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Sour Grape
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| southofreality wrote: |
| bluefrog wrote: |
Anyway, the point is that negative discrimination based on race is not racism.
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 WTF?
From Merriam-Webster
racism
Main Entry: rac�ism
Function: noun
Date: 1933
1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2 : racial prejudice or discrimination |
Well done.
Now look up "sarcasm". |
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southofreality
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Posts: 579
Location: Tokyo
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:55 am Post subject: |
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| Sour Grape wrote: |
| southofreality wrote: |
| bluefrog wrote: |
Anyway, the point is that negative discrimination based on race is not racism.
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WTF?
From Merriam-Webster
racism
Main Entry: rac�ism
Function: noun
Date: 1933
1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2 : racial prejudice or discrimination |
Well done.
Now look up "sarcasm". |
Yes, I believe I should.
Having come across people who seriously follow a similar line of thinking,
I put Bluefrog in the same boat. Oops.  |
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bluefrog
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
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Location: Osaka
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:08 am Post subject: |
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| Sorry, I should have made it more apparent that it was all tongue and cheek. I just can't come to use those emoticons. They remind me of my teenage niece. |
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southofreality
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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Location: Tokyo
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:34 am Post subject: |
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| bluefrog wrote: |
| Sorry, I should have made it more apparent that it was all tongue and cheek. I just can't come to use those emoticons. They remind me of my teenage niece. |
I was just going to send you a PM saying how I feel like a dipshyte and all that, but it appears you can see that I do.
Anyway, apologies. |
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