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DAMN ALL OF GEORGIA IS RACIST
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Am I overreacting to insensitive remarks?
- Thread starter Speevy
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It's no different mate. You are generalising about someone based on where they are from. I'm struggling to comprehend which part of this you don't understand.
univariate
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Yeah, that's not cool at all. Poor kid.
Hold up. The majority of muslims in America aren't gun wielding terrorists. The majority of Georgia voted for Donald Trump. Your move.
Gordon Shumway
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NOPE. You decided that I labeled everyone in Georgia a racist. Considering how much time I've spent there and white friends and white family I have there, that's not a thing I'd claim, you'll have to try again. When a thing happens often, and racism does happen often her in the south, I say ______ as fuck. You'll see it in plenty of post. Done it forever..doing it till I die.
And he's a racist..not "guy" or "douchebag"
A racist.
Checkmate. You win.
bitbydeath
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Frozenprince
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If you're not in the next Florida man thread hollering about that
Gordon Shumway
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You said that you are not surprised that it happened in Georgia which is implying that you believe Georgian's are racist. Yes?
I'm not sticking up for the guy. He's a dickhead and yes, a racist, but generalisations about large groups of people are not cool regardless.
echoshifting
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I cannot get past the use of "state-ist" I just. fucking. can't.
Frozenprince
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Healthy dose of side eye does the world good.
#NotAllFloridaMen
NoblesseOblige
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Nope. Skin color and location are exactly 100% the same thing. If only more people cared about statism.
It wasn't based on his skin colour, it was based on his name.
Apparently they were getting along swimmingly until he told him his name was Mohammed. Trivial as fuck, I know.
Gordon Shumway
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Yeah. Ain't surprised by gators near my crib, hurricanes in the south, racist with giant confederate flags on their trucks giving me looks, or how once I cross from South Carolina to Georgia, folks get less pleasant towards me. Georgia as fuck. Just a speed bump to that shittier place, Florida. And? You gonna tell me my experiences?
Did I say the word everyone or you just gonna keep on with your game? You're gonna tell ME what I meant? How's this..you're as racist as the shitbird at the waffle house, because I say so. That work for you? No?
Because it's imbecilic..
NoblesseOblige
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Racism is based on race bro.
J
Jpop
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I mean I can legitametly see why people would get offended by beingn lumped in with the majority of the Georgia population.
I mean I would, I don't think he meant to make lite of the racism that exists in the state/country.
I'm open to give the benefit of the doubt though.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
So in a thread where we have a white guy acting racist towards a Muslim, your responses are instead about how we shouldn't be generalizing white guys.
Well, you are not wrong, but clearly you don't really care, if you even care at all, about the real topic at hand so I am just wondering then what are you even doing here in this thread?
Platinumstorm
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Look, it was crass, but the older gentleman just met an individual named Mohammad, and then patted him on the back. That is a positive experience for the older gentleman because he had exposure to someone named Mohammad, who may or may not also be Muslim.
In the winter, people in the northern plains joke around about lutefisk for Norwegian ancestry. Is that racist? If it's racist, is it less racist because of the context? Is it less racist because people generally don't identify with any seriousness to their Scandanavian ancestry?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwyuwpXUjQQ
Should I be up in arms about this mischaracterization? Lutefisk plays as insignificant a role in my life as "machine guns" likely play a role in that waiter's life. Was Santa sexist? Are you appalled or did you laugh, or maybe you just thought it was stupid?
Pick and choose battles.
I do think you're overreacting because it's Mohammad's decision to be offended or not.
In the winter, people in the northern plains joke around about lutefisk for Norwegian ancestry. Is that racist? If it's racist, is it less racist because of the context? Is it less racist because people generally don't identify with any seriousness to their Scandanavian ancestry?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwyuwpXUjQQ
Should I be up in arms about this mischaracterization? Lutefisk plays as insignificant a role in my life as "machine guns" likely play a role in that waiter's life. Was Santa sexist? Are you appalled or did you laugh, or maybe you just thought it was stupid?
Pick and choose battles.
I do think you're overreacting because it's Mohammad's decision to be offended or not.
And I'm not defending him.
Define racism. Generalising about a group of people based on where they are from? Something along those lines right? What's the difference? It's still bullshit to call out a group of people based on where they are from, be it racism or not.
Gordon Shumway
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Exposing the REAL filth..the state ist..he doesn't agree with the guy, but..
And he'll go on and on and on..
excelsiorlef
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This is a joke right?
Like I am usually good with sarcasm detection but this is oddly specific...
That's not true. What he said is not defendable and is ignorance due to lack of education or intelligence. The guys a buffoon and I feel sorry for the waiter. I've been in a similar position.
Gordon Shumway
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lol..You forgot to click, didn't you? 😏
And the guy is ANY WORD except racist..remember that.
Frozenprince
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God damn man you ain't gotta do him like THAT. lolYeah. Ain't surprised by gators near my crib, hurricanes in the south, racist with giant confederate flags on their trucks giving me looks, or how once I cross from South Carolina to Georgia, folks get less pleasant towards me. Georgia as fuck. Just a speed bump to that shittier place, Florida. And? You gonna tell me my experiences?
Did I say the word everyone or you just gonna keep on with your game? You're gonna tell ME what I meant? How's this..you're as racist as the shitbird at the waffle house, because I say so. That work for you? No?
Because it's imbecilic..
NoblesseOblige
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You dense, or playing the fool? Race/ethnicity/skin color/etc. are characteristics outside an individual's control and we as a species have a deep history of prejudice, committing violence and injustice against one another because of them. There ain't no State-Supremacist groups killing or enslaving people because they're from the state of Georgia. Trying to draw a similarity between these things is absolutely absurd.
Do you believe many people from Georgia are racist? Or more blatantly so?
The sad truth is that many are. Understanding that is different than presuming someone is racist based off of their location: that would be prejudiced, yes. But no one said that man was racist *because* he was from Georgia... his comments painted him in that light.
I've never been to Georgia. I'm not defending what the racist said.
My point is that generalising is fucked up. No more, no less.
No, it's not as bad as racism but in my opinion it is the same shit.
If you were a person from Georgia (and the general consensus in this thread seems to be that you all think Georgia is full of racists) and you met with someone who had a pre-conceived notion about you based on where you were from, don;t you think that is fucked up?
It would be like me generalising that all Americans are racist rednecks because Trump got voted in. I know there are a lot of Americans out there trying to defend themselves against this opinion. Where does the generalisation start/stop?
My point is that generalising is fucked up. No more, no less.
No, it's not as bad as racism but in my opinion it is the same shit.
If you were a person from Georgia (and the general consensus in this thread seems to be that you all think Georgia is full of racists) and you met with someone who had a pre-conceived notion about you based on where you were from, don;t you think that is fucked up?
It would be like me generalising that all Americans are racist rednecks because Trump got voted in. I know there are a lot of Americans out there trying to defend themselves against this opinion. Where does the generalisation start/stop?
I never said he was racist.
Frozenprince
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Bruh
Resorting to name calling shows your level of intelligence.
Great response
Platinumstorm
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I do not post this in sarcasm, but I do post it in the light of deciding what battles are worth fighting or not. I would even additionally ask, if the man was racist, did he also take an action to discriminate? Is the difference between the two important? Was the old man thinking racist even if what he said was a cultural faux pas?
I chose lutefisk as a really outrageous example to make things really blurry; where you have to put things into context both identifying someone in the US as being white and with a Scandinavian heritage, which is not something people generally associate with except in self-mocking tones in the US, and something culturally specific and trivial, like lutefisk.
The point is how politically correct do you get before the entire argument is stupid? It's both satire and reflective at the same time.
Gordon Shumway
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Just let him talk to himself..
excelsiorlef
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I'm comfortable saying calling your waiter a terrorist even as a joke is far beyond the line of acceptable public behaviour
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
And now, instead of us talking about the real issue in here, in which how Muslims are being treated in a racist, condescending way, we are now talking about "issues of the White Guy" and this topic is now about you in a ring with other people having a boxing match complete with name calling.
Wonderful.
Frozenprince
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Every thread. Even with this, Brown folks always come out to nothing.
Gordon Shumway
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Why so PC tho?
Just showing concern for his fellow
I was gonna work in sommit about bulldogs and brown thrashers, but it woulda been too much of a reach.
I lived in GA for a good bit, that places sucked and was full of racist shitheels.
Savannah was kinda interesting, though. Had spoopy ghost tours.
I'm from Texas, and similar to Georgia, it's full of racists. It's how it is. It's not the same shit at all for people to recognize this. I can tell you the racism I witnessed in Texas far outpaces anyone assuming Texans are racist. The comparison is inappropriate.
You clearly aren't defending the guy, but by changing the conversation and equating racism with what I just outlined makes people question the sincerity of what your saying. You have a valid point in there somehwere but what you're saying seems to be in a quest to provoke. And they way you've gone about expressing your point has essentially derailed the conversation, which happens so often, it's like clockwork. This is a consistent pattern with these conversations regarding racism, which is disheartening. It's a form of deflection, intentional or not.
Mr. Blonde
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Mate, I'm not white. I grew up as a second gen immigrant in a predominantly anglo-saxon country where "jovial" racism was deemed acceptable behaviour up until recently. I was called wogboy through my teenager years by my mates which they thought was endearing. I know all about these problems and they are fucked up.
Everyone else just thinks its fine to condone prejudice in a thread where they are berating someone for being prejudice and I just pointed out the contradiction.
Gordon Shumway
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Wife has always wanted to visit there. And yeah, Georgia got some..fun folks out there Either way, ain't concerned with the concern troll. I know what I meant, and it's clear my words had more effect on the dude than the racist he can't call racist..for whatever reason.
I just feel bad for the self hating Georgians in here..what would their patents think?
🤔
Platinumstorm
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I'm not trying to defend anyone, but I think it's a valid concern to draw the line between saying something that sounds racist, but isn't necessarily racist, and something that is racist, and something that is discriminatory. What level of context does it take for it to matter? Who draws that line where it starts to matter? Why is South Park so popular, and why do we laugh at it? The OP was offended for Mohammad, but was Mohammad offended?
Do we get upset at the comments that are made all over neogaf about the rural US, or is it just ok to hate on the rural US right now and insult them up and down the line?
I'm not sure if I'm "the guy that's ANY WORD except racist," but I'm not sure what you know about me. Maybe you know more about me than I know about myself.
Read my posts. I've called him out for being a racist on more than one occasion. How many times do you need me to say it before it penetrates your brain?
Gordon Shumway
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Wasn't referring to you..still disagree completely tho.
*edti*Scrap that
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