not use it because I was white, he was warning me, he was someone I knew pretty well back in the late seventies or early eighties when I lived in Wisconsin.

This politically correct crap is crap, just treat others with respect and do on to others as you would want them to do onto you...but still don't take any sheet from those who try to abuse their beliefs. Most people who go to church are nice, but there are a few churches where the members are jerks, they try to call everyone inferior, that they will never get into heaven...think about that, why would they leave a person with that attitude into heaven? There would be no peace there.

a reply to: rickymouse

Its all stupid. I think we are now moving to "Black person" with a capital B. There is a reason, but its based on some real nonsense in my opinion, as the entire latin culture also had its history stripped from it. My wife has no idea who she is beyond "Mexican" (what latin folks are generally called in Texas). Likely either Comanche or Apache...but at this point who the hell knows?

It’s almost become a badge of honor to be called a racist now. The word has lost all meaning due to its improper and over use.

a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan

In my opinion African Americans like to be people of color now, but only so they can squeeze in with Latinos that are far outnumbering them

a reply to: InTheFlesh1980

General observation: Labeling someone as a "radical leftist" has been so overused (and misapplied) that it no longer holds any value.

As a political example, when the racists in the US decided to call nearly everyone in the world a "radical leftists", people inevitably become desensitized to the moniker.

When I read a headline that says "so-and-so is called a radical leftist", I simply ignore it now knowing that anyone who has an opinion different than the racists is a "radical leftist".

Same goes for "communist", "socialist", "liberal", etc.

So, great job on you the racists for neutering your effectiveness with brash hyperbole.

So ask yourself honestly, when you read that someone has been called a radical leftist, does it have the same impact as it used to, or is it now just unfounded, ridiculous blather from snowflakes looking to be offended by EVERYTHING?

a reply to: chr0naut
Radical leftist eh. Funny, because I have seen people called alt-right a helluvalot more than I have seen people called a ctrl-left

Hardcore liberal here to chime in:

I will agree with the OP to the extent that the correct terminology isn't always used.

The word Racist is often used when really the term given the situation should be Prejudice, or Bigot.

A Racist, Bigot, and person exercising Prejudice are all different things.


I think alot of the accusations of conservatives being Racist are actually cases of them having prejudice, and In extreme cases, them being bigots.

True Racism however requires the use of some sort of system in your actions against a person of a different race. Which does in fact happen too and is supported by some Republican politicians.

originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
What is "racist" is redefined. Now its racist to be a white person. Because white people have a position of power. Or something like that.

Someone called me a racist recenty, and i called them a "specieist" for not being willing to hire my dog to do stuff like babysit for them. It pissed them off, and that made me more racist apparently. Because i made light of someones suffering, although i don't know who.

Who redefined "racist"?

I always thought a racist was someone who used ethnic differences to prejudicially discriminate against others on that basis.

A racist isn't someone who acknowledges that there are ethnic differences.

originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: InTheFlesh1980

General observation: Labeling someone as a "radical leftist" has been so overused (and misapplied) that it no longer holds any value.

Nicely done, yet not entirely an equivalent analogy. Radical leftism has connotations that cannot be applied universally. For example, one would not label a staunch conservative as a "radical leftist"; it simply would not apply.

Conversely, ANYONE and EVERYONE is now a "racist" according to those who sling the term freely. As a white person, if I walk into a room that contains POC and sit down, there is a 98% chance that I'll be accused of racism:

• My mere presence is a microaggression
  
• I looked up when I should have looked down
  
• I looked down when I should have looked up
  
• I'm wearing a shirt that does not have "BLM" on it
  
• I'm wearing a shirt that has "BLM" on it, but I'm not welcome to wear a "BLM" shirt
  
• The list goes on and on, because EVERYTHING is now a matter of race, and EVERYONE is "racist"
  

That's why the term has lost all its efficacy.

a reply to: chr0naut

Dunno who. But now its amorphous.

For example, its racist to serve mexican food if you are white. Cultural appropriation is what us colonists do amd its considered racist.

a reply to: Lucidparadox

Here is a great example of the misapplication we typically see today.

If I say "I believe that every person who is allowed to cast a vote in the USA should be a citizen and be able to present a valid ID proving their citizenship", I am now labeled as a "racist".

My statement has absolutely nothing to do with race. I simply have stated my opinion of the minimum requirements for eligibility to cast a vote.

Save "racist" for the real offenders. Stop crying "Wolf!" or eventually nobody will listen or care.