What are HubPages standards on dealing with racism
Do you get paid by the amount of times you use the word racist?wow. you don't really think this, do you?
anyway, Sandra was really nice about it. if you started a thread about me, calling me a "racist pig", oh...
- cosetteposted 15 years ago
0no way is Sandra a racist. you do realize this is an inflammatory post, don't you?
i voted for Obama. but i am not happy with him and even tell people i am sorry i voted for him. does that make me a racist? - cosetteposted 15 years ago0
I think it's maybe wrong, but it's not really that bad is it? Lighten up my friend
The numbers don't lie! That was the best example of "block voting" I've ever seen! Look it's ok to pull for your team but be honest about it!
RK, you are sick and need a doctor.
- cosetteposted 15 years ago0
- cosetteposted 15 years ago0
you seem like a nice man.
it's unfortunate that you think this about her. - sandra rinckposted 15 years ago0
Because it is a legit question. There are some people, the "racist pigs" that you talk about that hate Obama just because he is black. She was asking you if you thought there were people like that. Asking you that question is not racist at all. There was no intention of discrediting Obama based on race. The thread was about the positives, and you trying to put a good spin on things (good intention by the way
). And then people started hating again. And everyone has there reasons, Sandra was asking you if you felt that him being black was a motive for some people.
It is not hers. There was no intention.
It would be like you asking me, "Cole, do you think people hate Hilary because she's a chick?"
The proper answer, "Yes, I think there are some people like that, and they are pigs"- poetlorraineposted 15 years ago0
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everywhere i go now, i'll start apologizing for stuff i didn't do. omg haha
that's funny.
Thanks Misha. Love the new pic! I got to meet a killer whale once, "Shamu" (not her real name) she was amazing! I got to feed her fish and meet her new baby.
But anyways, yeah my pet peeve is people without patience, and those who can't communicate effectively. It is the most frustrating thing in the world. But I keep my cool
What do you mean "YOU people"?
lol you beat me to it!
- "YOU people"
Who is the racist one? RK you are taking peoples words and completely misunderstanding them. They are speaking about what happens, not what they do.
Do some women vote for another woman just because of their gender? Yes.
Do some people vote for people of the same race? Yes.
It sucks, and those people suck But it happens.
You need to separate what you're reading and what they people who said it actually do themselves.
- Denno66posted 15 years ago0
RK,
Do you get what I'm saying? Maybe not You can think that the way you took her comment was offensive. But do you think maybe you took it a little far? Respect is for people who can admit when they are wrong...
An offensive (seemingly to you) comment is different than a racist person? Is it not?- Denno66posted 15 years ago0
oh my gosh
i don't know why you think people think this way. "Uncle Tom"?
wow.
that is a heavy trip to lay on yourself man.i grew up in a place that can only be described as the slums of beverly hills. you know, on the outskirts of really wealthy, posh neighborhoods. all the kids, i mean all, were blonde and blue-eyed. it was like something out of 'Village of the Damned'.
anyway, they were all really rich. we were poor. i mean no-food-no-electricity-hovel-living poor. plus we all had dark hair and since we played outdoors all the time, we were nice and tanned from the sun. and we had a Spanish surname on top of that, since my father was part Mayan, right? we got called all kinds of horrible things. one time a teacher, who was a definite racist, paraded me in front of the whole class saying how "Mexicans, Indians and Negroes all have lice". and i wasn't any of those. and i didn't have lice. i was very clean. poor but clean. i told my dad and he visited the school, bypassing the office and going straight to my classroom, where he calmly ripped that teacher to shreds with eloquent words, and he never bothered me again, and he apologized to me and to the class.
my point is, you can't let your life experiences make you prejudge someone else. i can tell a racist from a mile away, and Sandra ain't one of them.
you seem like a cool guy. i would fan you but you would think i am just doing it to alleviate my white guilt or something.
- Denno66posted 15 years ago0
- Deborah Sextonposted 15 years ago0
Yeah! See? They put extra letters in your words.
I wrote a book review on Palin's book. The review I wrote was directly derived from what was in the book. Several people said I was being stupid. They said, 'well she still said those stupid things and the video doesn't lie." They said, you can take her word for it or I can believe what she said that I can observe with my own eyes and ears.
I said, well. I see the point but I also read the book. So talk to me after you have read the book and then we can have a real discussion.
So the irony, is that I thought well, okay. Since just taking people's written word for it, I will use video to make a point because they said. I will believe what I can observe with my own eyes and ears.
While some of the videos are before he became president. He still said what he said. So what we have here isn't whether or not the videos are false because they are still videos of Obama unless there is an importer out there, they are still his words.
Now after he has become president all the previous allegations are proving themselves true. So you can say what you want but it doesn't change what he said.
- ralwusposted 15 years ago0
More info here:
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/ev … nt-charts/
On an eight page thread about racism based around comments made regarding Obama, I'd say pretty much everything.
- Star Witnessposted 15 years ago0
- Deborah Sextonposted 15 years ago0
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