CRT Paranoia & Foolishness

[Consept]

5 hours ago, StarfoxEpiphany said:

Race hustling is a much more widespread problem than racism.

Whats your perspective though do you think race has not been an issue at all over the last say 100 years? 

[Leo Gura]

@StarfoxEpiphany Watch yourself. You're getting close to a ban with your constant right-wing stuff.

Not because it's right-wing, but because it's ignorant and ideological.

[Consept]

13 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

This is amusing:

 

The key with this is that it is a theory, in reality you can teach any theory that does not in anyway equal  that kids are being indoctrinated. For example I learnt Hitlers theory on eugenics in history, this gives context for why he believed what he did and did what he did, but obviously the theory didnt ring true for me and theres pretty solid scientific criticisms against it. But to say that it shouldnt be taught because it might indoctrinate kids into nazism would be ridiculous. 

This is similar with crt, if though what they say rings true then that is just a pill i think people need to swallow. If the theory was completely outlandish like eugenics i dont think there would be much fuss made, the fact that so many people of a similar type are worried about it, shows that it hits home in some way. Its almost like a collective reaction to actually addressing race, ultimately even if this isnt the best way to do it, these people will have a problem addressing race on any level, I cant actually envision a way that they would happily address it. 

[StarfoxEpiphany]

@Leo Gura You're the one getting your dogma from CNN.

Think about the kind of person that pays for CNN subscriptions.  That's the audience CNN panders too.

Edited July 8, 2021 by StarfoxEpiphany

[Consept]

46 minutes ago, StarfoxEpiphany said:

@Leo Gura You're the one getting your dogma from CNN.

Think about the kind of person that pays for CNN subscriptions.  That's the audience CNN panders too.

Break it down though, what's your take on racism over the last 100 years? Does it exist, does it not have an effect on today? Expand on your take 

[Willie]

8 hours ago, StarfoxEpiphany said:

Race hustling is a much more widespread problem than racism.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/on-race-hustling/263210/

[Thought Art]

6 hours ago, StarfoxEpiphany said:

@OpoA monkey next to a picture of a black woman, wow.  Why don't you take advice from your own dogma and try to be a little more sensitive!

I don't expect to see this kind of foolishness on this forum. Check yourself.

Basically, that past 1000 years everyone was extremely selfish and ethnocentric. That is the truth, you may not like it but the US was built on a lot of slavery... and systemic racism is real. Take a look at the history of marijuana and psychedelics laws too... sad. 

US is going to need to face it's shadow. 

Edited July 8, 2021 by Thought Art

[Depersonilized]

@FoolsGold I'm not sure what you mean?

[Epikur]

26 minutes ago, Husseinisdoingfine said:

I'm noticing the uninformed treating CRT just like how Socialism was treated. As soon as the word, 'Socialism', is uttered, it triggers and instinctive negative reaction. Yet, the people who are most offended by the term 'Socialism' have never bothered to read Marxist theory. Same thing with CRT. They don't know what CRT is, they just know it's bad.

Socialism is still treated bad. Social democracy is the accepted one. Being radical and edgy is not the way.

[Opo]

5 minutes ago, Epikur said:

Being radical and edgy is not the way.

Depends. 

A lot on kids get a sense of community by larping about socialism. 

14 minutes ago, Epikur said:

Socialism is still treated bad.

Move to Europe. 

[Epikur]

Just now, Opo said:

Depends. 

A lot on kids get a sense of community by larping about socialism. 

Move to Europe. 

I live in Europe. There is no socialism here.

[Opo]

2 minutes ago, Epikur said:

I live in Europe. There is no socialism here.

Not real one but socialists get elected. 

[DocWatts]

29 minutes ago, Epikur said:

Socialism is still treated bad. Social democracy is the accepted one. Being radical and edgy is not the way.

Most of the people doing this kind of demonization do not know that there's even a difference between social democracy and socialism, and almost certainly wouldn't be able to articulate the differences between the two systems if pressed.

While there are valid critiques to make of both systems, they are not going to come from an egocentric/sociocentric worldview (ie where the majority of the hysteria about socialism is coming from).

Edited July 8, 2021 by DocWatts

[Epikur]

10 minutes ago, Opo said:

Not real one but socialists get elected. 

So do far right ones. Does not prove much.

[Opo]

8 minutes ago, Epikur said:

So do far right ones. Does not prove much.

Oh God.. 

You said socialism is treated bad. 

[Epikur]

5 minutes ago, Opo said:

Oh God.. 

You said socialism is treated bad. 

The socialist fan club in Europe is small. The last one is fading:

 

Quote

In recent years, some analysts have described Portugal as Europe’s “socialist success story”: a winning model that could serve as an antidote for populism. Now, however, the end of the “Portuguese exception” may be in sight. The devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are laying bare the fragility of the Socialist-led government, while a party on the radical right is gaining momentum. Portugal’s economic and political outlook could be in for a change. 

https://www.gisreportsonline.com/the-end-of-the-portuguese-exception,politics,3474.html

[StarfoxEpiphany]

1 hour ago, Thought Art said:

and systemic racism is real. Take a look at the history of marijuana and psychedelics laws too... sad. 

Pink means cannabis illegal, and look at sub-Saharan Africa. Smh, some people will do anything to say the R-wordPink means it's illegal, 

[Peter-Andre]

@StarfoxEpiphany Do you know why some people consider the history of American marijuana and drug laws to be racist? This is not a rhetorical question btw.

Edited July 8, 2021 by Peter-Andre

[SgtPepper]

CRT appears to me to be about understanding how race has impacted US society and laws and as a result people of different races within the country.

I don't understand the hysteria. I don't think proponents of CRT are asking white people to be ashamed, but to gain self conscious of their bias and have compassion for the plight of other races (that seems to be the goal). Seems factual, reasonable, and conscious to me *shrug*.

Edited July 8, 2021 by SgtPepper

[Danioover9000]

22 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

This is amusing:

 

   Which part is amusing?