Pope Francis Visit
September 25th, 2015 at 5:37:25 PM permalink | |
Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 |
I'm not trying to argue, just keeping it real. Masons, Catholicism, public bathrooms, barbershops, Curve Fitness, No Ma'am, all discriminatory and bigoted. I guess my point is, "Who gives a s#$%"? You're a bigot, I'm a bigot, FrG, Nareed, EB, all bigots. We should unite under one flag. Wonder what it would look like... Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |
September 25th, 2015 at 5:49:49 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
Not saying you are, just moving the discussion.
One man's lobbyist is another man's special interest. One man's group is another man's bunch of bigots. People will naturally gravitate towards people of like interest. I have had several times where I was hired as a group of 15-20 or more and it is always amazing how people gravitate towards others with similarities. In AZ people from north and east of Chicago formed one clique and those from the pacific northwest another. At a bank all the MAWGs clung together (with a MA female or two) while "the kids" were another and black females still another. My last abstracting project somehow the people I hung with on day 1 were among the last survivors on the project. Nothing to worry about IMHO, just natural. The President is a fink. |
September 25th, 2015 at 5:51:30 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
This drinking fountain is for whites only. If you don't care for this, you don't have to be here. Those are the rules. Bigotry is bigotry no matter how you like to frame it. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
September 25th, 2015 at 6:02:55 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
The drinking fountain is in a place of public accommodation and something that is for a single use, a church is not. A religion (a/k/a "the" church) is a way of life and puts out certain requirements. Sorry, you are going to have to try way harder than that. The President is a fink. |
September 25th, 2015 at 6:07:38 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
So public bigotry it wrong, but private bigotry should be celebrated? Bigotry is bigotry no matter what the circumstances. By it's design it's meant to hurt people and discriminate against them. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
September 25th, 2015 at 6:12:10 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
There is no private bigotry shown to be going on. I have said it to those on the left here and elsewhere, when your main argument is "racist" or "bigot" then you are showing you have nothing to say. Time to find a new line of argument. The President is a fink. |
September 25th, 2015 at 7:04:48 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Calling a chicken a rose doesn't change the fact that it's a chicken. Excluding people from your organization because you don't like they're race or weight or heritage or sexual orientation or age is bigotry. There is no way around it. Just because the law lets you get away with some of it doesn't change the fact. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
September 25th, 2015 at 7:26:22 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
Nobody is being excluded based on anything. If they want to be a part they can follow the set rules. If they do not they can go about their way. You do not have a right to make a group change their beliefs just because you want to be a part of it. It is called "freedom of association." The President is a fink. |
September 25th, 2015 at 7:32:27 PM permalink | |
Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | It is a problem when they try to impose their views on others. I don't share Bob's hatred of the Catholic Church, but they certainly have a history of doing that. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
September 25th, 2015 at 7:34:07 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
No more than any other number of groups. The President is a fink. |