TM wrote:
Oodain wrote:
TM wrote:
wokndead wrote:
TM wrote:
AspieOtaku wrote:
No need to become racist over a bad experience or a couple, not all are bad. Besides there are racists in all groups not only white here is a prime example I can show more but you get my point. I frown upon racism because its a display of hatred and ignorance that views other people as subhuman. I wish the whole world would open up and learn we are all the same species the only differences is the color of melanin in skin due to slight mutations and adaptations to different geographical climate. No ethic group is superior over the other. When you let hatred consume you, you become no better.
What if the hatred stems from a rational evaluation of the culture of an ethnic group within a certain geographic area?
Hatred, itself, is irrational. Accepting differences is key.
Acceptance is BS, tolerance can be used in some cases, but tolerating intolerable behavior is called being a coward.
agreed there exists unacceptable behavior, hatred is a part of that.
I'm one of those people who happens to think that hatred, anger, rage, fear and a lot of the other negative emotions are the most fantastic emotions we have because they can be channeled towards accomplishment.
so can positive emotions,
that said i agree there are no "bad" emotions, only bad ways to deal with them.
denouncing an entire group of humans based on what in most cases is nothing but information filtering and presumption is arguably not a very productive or accomplished way of dealing with that.
you can claim its based on rational observation but only very few people stand in a situation where there observations are directly indicative of reality, that requires first hand experience or ridicoulously detailed surveys with ridicoulous amounts of people, i cant think of a single survey done to a standard where i trust its conclusion implicitly, i only take a few serious and usually they are the ones where they provide multiple explanations and the argumentation and data behind them, showing clearly that even they have serious doubts about what conclusions can be made.
why not find a way of constructively using those emotions, such as the youth groups i have seen where i live, they add plenty to the cities value and the initiative has shown promise in many danish cities,
they host free live music events every friday with local musicians, they arrange real concerts, built two entire skateparks, one of which was a part of a larger city project and give young people a reason to intermingle and coexist, there doesnt exist a part of this city i dont feel comfortable walking in at night alone.
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