mistermack wrote:Cunt wrote:What about Jack? I knew him years ago...he was a fat-as-fuck broke loser who developed a plan.
He wasn't getting laid anyway, so decided to abandon his hopes of getting a girlfriend, and become a gay prostitute. He used ex-lax to diet down to an appealing weight, then started taking cock for money. He maintained that he was never attracted to guys, just trying to make a living.
Was Jack gay?
Assuming he was telling the truth, then of course he was not gay.
Gay is having sexual attraction to the same sex. I'm not going to look up the definition, it's too bleedin obvious, it's an insult to my intelligence.
I'm amazed you can even pose the question.
What percentage of people would agree with you?
What percentage of people would say that your
actions make you gay, not your thoughts?
What percentage of people would say that your
actions make you a racist, not your thoughts?
There are two meanings of 'gay', spelled and pronounced the same way.
One means attraction to the same sex.
The other means taking action, or having same-sex sex.
Still amazed? Or were you being ironical? (tone is tough in text)
mistermack wrote:
As far as racist goes, the generally accepted meaning has been expanding over the years.
Yup. My sweetheart and some close friends often make the same joke - 'that's RACIST' in response to anything.
I don't think we are very unusual that way. Serenity cancelled - racist. Rationalia has free use of the letter 'e' - racist. etc...
mistermack wrote:The meaning is so wide now, that if you have any instincts at all about race, you qualify.
And virtually everybody has those instincts, even if they don't indulge them, or even if they actively resist them.
Whatever racism is, I've identified it with it's positive elements as well. For example, if someone says they like Asians because they are good exercise, and very spiritually admirable, I think they are exhibiting racism. I guess to me it seems racist whether a compliment or an insult. To others, it seems it only bothers them when it is an insult.
It's that bigotry of low expectations.
JimC wrote:The real point is in the damage that systematic racism has done over the years. It is one more way of a group cementing power, and keeping other groups down. It is also an inescapable fact that most of the systematic racism, benefiting some and injuring others, has been white racism against black, brown and yellow. This is simple historical fact, and a fuck of a lot more important than empty arguments about inner feelings of tendencies to racism...
So is white a colour? Is white a race?
And why think they are in charge?
If I were to try to figure out who runs the world, I would say short, black-haired men who usually have a fold in their eyelids.
If trying to guess which country really runs it, I would probably say China.
Saying whites are in power suggests that your Queen is not presiding over a Caliphate.