Some people wouldn't use anecdotes or memes to judge an entire profession. It's not being a "social justice warrior", just a rational human being. Yes, it takes more work, and simply sticking to oft-told stories is far easier on the brain, but you can't be sure that what you're saying is true, unless you have some valid, rigorous studies to back it up.
It has nothing to do with offence (even if your heavy-handed judgements are likely to cause it), but to do with accurate data. Get some, then you can make your point without fear of being called a knee-jerk racist xenophobe. You can't get angry with other people for calling your out for being one when your position is absolutely identical to one.
They didn't, but it's often claimed they did. They were just the first to publicize their offering. Many people around the world had been playing with heavier-than-air powered flying machines.
Do not confuse the state of US unions with those in other countries. I guess the US unions stared too deeply into the abyss. Not so much in other countries.
You appear to be one of the same. You are confusing fundamentalism with moderatism, and then wrapping that up in a nice generalisation which betrays your utter lack of rationality when it comes to people who look different to you. If you are not simply trolling, you are a terrible human being, and your parents and society failed you. The last line shows that you really do like to substitute empirical fact with your own warped ideas of the world, which explains a lot.
I'm simply highlighting that what this guy says should be taken with a pinch of salt as he's not even rational enough to understand that a loud minority does not speak for nearly 2 billion people. Thinking about it, I couldn't give a rat's ass about votes. I've got karma to burn, and I can think of no better way to spend it than showing people that muppets like this exist, and that they are drenched in hate to the point they can't even think rationally. Whatevs, yeah?
So you think the media just gloms on to the democrats because they like blue? Because that (or some equally shallow reason) is what would have to happen for zraider to not be implying there are differences in the parties. And your sig is cute! Kawaiiii desuuu!
Yes, you are generalizing, but then using that generalization to tar and feather entire, varied sections of society. You can pretend that it's "levity", but it's demonstrably just lazy thinking. Oh, and calling out moronic behaviour and attitudes isn't hateful, just honest. It might seem hateful to have one's bullshit called out, but that hate lies squarely in the brain of the bullshit peddler.
Those are contained within the caveat offered by the OP. You seem to be willing to do anything to keep this notion of "them vs. us" alive in your head. That's the scary part, and inherently dangerous to boot.
The third strong party in the UK is an anomaly. They only exist to threaten taking votes from the main parties which don't pander to the third party's voters. FPTP is broken.
No, the US is in precisely the same situation - from the perspective of a citizen, if the federal government were to disappear, they'd still have their state government. It's not like someone in Iowa is suddenly also represented by the Florida government because the federal government can't get its shit together.
Unless you cite sources for your claims, you are indistinguishable from a tinpot nutjob, so what do you expect? If you can't be bothered to do the hard work to demonstrate your sanity, why should anyone else?
And you're the real moron if you think there is anything but fluffy differences between the Democrats or the Republicans. You're also a staggeringly insane moron if you want to make such sweeping generalizations, which only demonstrate you're either not interested (or incapable) of learning what's actually happening in the disparate group you're generalizing.
Maybe the "updated graphics" has something to do with it... Naaah - your gut instinct and cursory glance would have immediately shown that to be not the case, as they are the most accurate analytical methods known to man.
Correcting knee-jerk nationalism is not being hostile towards the nation in question. You ignored the evidence that the original claim was incorrect simply because someone who agrees with it is, according to you, "hostile towards the US". Pathetic. How are you even an adult? You have the logical acumen on a child arguing about Pokemon.
Yes, scientists do, because of the sheer amount of evidence it is happening. You can choose to call them all idiots, or refuse to believe in the scientific method, but all that does is demonstrate that you care more about not changing your attitudes than you do about learning, which reflects poorly on you, your family, your upbringing, and your culture. Why you seem to think it makes you look good is beyond me, but then seeing as you are railing against the scientific method, it's not entirely surprising.
The BBC's style guide says that if an acronym is to be pronounced as a word (Nasa, for example) then it is to be capitalised like a proper noun. If the acronym is not pronounced as a word (BBC, NSA), then it is written in all upper-case. The more you know!
No, but if you try to extrapolate that to describe the entire continent, or somehow judge those who eat said meat, you are being irrational to the point of disparaging people for no reason other than your own cultural biases, ignorance, and hair-trigger prejudice.
With regards to Ferguson you are confusing attitude with culture. Attitudes can become culture, but take time. Attitudes can be formed quickly, especially by things like overzealous police and other forms of daily aggravation. That will fester and sometimes boil over if these aggravations continue for a long enough period of time. Ferguson could have been avoided by trying to claw back the ridiculous, heavy-handed actions of the police across the country. Of course their overzealotry can be explained by many factors they have to endure, and so on all the way down. Trying to draw some arbitrary line and claim that is the cause of these problems only demonstrates your lack of ability to actually think impartially about social issues (whether real or simply perceived), and if everyone did that, there would be no progress.
So yeah, you sound like a small-minded racist fuck. I don't think you mean to be, or that you can only be one, as you are merely a product of your genes and societal pressures - the latter of which can be adjusted rather easily.
It was racist (or, more likely, xenophobic and obviously ignorant) because he/she lumped all African cultures together. You're not helping by making massive generalisations, either.
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Some people wouldn't use anecdotes or memes to judge an entire profession. It's not being a "social justice warrior", just a rational human being. Yes, it takes more work, and simply sticking to oft-told stories is far easier on the brain, but you can't be sure that what you're saying is true, unless you have some valid, rigorous studies to back it up.
It has nothing to do with offence (even if your heavy-handed judgements are likely to cause it), but to do with accurate data. Get some, then you can make your point without fear of being called a knee-jerk racist xenophobe. You can't get angry with other people for calling your out for being one when your position is absolutely identical to one.
This is how we get ants.
They didn't, but it's often claimed they did. They were just the first to publicize their offering. Many people around the world had been playing with heavier-than-air powered flying machines.
That's Boeblingen, though. Saying all of Germany is like Boeblingen is clearly nonsensical, and rather offensive to the greater part of the country :)
Do not confuse the state of US unions with those in other countries. I guess the US unions stared too deeply into the abyss. Not so much in other countries.
You appear to be one of the same. You are confusing fundamentalism with moderatism, and then wrapping that up in a nice generalisation which betrays your utter lack of rationality when it comes to people who look different to you. If you are not simply trolling, you are a terrible human being, and your parents and society failed you. The last line shows that you really do like to substitute empirical fact with your own warped ideas of the world, which explains a lot.
I'm simply highlighting that what this guy says should be taken with a pinch of salt as he's not even rational enough to understand that a loud minority does not speak for nearly 2 billion people. Thinking about it, I couldn't give a rat's ass about votes. I've got karma to burn, and I can think of no better way to spend it than showing people that muppets like this exist, and that they are drenched in hate to the point they can't even think rationally. Whatevs, yeah?
So you think the media just gloms on to the democrats because they like blue? Because that (or some equally shallow reason) is what would have to happen for zraider to not be implying there are differences in the parties. And your sig is cute! Kawaiiii desuuu!
Yes, you are generalizing, but then using that generalization to tar and feather entire, varied sections of society. You can pretend that it's "levity", but it's demonstrably just lazy thinking. Oh, and calling out moronic behaviour and attitudes isn't hateful, just honest. It might seem hateful to have one's bullshit called out, but that hate lies squarely in the brain of the bullshit peddler.
Those are contained within the caveat offered by the OP. You seem to be willing to do anything to keep this notion of "them vs. us" alive in your head. That's the scary part, and inherently dangerous to boot.
The third strong party in the UK is an anomaly. They only exist to threaten taking votes from the main parties which don't pander to the third party's voters. FPTP is broken.
No, the US is in precisely the same situation - from the perspective of a citizen, if the federal government were to disappear, they'd still have their state government. It's not like someone in Iowa is suddenly also represented by the Florida government because the federal government can't get its shit together.
The only way your response makes any sense is if you think most Americans are black...
Unless you cite sources for your claims, you are indistinguishable from a tinpot nutjob, so what do you expect? If you can't be bothered to do the hard work to demonstrate your sanity, why should anyone else?
And you're the real moron if you think there is anything but fluffy differences between the Democrats or the Republicans. You're also a staggeringly insane moron if you want to make such sweeping generalizations, which only demonstrate you're either not interested (or incapable) of learning what's actually happening in the disparate group you're generalizing.
Grow up, the future begs you.
Don't get between a partisan idiot and their argument or you might get your sanity bitten off.
Maybe the "updated graphics" has something to do with it... Naaah - your gut instinct and cursory glance would have immediately shown that to be not the case, as they are the most accurate analytical methods known to man.
Pointing out a poster's frequent xenophobia is trolling, apparently. Good work, Slashdot horde. What a fine community.
Correcting knee-jerk nationalism is not being hostile towards the nation in question. You ignored the evidence that the original claim was incorrect simply because someone who agrees with it is, according to you, "hostile towards the US". Pathetic. How are you even an adult? You have the logical acumen on a child arguing about Pokemon.
Can't find a way to also include some of your usual anti-Muslim xenophobic hatred, too? You're slipping.
Yes, scientists do, because of the sheer amount of evidence it is happening. You can choose to call them all idiots, or refuse to believe in the scientific method, but all that does is demonstrate that you care more about not changing your attitudes than you do about learning, which reflects poorly on you, your family, your upbringing, and your culture. Why you seem to think it makes you look good is beyond me, but then seeing as you are railing against the scientific method, it's not entirely surprising.
The BBC's style guide says that if an acronym is to be pronounced as a word (Nasa, for example) then it is to be capitalised like a proper noun. If the acronym is not pronounced as a word (BBC, NSA), then it is written in all upper-case. The more you know!
No, but if you try to extrapolate that to describe the entire continent, or somehow judge those who eat said meat, you are being irrational to the point of disparaging people for no reason other than your own cultural biases, ignorance, and hair-trigger prejudice.
With regards to Ferguson you are confusing attitude with culture. Attitudes can become culture, but take time. Attitudes can be formed quickly, especially by things like overzealous police and other forms of daily aggravation. That will fester and sometimes boil over if these aggravations continue for a long enough period of time. Ferguson could have been avoided by trying to claw back the ridiculous, heavy-handed actions of the police across the country. Of course their overzealotry can be explained by many factors they have to endure, and so on all the way down. Trying to draw some arbitrary line and claim that is the cause of these problems only demonstrates your lack of ability to actually think impartially about social issues (whether real or simply perceived), and if everyone did that, there would be no progress.
So yeah, you sound like a small-minded racist fuck. I don't think you mean to be, or that you can only be one, as you are merely a product of your genes and societal pressures - the latter of which can be adjusted rather easily.
It was racist (or, more likely, xenophobic and obviously ignorant) because he/she lumped all African cultures together. You're not helping by making massive generalisations, either.