Anti-American sentiment in SL forums

I disagree. I say it's very much bigotry, whether we're talking about 1 person or lumping an entire group of people together under one derogatory statement. Just because a lot of people may do it doesn't change the definition of the word or make it any less apt. I'm not going to avoid calling it bigotry for the sake of being PC.

On that PC issue... try calling Arab culture inferior and see who comes out screaming. Double standard?

As I said, the reason so many hate the United States is because we are acting like a Bully. We try to impose a Republican Conservative Government where people want a liberal government (France, Germany, Britain) Then we say that the World should support George's wars which are illegal anyway...

its no wonder that the world hates the United States... The United States is a Dictatorship

Huh? Can you point out anywhere I've ever done that, or even hinted at it. I'll wait.

No, you misunderstand. I was agreeing with you.

The "critiquing culture isn't bigotry" only seems to apply when you talk about the US. Use that in terms of another culture and see what you get.

I wasn't saying that you said that or that anyone did, merely musing what would happen if anyone uttered that.

Apologies!

Of course, most "arabs" don't live in the same country or culture at all. It's not exactly comparable.

I disagree. I say it's very much bigotry, whether we're talking about 1 person or lumping an entire group of people together under one derogatory statement. Just because a lot of people may do it doesn't change the definition of the word or make it any less apt. I'm not going to avoid calling it bigotry for the sake of being PC.

We'll have to agree to disagree. I think that's simply too broad. Everyone has some general opinions about groups of people, like political parties for instance. Does it make you a bigot to have those opinions or express them? What if it's a complimentary opinion but still a generalization? What do you call it then?

A bigot is someone who is intolerant of any groups or opinions other than his/her own, so yeah, by definition someone who makes derogatory sweeping generalizations about any group, be it a nationality, political party, whatever, is a bigot. If there's another word that fits better, I can't think of it. If the word is overused, it's because it's a common practice, but that doesn't change the meaning of the word.

As for a complimentary opinion, no that's not bigotry, because that's not an intolerance.

By that definition, wouldn't all democrats be bigoted towards republicans, and vice versa? Wouldn't every member of a religion be bigoted towards all members of every other religion? They each have reasons why they belong to one and not the other and chances are good it wouldn't be a compliment. I think bigotry often tends to be in the eye of the beholder.

Botton line is...

We can either learn to live together as one race, the human race, or we can continue to destoy ourselves with war(violence), hatred, and prejudice.

I would argue that the bottom line is -- humans are genetically incapable of living peacefully with each other. Period. End of story.

Secondly, my conclusion suggests a much more interesting "history of the human race" than the alternative. Note, I didn't say "better" - but definitely more interesting.

Sorry but you will be arguing with yourself. I will point out that if humans were incapable of living peacefully with each other the human race would have ceased to exist before now. We would have already nuked this planet into oblivion. Unless, of course, something had happened before the advent of atomic and nuclear warfare.

This thread is too long for me to take the time to read them all. I missed whatever post of your's you are referring to so I can't comment on it. If you will provide a link, I'll read it.

You took my opinion to an unintended extreme. Look around.. decades after the invention of the atom bomb, there is nothing approaching "worldwide peace" - on any level, local, regional, global. That's my point. I reject the 400 year in the future Star Trek-Utopian vision of "humans have progressed to the point where there is no want and thus no need for competition". And I never said that we would blow the world up taking things out on each other.... though I wouldn't be surprised if it did happen accidently.

I didn't make a previous post but one stating this opinion--- and you responded to it.... So, you didn't miss anything to comment on. The post you responded to stands by itself.

I think you have made a mistake. I did not respond to any post in particular.

You've obviously "lost" the thread. I didn't put words in your mouth. Let's move on.

Oh ok. I get it now. If you can't dazzle them with brillance, baffle them with bullshit. Gotcha. Moving right along.....

you should read the thread instead

We can either learn to live together as one race, the human race, or we can continue to destoy ourselves with war(violence), hatred, and prejudice.

Anti-American sentiment in SL forums