OT: Why is it wrong to be pro America?

[Sarah]

reminds me of something.manager where i lived asked me what a person was doing next door.i said it was some black guy doing something to the carpet.i got the third degree.a black guy

It's because you made an unnecessary choice to specify his race when there was no need to. You could have just said "a guy doing something to the carpet".

Most of my friends from UCLA were Chinese/Taiwanese and they would constantly make the same types of remarks about white people, and indeed other non-Chinese Asians. After a while it's like, "Why do you have to specify it's a white person?" I totally understand why it bothers people.


But in regards to the OP, there wasn't racism involved, religion =/= race. It also has nothing to do with pro/anti American. It saddens me that so many people ITT forget that the colonial settlers sought religious freedom, they just happened to be Christian. It does not mean "be Christian in public or gtfo". And English is not our official language so technically you don't have to know it.

[Ehwmatt]

reminds me of something.manager where i lived asked me what a person was doing next door.i said it was some black guy doing something to the carpet.i got the third degree.a black guy

It's because you made an unnecessary choice to specify his race when there was no need to. You could have just said "a guy doing something to the carpet".

Most of my friends from UCLA were Chinese/Taiwanese and they would constantly make the same types of remarks about white people, and indeed other non-Chinese Asians. After a while it's like, "Why do you have to specify it's a white person?" I totally understand why it bothers people.


But in regards to the OP, there wasn't racism involved, religion =/= race. It also has nothing to do with pro/anti American. It saddens me that so many people ITT forget that the colonial settlers sought religious freedom, they just happened to be Christian. It does not mean "be Christian in public or gtfo". And English is not our official language so technically you don't have to know it.

I could care less about religion, but freedom of religion goes both ways... if a judge wants to put 10 commandments outside his court house, if a city wants to put a nativity scene up, shit if somebody wants to celebrate kwanzaa with a display in public square, so be it. I don't think any reasonable person would belabor that argument by saying it has to be Religion X.

I agree, race doesn't need to be described unless incidental to the purpose [ie a police report or a situation where you must give a physical description for whatever reason]. But at the same time, people shouldn't be so damn sensitive to it if someone does use it in a non-malicious way. Call me a white male til the cows come home, for all I care...

[mikemarrs]

reminds me of something.manager where i lived asked me what a person was doing next door.i said it was some black guy doing something to the carpet.i got the third degree.a black guy

It's because you made an unnecessary choice to specify his race when there was no need to. You could have just said "a guy doing something to the carpet".

Most of my friends from UCLA were Chinese/Taiwanese and they would constantly make the same types of remarks about white people, and indeed other non-Chinese Asians. After a while it's like, "Why do you have to specify it's a white person?" I totally understand why it bothers people.


But in regards to the OP, there wasn't racism involved, religion =/= race. It also has nothing to do with pro/anti American. It saddens me that so many people ITT forget that the colonial settlers sought religious freedom, they just happened to be Christian. It does not mean "be Christian in public or gtfo". And English is not our official language so technically you don't have to know it.

you do have a point.a couple years back i was training someone at my security job and this guy called me white boy.even if he was talking to someone else referring to me he said white boy.i finally told him cut that shit out.

[G.I.Jim]

This is all I have to say about this subject...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGWbt3DS ... re=related

[Don]

This is all I have to say about this subject...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGWbt3DS ... re=related

Chris Farley and Europe's Final Countdown. What could be better?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RajNvJ3bCU&NR=1