hawkeyebob62
Well-Known Member
This covers it...
Sounds like you hang around some pretty stupid people.Most definitely. Potatoes? Where is that? Oh I've never been to the south.
What a racist bastard.So I'm in a bar getting drunk and talking to this guy with very different ideas than my own. I say to him, "You realize everyone is racist."
He answers, "Not me. I judge people on the content of their character."
I reply, "I wish more people were like you. By the way, let me ask you a question. If an alien race landed on earth and gave humankind a choice between exterminating all humans or all rats, which would you vote for?"
My fellow barfly retorts, "That's a no-brainer. Humans of course."
Me: "Hominina over rodentia? Classic racist reply. Your race over another's."
He nailed it.
That is a wonderful article. Kinda makes me happy we didn't get X with his sensitive dad.
Wife was watching the morning news, and there were comments on racism. She asked which of the two persons was being racist. I tried to formulate an intelligent response, but I just gave up. No matter what you say, it is an unwinnable argument.
About 20-25 years ago (best estimate) the phrase "What do you think about <topic> " was gradually and strategically replaced with the phrase "How do you feel about <topic> ". That explains much of where we are today with respect to many things.