I cannot begin to tell you how much I agree and wish this would happen too.

I always enjoy these conversations so you don't ever need to worry I'm going to be offended. You've always been respectful even when we disagree and that's what really matters. Being able to have discussions about topics with differing points of view or even opposite points of view without devolving into insults or accusations is quickly becoming a rarity in our current society. It's also something that becomes almost impossible with the way social media works. The opposite is sadly not true.

I can see what you're saying and can understand your viewpoint. I don't think we'll ever completely agree since I do think there is an objective measure of racism. Of course regardless, I get the feeling the outcomes of our dealing with racism would be remarkably similar. And you're quite right that at the end of the day it's people and our need to be superior that's ultimately at fault. Even in cultures where there isn't much or any racial diversity we still manage to find something that we believe makes us better. Whether that's religion, education, money, material possessions, or lineage we have ample examples of it throughout history.

This doesn't mean I think actual bigotry and racism doesn't happen. It does. And we should root it out whenever we find it. But just because someone cries wolf doesn't always mean there are wolves. And sometimes the person crying wolf is the wolf.

Without an objective standard anyone can accuse anyone of anything and have them punished for their "crime" regardless of the evidence because in their minds that person did the crime. This is the kind of thing we're seeing more and more of and it's just beyond stupid. This is exactly how we get moronic ideas like the original PSA.

We've got this horrible trend happening in our society where if someones feelings get hurt or you don't agree 100% with their viewpoint you're accused of being racist or bigoted. Nevermind the fact that their viewpoint may be the racist or bigoted one, it's you that's being unreasonable. Part of this is people refusing to use reasonable standards i.e. definitions of words and instead redefine them on the fly based solely on their feelings.

I think you've taken something and run with it without taking into account what I actually said. For the most part I absolutely agree with you. You even restated exactly what I said, in your rebuttal of the second point, as your point. The problem is that the victim can't be the only judge that determines whether something is or isn't racist. In your example about being loud if you are in fact not being loud but the "victim" decides your are, are you being loud? No you're not. That was the point I was trying to make. It's also why I pointed out that judges have to have so much experience, training, and learning.

Yes, we absolutely can. Racism has a definition: prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. Determining whether something is racist is not predicated on your race. Now you may not realize something is racist when it actually is, because it meets the requirements previously mentioned, in which case perspective is what may be needed to point it out. But that also means that something may not be racist even though you may say it is because it doesn't meet the aforementioned requirements. If you try to make racism this nebulous thing that can only be determined by the victims then everything and anything can be racist simply because they say so. And that is not a good enough reason to make any definitive judgements. There is a reason things are carefully codified in our laws and judges have to have years of experience, training, and learning.

The 6969 day of the century was Wednesday January 30, 2019.

6969 days ago was Wednesday April 11, 2001

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You certainly can, but it doesn't make it true. It just means you're either lying to others about yourself, lying to yourself about yourself, or both.