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Xibanya posted:Bonus points if they say "Ay-rab." If that worries you, I'd hazard a guess you are white.
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icantfindaname posted:Arabs aren't even that dark skinned to begin with. Arab Christians like the Copts or Maronites or whatever who immigrated to the US got slotted in to pretty much the same place as the Italians in the racial hierarchy So, racism is dependent on skin colour? My daughter can't be racially abused by being called a 'loving Arab' because her mother is white and her skin is not as dark as mine?
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Spacman posted:So, racism is dependent on skin colour? My daughter can't be racially abused by being called a 'loving Arab' because her mother is white and her skin is not as dark as mine? Racism in America is heavily based on color. It isn't the only factor but it's easily the biggest one. That being said facial features also play into it and anything darker than "literally white" is A Bad Thing.
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Mar 17, 2015 16:21
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Spacman posted:So, racism is dependent on skin colour? Uh, yes? It's also dependent on religion/culture, which explains the radically different treatment of Arab Christians and Muslims, who outwardly look exactly the same Racism against Arab Christians, to use this example, is still there but not as great as for Muslims. It was there for Italians too
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Mar 17, 2015 16:23
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Just walk around South Boston as an Arab and see if the fine citizens of the area are able to make the distinction between Muslim and Christian.
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Mar 17, 2015 16:54
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Spacman posted:If that worries you, I'd hazard a guess you are white. Funny story, I had a pal from Lebannon who would go ballistic if people called him white, at one point shouting "I am not white! I am a swarthy Arab!" His skin was pale as all get out. Yeah I know how whiteness works in America but it was still hilarious.
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Wasn't there a case of an Egyptian Coptic Christian who got harassed at a pro-Israel rally a few years ago because people thought he was a Muslim, and then didn't believe him when he tried to explain he was a Christian? I tried to find a link, but I could only pull up things like jihadwatch, and I'm not familiar with that site's reputation.
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Mar 17, 2015 17:13
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I'd love to see some right wing faces upon meeting one of my Chinese Muslim friends.
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Mar 17, 2015 17:35
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Leofish posted:Wasn't there a case of an Egyptian Coptic Christian who got harassed at a pro-Israel rally a few years ago because people thought he was a Muslim, and then didn't believe him when he tried to explain he was a Christian? I tried to find a link, but I could only pull up things like jihadwatch, and I'm not familiar with that site's reputation. I think that was this Pam Geller anti-mosque thing quote:At one point, a portion of the crowd menacingly surrounded two Egyptian men who were speaking Arabic and were thought to be Muslims.
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Leofish posted:Wasn't there a case of an Egyptian Coptic Christian who got harassed at a pro-Israel rally a few years ago because people thought he was a Muslim, and then didn't believe him when he tried to explain he was a Christian? I tried to find a link, but I could only pull up things like jihadwatch, and I'm not familiar with that site's reputation. That's especially interesting because when the recent Egyptian things went down the Christians and Muslims in the nation were often protecting each other so the other side of that fence could pray in peace. There was a lot of "you know what? gently caress you, we aren't fighting each other. Go away." Last I heard the two religions in Egypt specifically have been making a point of existing together peacefully.
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Xibanya posted:Funny story, I had a pal from Lebannon who would go ballistic if people called him white, at one point shouting "I am not white! I am a swarthy Arab!" So you are white, and your main consideration was the correct pronunciation of the insult by people of lower socioeconomic circumstance than yourself of what I consider a racist slur against myself and my family. Awesome! Fair enough. How would you suggest the correct pronunciation of the slur against me, my children and my mother goes? Spacman fucked around with this message at 18:04 on Mar 17, 2015 |
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Mar 17, 2015 17:54
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Oh to be a fly on the wall when two Egyptian Christians excitedly ate breakfast planning out a full fun day of telling muslims to get the gently caress out of NY....and then later when they realize what country they're in.
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Mar 17, 2015 18:04
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VideoTapir posted:I'd love to see some right wing faces upon meeting one of my Chinese Muslim friends. a terrorist who owns all of americas debt! 
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Mar 17, 2015 18:05
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Spacman posted:So you are white, and your main consideration was the correct pronunciation of the insult by people of lower socioeconomic circumstance than yourself of what I consider a racist slur against myself and my family. Awesome! Leftist ascribing evil motives to other leftists right here in the Debate Disco. Stop the presses, everyone.
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Mar 17, 2015 18:11
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Xibanya posted:Leftist ascribing evil motives to other leftists right here in the Debate Disco. Stop the presses, everyone. Stop using slur words. I'll add, stop laughing at other peoples mispronunciation of slur words.
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Mar 17, 2015 18:14
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blunt for century posted:a terrorist who owns all of americas debt! Or the Korean Muslim who ran a Central Asian grocery store in Pyeongtaek.
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Mar 17, 2015 18:14
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VideoTapir posted:Or the Korean Muslim who ran a Central Asian grocery store in Pyeongtaek. a north korean terrorist  the bad koreans are north koreans, learn some history, liberals
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Mar 17, 2015 18:18
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blunt for century posted:a north korean terrorist They should have listened to LeMay. Spacman fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Mar 17, 2015 |
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Mar 17, 2015 18:23
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Spacman posted:They should have listened to LeMay. "Nuke them from orbit, its the only way to be sure"
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Mar 17, 2015 18:26
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CommieGIR posted:"Nuke them from orbit, its the only way to be sure" When is this forum going to start moderating regarding the 'A' word and the 'ME' word?
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Mar 17, 2015 18:29
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Spacman posted:When is this forum going to start moderating regarding the 'A' word and the 'ME' word? OK you actually had me until here. I just checked the posts in the Cole thread  My boss constantly called Hispanic people "Spanish", even after getting corrected by other hispanic people. I got him to stop (at least in our office) by acting excited every time. "Really, from Spain? Are they from Madrid?! We'll have so much to talk about!"
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Spacman posted:Stop using slur words. I'll add, stop laughing at other peoples mispronunciation of slur words. I'm confused, are you saying you regard "Arab" as a slur? I mean, sure a lot of racists automatically assume all Arabs are bad people, and a lot of idiots lump non-Arab Middle Eastern and South Asian people in with them, but it's also a pretty well-defined ethnicity? I'm living in Jordan at the moment and hang out with Arabs (US-born and immigrant) in the US and have literally never heard anyone argue that the term is a slur.
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Cognac McCarthy posted:I'm confused, are you saying you regard "Arab" as a slur? I mean, sure a lot of racists automatically assume all Arabs are bad people, and a lot of idiots lump non-Arab Middle Eastern and South Asian people in with them, but it's also a pretty well-defined ethnicity? I'm living in Jordan at the moment and hang out with Arabs (US-born and immigrant) in the US and have literally never heard anyone argue that the term is a slur. Check his recent post history. He's trolling, drunk, or drunkenly trolling.
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Mar 17, 2015 19:23
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icantfindaname posted:An apolitical general, the guy whose ideology inspired the creation of the Democratic Party, and two liberal progressives? Just more proof that voters treat political parties like sports teams. Message is irrelevant; it's about who's a winner and who's a loser every four years.
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Mar 17, 2015 20:37
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Intel&Sebastian posted:Oh to be a fly on the wall when two Egyptian Christians excitedly ate breakfast planning out a full fun day of telling muslims to get the gently caress out of NY....and then later when they realize what country they're in. I'd wonder if that episode made them change their mind about their position... nahh.
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Have you seen my apex seals? I seem to have lost them.
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Mister Macys posted:Just more proof that voters treat political parties like sports teams. Message is irrelevant; it's about who's a winner and who's a loser every four years. sometimes I can start to sympathize with straight-R-voting elderly southroners when I remember that they grew up in single-party states controlled by incredibly corrupt democratic machinery, and might actually think of republicans as a plucky, non-corrupt underdog party then they start goin "goddamn Obunga shuttin down mah parks so he can have more money to send to all his crack babies an' hoochie mamas" and I'm like "oh, right"
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 http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/hey-ladies-nothing-is-accomplished-by-nagging-and-complaining-about-men/
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Mister Macys posted:Just more proof that voters treat political parties like sports teams. Message is irrelevant; it's about who's a winner and who's a loser every four years. Exactly this. It doesn't matter that Lincoln and TR were ideologically progressive for their respective times. It's all about what jersey they were wearing when they were president. "I don't see a 'D' next to any of their names, do you?" 
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:
"Professional Truth Sayer" I guess that makes everyone else a professional lie sayer? I will bet anyone five dollars he wrote all those letters himself.
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Mar 17, 2015 20:58
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:
This is the sort of guy that rolls his eyes and says "Women, amirite?"
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Flaggy posted:"Professional Truth Sayer" I guess that makes everyone else a professional lie sayer? He's probably alluding to the term "soothsayer," which is to say that he's a practitioner in the art of pulling things out of his rear end to impress gullible people.
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Mar 17, 2015 21:00
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2 entire decades of stand up comedy and tv sitcoms didn't get the nagging to an acceptable level, but surely Matt Walsh will succeed this time.
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Intel&Sebastian posted:2 entire decades of stand up comedy and tv sitcoms didn't get the nagging to an acceptable level, but surely Matt Walsh will succeed this time. I think you are mistaking the wrong Walsh
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Mar 17, 2015 21:01
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:
-A man who made a career out of complaining about every drat thing
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Oh sweet Jesus I don't know if you meant to do this but I just realized Matt Walsh is also the name of the Upright Citizens Brigade guy  ouch
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Intel&Sebastian posted:Oh sweet Jesus I don't know if you meant to do this but I just realized Matt Walsh is also the name of the Upright Citizens Brigade guy SAY I'M YOUR MAMMA *points automatic poo stick at you*
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Mar 17, 2015 21:29
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:
*Complains about irreligious youth* Yep we're still winning
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Aaron Schock has resigned. The Representative from Caterpillar's spending irregularities (and poor taste in those) show him as out of touch with his teabag base, it appears. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/aaron-schock-resigns-116153.html
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Edit: NM, should've clicked the article. Goddamn he ran up an impressive number of shady tax-dollar sinks before they got him.
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Slo-Tek posted:Aaron Schock has resigned. The Representative from Caterpillar's spending irregularities (and poor taste in those) show him as out of touch with his teabag base, it appears. I'm glad the first comment acknowledged the Maddow burn, another here pointed out. He was probably already dreaming of himself in the Oval Office because the decision to get that podium is probably a novel by itself. edit: Although Politico sure is Politico when the other top comments posing as liberals are just ribbing him for being gay.
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