Xenophobic backlash
 

http://usuncut.com/news/9-hate-crime...media-ignored/

I think it's super messed up the way some of these bigots are going about hurting and assaulting people for their beliefs and or appearance. On a lighter note this: (9th article snippet)

“It’s a teachable moment,” Ahmadiyya Muslim Community spokesman Salam Bhatti told the Associated Press. “As we do raise awareness of attacks in mosques, we will see mosques do not respond in violence. Islam teaches us to teach peace.”

Also anybody think the U.S. state governors denying refugees are ever going to change their stance? Can they even do anything legally to stop them?

For a nation that was heavily populated by immigrants over the years, parts of America's population have always been astonishingly racist and/or xenophobic.

Locking Japanese up in internment camps during WWII, the plight of the Chinese in San Francisco, Jim Crow laws and "separate but equal"... the list is long and embarrassing. I used to think America wasn't racist anymore, but I grew up.

What about "No political or religious topics" don't you guys get?

This...

Well, multiculturalism isn't exactly a cakewalk. Whenever you put people of different ethnic groups, nationalities and religions together in one country there's bound to be some conflict at some point or another. You don't hear or read about racism in a country like Estonia, per example, because pretty much everyone there is white and an ethnic Estonian. So who'd they be racist against?

Xenomorphs need to leave our system

#deportthealiens

Man, I haven't even heard of Estonia. :teek:

Snake's got the right idea. :tlol:

Really? I know it's small, but it's not exactly in the end of the world. It was once part of the USSR.

Nations I forget that exist are places like Tuvalu and St. Kitts and Nevis, per example.

I freely admit, the smaller satellite nations don't really stick in my memory until they end up in the news.

This is why we are getting a World War III. It's so sad.:'(

Someone preordered a world war three?

The Free Republic of Antarctica is on the rise...

F*cking penguins are at it again trying to claim Antarctica as their own

Pretty sure the Emperor Penguin has already orchestrated the slaughter of all human scientists. As soon as he brokers an alliance with the Polar Bear Kingdom, that's it; it's all over.

We'll be f***ing doomed.

Racism isn't going away, it's ingrained in human DNA. Human beings all evolved from tribal cultures, and that tribalism, that "Us Vs. Them" is too big a part of how we existed for thousands of years to suddenly evaporate in a few decades just because "we all know better now". Since people first crawled out of caves, things like "They look different than us," "they have more stuff than us," or even, "We live Over Here and they live Over There" were good enough reasons to storm in and kill everybody you saw, anywhere in the world. It's really only the last little while that it's been much different.

People can co-exist for a while, but when things are particularly bad for one group of people, they'll inevitably lash out at another, "more different" group of people. Maybe that will go away eventually, but that's not going to be for a long, long time.

I mean everybody's smart enough to know better, it's just easy to lash out when you're pissed off. It's too much a part of who we are as a species.

[QUOTE=CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy;1521799]Man, I haven't even heard of Estonia. :teek:


Cylons, then you need to take Geography classes or buy an Atlas.

[QUOTE=Klunk1234;1521922]Uh huh. I sure do. My life is in irreparable ruins due to a lack of Estonian knowledge.

Tell me, Klunky, how will knowing about Estonia improve my financial situation, my sex life, my interpersonal relationships, or my sense of morality?

Sherlock Holmes says it best:

[QUOTE=CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy;1521971]It might not be relevant to those aspects of your life... but then again what is? So you think the only knowledge that people need in life is how to socialize, manage money and know that stealing and killing are wrong? As a Turtles fan, I doubt reading and watching every different adaptation helsp any of those aspects of your life either, but yet you probably still do it. If people only knew about stuff that is related to their job, then mankind would be even more ignorant, and ignorance is dangerous. Plus, knowing where a European country is on the map is something you can learn in a couple of seconds. It's not rocket science. Sounds like you're just making up excuses for your ignorance.

I speak for myself, but I find it odd and sad when someone who's well educated doesn't know simple facts like pointing France on a map or who Leonardo da Vinci was.

Dude didn't know about Estonia. Is this really an argument worth having?

As much fun it is to ridicule american's knowledge about outside of America, maybe consider that USA is huge. With 50 states as mini countries of their own, a hand full of US Territories, Canada, Mexico and the many other countries In North and South America continents.

So a stab and a jest is fine, but don't go full douche about it...

I didn't ridicule him, despite being surprised he hadn't heard of it ever.

And who knows if Klunk isn't American? His location doesn't reveal his country.

[QUOTE=Prowler;1521992]Oh, you silly silly children. There is a huge difference between knowing where France is on the map and where Estonia is on the map. There is a huge difference between knowing who Leonardo da Vinci was or who Taavi Rõivas is.

Not everything they teach you in school is ultimately important, nor is everything you need to know taught in school. Learn the discipline you need to educate yourself, and then do so in the fields and areas that you need. I do not yet have any need for knowledge of Estonia, and I know how to educate myself if/when that need arises.

Knowledge for the sake of knowledge alone quite often leads to assh0les with a superiority complex. And looky what we have here!

[QUOTE=CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy;1522000]Calls people silly children and then the others are the ones with superiority complexes. All I did was trying to understand your POV better. No need to get a nerve struck. And the thing isn't really you not knowing where a specific country is, but it probably being part of a bigger picture.

Me knowing where a country is isn't knowledge for the sake of it. Being European, it's advisable for me to know which countries compose my continent, I'd say. Not to mention I'm a fan of history.

[QUOTE=Prowler;1522003]Prowler, I apologize. I assumed you were going off on me, but if I was mistaken, my sincere apologies. I've been sleep deprived for about a week now so my social skills may be a bit off par. :tlol:

With smaller satellite countries, they usually only enter my purview when somebody bigger invades them, like Georgia being targeted by Russia a couple of years ago...

[QUOTE=CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy;1522004]That's OK. I'm not offended at all. And to be fair, it can be hard to interpret text online considering you don't hear people's tone.

Well, Estonia isn't a country that shows up on the news very often, so I can see why it might not be on many people's radars.

Agreed. Pleading ignorance is not an excuse, especially online. It's just lazy.

An incredibly septic response in a thread about xenophobia; to say there's "just no gosh darn room in me brain!", and be proud?

Yikes.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...4)_-_Alien.jpg

I could understand a fear of aliens.

but then again, I'm a xeno-phile...and a robot-phile....and a...

hahaha.

This.

Why is the quote function acting all wonky? I thought I was losing my mind when I saw Prowler and whoever constantly quoting themselves.

^^Right?

It's good to know where countries are, helps get a better view of the world to know where everything is happening. I have noticed a lot of Americans have a very limited knowledge of geography (something I'm trying to get better at myself) more than people I've met from other countries. Although If they are traveling from a different country to the US then it would make sense now wouldn't it...
Anyway this backlash is sickening and I really hope more people would react in more constructive ways with dealing with their fears and uncertainties, but as Leo said such is life and it's a lot easier to do.

[QUOTE=Prowler;1521992]Well, said Prowler. And Cylons, I really don't care about what you do with your social life. Learning about a country is culture And being sleep deprived is not excuse to attack somebody you don't know in real life. If you need help talk to your psychiatrist, there is nothing wrong to talk to the "nut doctor". Maybe you're dealing with too much stress in real life.

Psychiatrists are expensive; bourbon is cheap. Tastier, too.

Prowler: I'm a girl, not a guy. And yes, I'm not American.

What the hell is a "nut doctor"? Cy, is this kid telling you that you need to go get your junk checked out? :lol:

Either way, it's good advice. :trazz:

True story, in my town, we have a urologist whose name is Dr. Richard Chop. Yes he does go by "Dick Chop." :tlol:

Does he take tips?! BWAH! :tlol::tlol::tlol:

He will if you piss him off!

Or as Archer is wont to say... JUST THE TIP!

"WHY aren't we doing PHRASING?!"

Allow me to explain this, kid. Your :lol: keep it for yourself.


Good grief! (Meaning "Oh my Gosh") Like Charlie Brown from Peanuts said. (I hope you know what the Peanuts cartoons is) Nut or nutty in the United States of America means crazy and this is how they called the psychiatrist is not mean a guy's balls only. The expression "Are you nuts?"is heard in many Hollywood movies. Besides learning English, I also learnt these idioms by been in this country ( the U. S. A ) for many years. (I'm not American) By the way, dear Aussie, Americans called the urologist the "Ass-man". An urologist is the one that put his fingers inside a guy's rectum to check the prostate.


What is the slang for the psychiatrist Doctor in Australia? Like in many countries certain slangs varies from country to country.For example: Fanny is a common girl's name but in England is a woman private parts.

It's more easier to learn American slang for an AngloSaxon like you than a person from another country whose main language is not English like me. Sounds weird but you can get lost in translation in your own language.

Good day, mate like you Aussies said.

never heard of the expression "nut doctor", there's Nut Hut, though. Would thought shrink was the go-to word for a psychiatrist, the more you know I guess. :lol:
but damn that post was condescending, and that comes from me.