Thanks for the responses everyone and ac. I need a bit of a break from this thread but…
I’ll be back.
[quote]undoredo wrote:
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
Why is Celtic a race but the Irish town with big ears isn?t?
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Why is Australia a continent, but the North Island of New Zealand isn’t?[/quote]
Continents are just social constructs like unborn babies, ethics, gender, age and consent.
[quote]SexMachine wrote:
Thanks for the responses everyone and ac. I need a bit of a break from this thread but…
I’ll be back.[/quote]
I understand. It’s no fun when your thread get’s DD’d! Five pages of fucking debating over a word… Gotta luv this place sometimes LMAO
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]undoredo wrote:
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
Why is Celtic a race but the Irish town with big ears isn?t?
[/quote]
Why is Australia a continent, but the North Island of New Zealand isn’t?[/quote]
New Zealand is incontinent, I believe.
Hey, where’s Makavali? Ain’t seen him in a coon’s age.
(Oh crap, and on this thread and everything…shit)[/quote]
Never understood that expression. Raccoons don’t live very long.
And while the difference between islands and continents is not at all black and white, I’ll just take a shot in the dark and guess that your opinion of New Zealand is colored by inexperience. But let me tell you, Mother Nature was not in the least niggardly, bestowing natural beauty upon the island nation in spades.
AngryChicken,I understand your post and you make some good points. This I disagree with:They aren’t taught about the FACT that now there are NO impediments to a minority gaining status and wealth through hard work.
Tell that to an inner city black kid who is surrounded by violence,et…Also,many white folks disregard the fact that black people were slaves in the usa and what that would mean to them today. I know if my family was slaves until 150 years ago,I would be angry at the people who did it.
Especially as a man,I would not like the fact that anytime another man saw me,he would know that my people had been slaves to his people,this changes EVERYTHING,imo. Social changes take time. Its not good enough to say,pull yourself up by your bootstraps. Its also not good enuf to say, go back home to Africa. A lot of the programs trying to help minorities are not working,that is true. But, white americans brought the black slaves to America and just because 150 years hasn’t been enough time to fix the problems,doesn’t mean the whites aren’t responsible to keep trying.
Not good enough to wash your hands of the situation. you might not want to be responsible fot the situation,your family may not have even been in America then,but this IS the responsibility of the one’s who brought this on our country,frankly,white people. Just because the perpetrators are long since dead,doesn’t change the fact that their legacy has to be dealt with. Yes I know,blacks enslaved blacks and sold them to blacks and whites etc…that changes nothing about my statement. Confusion
[quote]angry chicken wrote:
I understand. It’s no fun when your thread get’s DD’d! Five pages of fucking debating over a word… Gotta luv this place sometimes LMAO[/quote]
I know I’m sort of adding to what I am decrying here, but this is an inherent weakness of forums. Unless you have all day to sit here and read replies as they are flowing in, you walk away for 8-10 hours and there are dozens of new replies taking the previous debates in an equal number of directions. It’s almost to the point that it’s not worth bothering in the PWI section - some of you guys have more patience than I do to wade through it all.
[quote]SexMachine wrote:
[quote]undoredo wrote:
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
Why is Celtic a race but the Irish town with big ears isn?t?
[/quote]
Why is Australia a continent, but the North Island of New Zealand isn’t?[/quote]
Continents are just social constructs like unborn babies, ethics, gender, age and consent.[/quote]
Wow, what a non-answer. Especially considering that you are building strawmen that are the opposite of my beliefs while getting mad that people were guessing your motives. The only way someone thinks I’m liberal is if they don’t know any of my positions.
How can you talk about racism if you cannot explain to me what makes a race? You put forth a “definition” and then I present examples that fulfill that definition, but you deny that they are a race. What is the line? what number of people/amount of genetic commonality within the group/what amount of genetic difference from other groups makes a race?
I’m not trying to ruin a thread. I’m genuinely curious why you draw lines where you do. Especially since your lines seem so different than the most common beliefs.
And for the record, though it’s of no importance, the status of what makes a continent is somewhat debated though largely as used today, they are just names for sake of reference like the naming and defining of towns or countries. Yes, they are convention, they have to real meaning in the physical world. From the first statement in wiki “A continent is one of several very large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria”. And humans don’t differentiate morality, rule of law, or human rights based on continental classifications the way we do with race.
[quote]angry chicken wrote:
Sex Machine, your thread got DD’d. LOL
Between that and the libtards, this thread never had a chance. Common sense is long gone. But I’ll offer my $0,02
I don’t care what anyone says, you can’t unwire a hundred thousand years of wiring in two generations. It simply won’t happen. Tribe “A” will NATURALLY distrust Tribe “B”. And for historically good reason. I could make a rational case for tribes today not trusting each other - on BOTH sides…
But what’s happened is that Liberals have hijacked the “cause of the minority” and uses that (contrived group shame and guilt) to control the “majority”. It is a political weapon at this point. No whites in America alive today have owned anyone - black OR white. Yes, there were white slaves too, as well as black slave owners - but you don’t hear about THAT in the liberal controlled Media, DO YOU? Some of the most level headed guys I know (with regard to race) are older black gentlemen who LIVED through the civil rights movement and watched the country change before their eyes. I happen to be friends with many such men (I bartended in a DC jazz club and befriended many of the patrons there). They know their history - They LIVED it. But that history is being twisted. It isn’t being ACCURATELY taught. People aren’t being taught to be self sufficient, they are taught to be VICTIMS. They aren’t taught about the FACT that now there are NO impediments to a minority gaining status and wealth through hard work. THAT just wont do. I mean, if we actually EMPOWERED minorities, we couldn’t control them through social welfare programs and the liberal Democratic party would gradually slide into oblivion. There’s too much MONEY at stake to allow that to happen, so they don’t want “equality” in our society. They don’t want to TEACH the truth: that ANY man or woman born and raised in America can be whatever they work hard to be - generally speaking. As long as they have the natural ability to succeed in their chosen endeavor. For example, I chose to be an electrician instead of a musician (like my brother). I am good at math and can solve complex problems, but I can’t carry a tune with both hands. My brother, on the other hand, has trouble understanding Ohms law, but got a PhD in Music Composition Theory and is now a College Professor. We both maximized the career potential that we had.
But that’s not what the message is to minorities. If they don’t succeed at something, it’s because of RACISM. It has nothing at all to do with their study habits or natural ability or talent. They don’t tell them that they CAN do anything they WORK HARD FOR. The word “entitlements” sums it up perfectly. If you are “entitled” to something, are you inclined to work for it? No. If you feel society “owes” you for something that happened before you were born and that “the white man” is keeping you down, will you even TRY? Liberals don’t want minorities to be empowered or equal. The very “programs” they champion send an implied message to every minority they try to “help”: you’re not quite good enough, so here’s something to compensate for that. The very basic POSITION the Left takes is FUNDAMENTALLY RACIST! But they won’t tell you that.
Instead they make historical fiction movies, but exaggerate the facts of history (and just plain LIE about things that never happened) and then cry when they don’t get any nominations… So let me get this straight: blacks represent less than 20% of the population in America. There are FIVE nominees. There have been black people nominated in other years, just not this one (maybe because of the shitty movies they happened to star in that pushed an OBVIOUS agenda and FREE people don’t appreciate propaganda - just a thought…). RAAAACIIIIIST!!! Give me a fucking break.
Racism is alive and well on ALL sides. I am white and grew up in a majority black neighborhood. When they showed Alex Haley’s Roots during history class, I got chased home from school the day they cut Kunta Kinte’s foot off. I’ve been attacked and beaten on MULTIPLE occasions for “being white”. If half the shit that happened to me had been a “reverse race” scenario, I’d be on the national news and Al Sharpton would be kissing my ass. But I am who I am, and the racism that I’ve experienced personally apparently “doesn’t count”. Which is fine - I’m not a fucking VICTIM and I was able to move beyond those experiences with nothing but a few scars to remind me of those times.
I treat EVERYONE as an individual. I don’t like hanging out with people moving in a negative direction and that includes Blacks, Whites, Yellows and <<>>. If I perceive someone is a threat, based on MY EXPERIENCE, then does that make me a “racist” or a “realist”? I’ve been attacked by a rainbow of people. I know when I “should” cross the street… Fact is, I present myself as a hard target, I weigh 220lbs and I don’t act like a scared little bitch when I’m around other alpha males - even when I’m out numbered, so I tend to keep on walking… Most of the time I get a nod, or other form of acknowledgement. I remember a former girlfriend was very astounded by that. She always commented, “why do black guys always nod their head like they know you?” (she was Asian and never dated a guy from “my side of the tracks” before).
Professionally, last year I hired exactly two people at my company - both of them happened to be black. That was not by design or intent, they were both QUALIFIED and interviewed well. Does that “mean anything”? Absolutely not - if two white guys had the same resume and interviewed the same day and did well, I would just as easily hired them.
I guess the whole point of all this is that you fucking Liberals are the ones keeping racism alive. But that’s not surprising since the Democratic party was the party of slavery and racism. It hasn’t changed, it’s just substituted “slave owner” with “parole officer” or “welfare check” or “food stamps” or “entitlements” Or “equal opportunity” or “here’s some money for college based not on your hard work, character and innate ability, but SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU ARE BLACK (oh, and it doesn’t matter if you cant read, we have a program to help you with that too)”… What that is, is a total MIND FUCK. It’s mixed message and one that fundamentally undermines ANY progress (assuming the definition of “progress” is rewarding people for hard work and the best person getting the best job regardless of what color, race, gender or class they are). But that’s not “progress” for you lefties, is it? LOL It’s more like, “tax the white man”, “boys are bad and need medication”, “minorities need our help”, “feelings are more important than facts” and EVERYONE has the the RIGHT not to be OFFENDED in ANY fashion (except the white man, cuz you evil crackers have it coming)
/rant[/quote]
Lol. though you insult me, I agree with this completely. Other than the IQ debate (which was tangential and largely because I was bored and SM is full of crap on the subject), that is the point I’ve been getting at. The individual is always the ultimate minority. You have a genetic code completely unique in the world. To discriminate against anyone for any part of their genetic make-up, be that height, color, elbow pointy-ness, or size of their nose. It’s all the same thing. All just as moral or immoral. It’s all discrimination against the ultimate minority, the individual. There is nothing magic about skin color that makes it a “race” and therefore worthy of special protection or consideration. It is a part of a person you observe and react to in life like everything else (baldness, size, mannerisms, est.).
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
Lol. though you insult me, I agree with this completely. Other than the IQ debate (which was tangential and largely because I was bored), that is the point I’ve been getting at. The individual is always the ultimate minority. You have a genetic code completely unique in the world. To discriminate against anyone for any part of their genetic make-up, be that height, color, elbow pointy-ness, or size of their nose. It’s all the same thing. All just as moral or immoral. It’s all discrimination against the ultimate minority, the individual. There is nothing magic about skin color that makes it a “race” and therefore worthy of special protection or consideration. It is a part of a person you observe and react to in life like everything else (baldness, size, mannerisms, est.). [/quote]
I was just poking a little fun. I know you are way smarter than the average bear and very well read in philosophy and all kinds of “smart stuff” and when you bring your impressive arsenal to bear on the average reader, it makes for some less than interesting reading. Personally I find value in some of what you post and think you’re a pretty bad ass dude lifting wise - but when you get bored (and it’s obvious when you do) you tend to start to fuck with people and derail the shit out of threads. It really doesn’t contribute to the conversation…
[quote]angry chicken wrote:
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
Lol. though you insult me, I agree with this completely. Other than the IQ debate (which was tangential and largely because I was bored), that is the point I’ve been getting at. The individual is always the ultimate minority. You have a genetic code completely unique in the world. To discriminate against anyone for any part of their genetic make-up, be that height, color, elbow pointy-ness, or size of their nose. It’s all the same thing. All just as moral or immoral. It’s all discrimination against the ultimate minority, the individual. There is nothing magic about skin color that makes it a “race” and therefore worthy of special protection or consideration. It is a part of a person you observe and react to in life like everything else (baldness, size, mannerisms, est.). [/quote]
I was just poking a little fun. I know you are way smarter than the average bear and very well read in philosophy and all kinds of “smart stuff” and when you bring your impressive arsenal to bear on the average reader, it makes for some less than interesting reading. Personally I find value in some of what you post and think you’re a pretty bad ass dude lifting wise - but when you get bored (and it’s obvious when you do) you tend to start to fuck with people and derail the shit out of threads. It really doesn’t contribute to the conversation… [/quote]
Basically, you have a way to tell when I’m reviewing other people’s schematics and circuit design. Especially when they are cluster-fucks and they seem determined to damage components.
I also sort of play devil’s advocate regularly. I find arguing a line that isn’t exactly my viewpoint against a challenging person is the best way to explore what I actually believe. It makes me thoroughly consider why I don’t believe things I may have discarded. And I even change my mind about them sometimes. I actually walk away from this thinking that there is more scientific basis for something that could be called race than I did when I started.
[quote]confusion wrote:
AngryChicken,I understand your post and you make some good points. This I disagree with:They aren’t taught about the FACT that now there are NO impediments to a minority gaining status and wealth through hard work.
[/quote]I’m an inner city white kid. I got the shit kicked out of me plenty of times for BEING WHITE. And when I say the shit kicked out of me, I mean one time they broke my neck. I did 4 years in prison, got stabbed five time and had my skull cracked with a lock in a sock (not by WHITE inmates…). So I’m a felon without a HS diploma who was the target of racial violence for the first 22 years of my life. Want to know the difference between me and an inner city black kid? I didn’t have a “support group” telling me, “just be a victim”, “it’s not YOUR fault”, “XYZ is keeping you down”. “here’s a program for you and other ‘disadvantaged victims’ to give you a leg up”. I didn’t have an excuse. I didn’t have a support group. My family had disowned me. I had ONE thing: MY MIND. I made a decision that was not going to live a shitty life. I busted my ass and took risks. I failed more often than not in the beginning, but when I did, I DIDN’T BLAME ANYONE! I didn’t make excuses for my failures, I learned from them and didn’t repeat mistakes. Fast forward 25 years and I’m now managing a data center making 250K a year… NO ONE HELPED ME. I worked hard for everything I have and for who I am today.[quote]
Tell that to an inner city black kid who is surrounded by violence,et…Also,many white folks disregard the fact that black people were slaves in the usa and what that would mean to them today. I know if my family was slaves until 150 years ago,I would be angry at the people who did it.
[/quote]Get over it. You say you are angry at the people who did it? Those people are DEAD! Stop blaming dead people for the problems of today. Tell me why an IMMIGRANT from a poor country with a middle school level education and who doesn’t speak English, can come here, bust his ass, start a business and be a millionaire in ten years? You think THOSE people aren’t “discriminated against”? The difference is they TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for their outcomes. The word “VICTIM” isn’t in their vocabulary… Think about it. [quote]
Especially as a man,I would not like the fact that anytime another man saw me,he would know that my people had been slaves to his people,this changes EVERYTHING,imo.
[/quote]That’s in your head. Seriously. I have NEVER in my life had the thought “my people used to own his people” when I looked at another person. First of all, most of my family immigrated recently and never owned anyone, but there are a few in my family tree that probably did. But so what? I am not responsible for THEIR actions. I am responsible for MY actions. Like I said, I’ve been violently targeted for being white PLENTY of times - probably more than the average black man has who spends all of his time complaining about how “oppressed” he is. Seriously, I have experienced more racial violence directed at me than any of my black friends… And that happened in MY lifetime! You don’t see me crying a fucking river about it! So why do black people play the victim card so often? Explain that please… [quote]
Social changes take time. Its not good enough to say,pull yourself up by your bootstraps. [/quote]Why not? I did. [quote] Its also not good enuf to say, go back home to Africa [/quote]I don’t think any sane person thinks that’s a reasonable solution to the entitlement issues in America[quote]. A lot of the programs trying to help minorities are not working,that is true.
[/quote]And HERE ON DOWN
____________________________, you go straight into victim mode. Seriously. Read what you wrote. You are holding people alive today RESPONSIBLE for actions taken by people that are DEAD… That’s a logical fallacy, my friend. There is NO PERSON alive today who is “responsible” for slavery. If anything, the “help” black people are receiving is holding them back. You can GIVE a man a fish, or TEACH a man to fish - which is a more sustainable solution for that man being able to feed himself?[quote]
But, white americans brought the black slaves to America and just because 150 years hasn’t been enough time to fix the problems,doesn’t mean the whites aren’t responsible to keep trying. [/quote]Here’s a NOVEL idea… Why don’t PEOPLE take responsibility for their outcomes. You know, LIKE ADULTS…[quote]
Not good enough to wash your hands of the situation. you might not want to be responsible fot the situation,your family may not have even been in America then,but this IS the responsibility of the one’s who brought this on our country,frankly,white people. Just because the perpetrators are long since dead,doesn’t change the fact that their legacy has to be dealt with. Yes I know,blacks enslaved blacks and sold them to blacks and whites etc…that changes nothing about my statement. [/quote] actually, it changes EVERYTHING about your statement because it implies SHARED “responsibility” but that concept doesn’t jive with your victim mentality… Just sayin’ [quote]
Confusion[/quote]
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
[quote]angry chicken wrote:
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
Lol. though you insult me, I agree with this completely. Other than the IQ debate (which was tangential and largely because I was bored), that is the point I’ve been getting at. The individual is always the ultimate minority. You have a genetic code completely unique in the world. To discriminate against anyone for any part of their genetic make-up, be that height, color, elbow pointy-ness, or size of their nose. It’s all the same thing. All just as moral or immoral. It’s all discrimination against the ultimate minority, the individual. There is nothing magic about skin color that makes it a “race” and therefore worthy of special protection or consideration. It is a part of a person you observe and react to in life like everything else (baldness, size, mannerisms, est.). [/quote]
I was just poking a little fun. I know you are way smarter than the average bear and very well read in philosophy and all kinds of “smart stuff” and when you bring your impressive arsenal to bear on the average reader, it makes for some less than interesting reading. Personally I find value in some of what you post and think you’re a pretty bad ass dude lifting wise - but when you get bored (and it’s obvious when you do) you tend to start to fuck with people and derail the shit out of threads. It really doesn’t contribute to the conversation… [/quote]
Basically, you have a way to tell when I’m reviewing other people’s schematics and circuit design. Especially when they are cluster-fucks and they seem determined to damage components.
I also sort of play devil’s advocate regularly. I find arguing a line that isn’t exactly my viewpoint against a challenging person is the best way to explore what I actually believe. It makes me thoroughly consider why I don’t believe things I may have discarded. And I even change my mind about them sometimes. I actually walk away from this thinking that there is more scientific basis for something that could be called race than I did when I started.[/quote]
I do the same thing sometimes - I’ll choose a position just to argue it. I’ve even been bored and taken some pretty extreme views and argues those (the reactions are priceless) But usually it’s to illustrate a point, sometimes it ends well, other times people call me crazy - which it fine, it’s just the interwebs. LOL
But when I say “a thread has be DD’d”, I mean you have a particular style that is VERY UNIQUE! It definitely makes me want to strangle you sometimes! lol
[quote]JR249 wrote:
[quote]angry chicken wrote:
I understand. It’s no fun when your thread get’s DD’d! Five pages of fucking debating over a word… Gotta luv this place sometimes LMAO[/quote]
I know I’m sort of adding to what I am decrying here, but this is an inherent weakness of forums. Unless you have all day to sit here and read replies as they are flowing in, you walk away for 8-10 hours and there are dozens of new replies taking the previous debates in an equal number of directions. It’s almost to the point that it’s not worth bothering in the PWI section - some of you guys have more patience than I do to wade through it all.
[/quote]
But if you DARE skip something, the person will just say, “I answered that three pages back and I’m not repeating myself” LOL
[quote]angry chicken wrote:
[quote]confusion wrote:
AngryChicken,I understand your post and you make some good points. This I disagree with:They aren’t taught about the FACT that now there are NO impediments to a minority gaining status and wealth through hard work.
[/quote]I’m an inner city white kid. I got the shit kicked out of me plenty of times for BEING WHITE. And when I say the shit kicked out of me, I mean one time they broke my neck. I did 4 years in prison, got stabbed five time and had my skull cracked with a lock in a sock (not by WHITE inmates…). So I’m a felon without a HS diploma who was the target of racial violence for the first 22 years of my life. Want to know the difference between me and an inner city black kid? I didn’t have a “support group” telling me, “just be a victim”, “it’s not YOUR fault”, “XYZ is keeping you down”. “here’s a program for you and other ‘disadvantaged victims’ to give you a leg up”. I didn’t have an excuse. I didn’t have a support group. My family had disowned me. I had ONE thing: MY MIND. I made a decision that was not going to live a shitty life. I busted my ass and took risks. I failed more often than not in the beginning, but when I did, I DIDN’T BLAME ANYONE! I didn’t make excuses for my failures, I learned from them and didn’t repeat mistakes. Fast forward 25 years and I’m now managing a data center making 250K a year… NO ONE HELPED ME. I worked hard for everything I have and for who I am today.[quote]
Tell that to an inner city black kid who is surrounded by violence,et…Also,many white folks disregard the fact that black people were slaves in the usa and what that would mean to them today. I know if my family was slaves until 150 years ago,I would be angry at the people who did it.
[/quote]Get over it. You say you are angry at the people who did it? Those people are DEAD! Stop blaming dead people for the problems of today. Tell me why an IMMIGRANT from a poor country with a middle school level education and who doesn’t speak English, can come here, bust his ass, start a business and be a millionaire in ten years? You think THOSE people aren’t “discriminated against”? The difference is they TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for their outcomes. The word “VICTIM” isn’t in their vocabulary… Think about it. [quote]
Especially as a man,I would not like the fact that anytime another man saw me,he would know that my people had been slaves to his people,this changes EVERYTHING,imo.
[/quote]That’s in your head. Seriously. I have NEVER in my life had the thought “my people used to own his people” when I looked at another person. First of all, most of my family immigrated recently and never owned anyone, but there are a few in my family tree that probably did. But so what? I am not responsible for THEIR actions. I am responsible for MY actions. Like I said, I’ve been violently targeted for being white PLENTY of times - probably more than the average black man has who spends all of his time complaining about how “oppressed” he is. Seriously, I have experienced more racial violence directed at me than any of my black friends… And that happened in MY lifetime! You don’t see me crying a fucking river about it! So why do black people play the victim card so often? Explain that please… [quote]
Social changes take time. Its not good enough to say,pull yourself up by your bootstraps. [/quote]Why not? I did. [quote] Its also not good enuf to say, go back home to Africa [/quote]I don’t think any sane person thinks that’s a reasonable solution to the entitlement issues in America[quote]. A lot of the programs trying to help minorities are not working,that is true.
[/quote]And HERE ON DOWN
____________________________, you go straight into victim mode. Seriously. Read what you wrote. You are holding people alive today RESPONSIBLE for actions taken by people that are DEAD… That’s a logical fallacy, my friend. There is NO PERSON alive today who is “responsible” for slavery. If anything, the “help” black people are receiving is holding them back. You can GIVE a man a fish, or TEACH a man to fish - which is a more sustainable solution for that man being able to feed himself?[quote]
But, white americans brought the black slaves to America and just because 150 years hasn’t been enough time to fix the problems,doesn’t mean the whites aren’t responsible to keep trying. [/quote]Here’s a NOVEL idea… Why don’t PEOPLE take responsibility for their outcomes. You know, LIKE ADULTS…[quote]
Not good enough to wash your hands of the situation. you might not want to be responsible fot the situation,your family may not have even been in America then,but this IS the responsibility of the one’s who brought this on our country,frankly,white people. Just because the perpetrators are long since dead,doesn’t change the fact that their legacy has to be dealt with. Yes I know,blacks enslaved blacks and sold them to blacks and whites etc…that changes nothing about my statement. [/quote] actually, it changes EVERYTHING about your statement because it implies SHARED “responsibility” but that concept doesn’t jive with your victim mentality… Just sayin’ [quote]
Confusion[/quote]
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I applaud and respect your success. I am something of a badboy come good also. I have had my share of confrontations with black men also,including one of the only times in my life I thought I was.going to die,when I was jumped by about 10 black guys. I used to feel exactly the same way you do,or close to it. To be honest,I have met very few black people that weren’t racist. Keep a couple things in mind here. You and I can never know what it feels like to be black. If you care to,take a look at a book called Black Like Me,its about a white guy who changes his skin pigmentation in order to experience life in America as a black man. We aren’t walking around feeling superior,but when a black guy sees a white guy,he knows in his concious or unconscious mind,there is the man that enslaved my race, everyone that sees me knows my ancestors were slaves. That’s humiliating. We can easily say,as you have done,hey get over it. I didn’t do that to you,etc…Which is true. However we also know that most folk aren’t like you,from any race. You are working toward the overman,I think that’s awesome. Most folks are stuck in the herd and will never leave it. Anyhoo,maybe I am getting old and mellow…I just have a problem with the southern states bringing in slaves,fighting to keep them and then washing there hands of the matter when they were freed. The federal government didn’t do much to help either. Should the process of becoming full contributing citizens be complete by now? I don’t know. The American Indians are still reeling from the aftermath of their experience with us…
[quote]angry chicken wrote:
But when I say “a thread has be DD’d”, I mean you have a particular style that is VERY UNIQUE! It definitely makes me want to strangle you sometimes! lol[/quote]
Unfortunately and contrary to what people are saying here about the internet, that’s real life. I’m an analytic engineer with no filter or tact. It’s gotten me into trouble plenty. I’m the guy that will tell the VP of engineering they are wrong and show them why in the middle of a big meeting. My wife is a very understanding woman.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
[quote]angry chicken wrote:
But when I say “a thread has be DD’d”, I mean you have a particular style that is VERY UNIQUE! It definitely makes me want to strangle you sometimes! lol[/quote]
Unfortunately and contrary to what people are saying here about the internet, that’s real life. I’m an analytic engineer with no filter or tact. It’s gotten me into trouble plenty. I’m the guy that will tell the VP of engineering they are wrong and show them why in the middle of a big meeting. My wife is a very understanding woman.[/quote]
I don’t doubt this for a second. Lol.
[quote]pushharder wrote:
I’ve had dinner in DD’s home with him and his lovely wife. He’s easy to get along with and his wife is a gracious beautiful woman.[/quote]
Yeah, but we talked about guns and things we both agree with. And I do have redeeming qualities as a friend. I’m rabidly loyal and you know you get the truth from me. I just have a very low tolerance for stupid.