Over 9000 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) That's right: BLM means black lives matter as much as everybody elses. Well that's an opinion. Some would say "Black lives" or Blacks are an enormous existential problem. But I guess we're all entitled to our opinions. Edit. Oops, posted without seeing notice above. Feel free to delete. Edited November 10, 2016 by Over 9000 -5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Well that's an opinion. Some would say "Black lives" or Blacks are an enormous existential problem. But I guess we're all entitled to our opinions. Edit. Oops, posted without seeing notice above. Feel free to delete. You are a racist bigot and that's all there is to it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 9000 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 You are a racist bigot and that's all there is to it. Yes, I can well believe that your political and intellectual analyses extend as far as name-calling. -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapatos Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Looks like the emboldened Trump trolls are are already trying to let us know they don't have to hide their racism any longer. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Yes, I can well believe that your political and intellectual analyses extend as far as name-calling. Why is it an existential problem? What's it like to be black under your white skin because that's what we whites are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zapatos Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Yes, I can well believe that your political and intellectual analyses extend as far as name-calling."Name calling" implies an insult. It is not name calling if it is simply an accurate description. It is not 'name calling' if I call you 'short' as long as you are short, and it is not name calling if I call you a racist bigot, if you are indeed one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 9000 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) "Name calling" implies an insult. It is not name calling if it is simply an accurate description. It is not 'name calling' if I call you 'short' as long as you are short, and it is not name calling if I call you a racist bigot, if you are indeed one. No, name calling is exactly what it is called. The names can be true. The point is that calling somebody a name, or putting a label on somebody, does not refute what they are saying. Perhaps I'm a "racist" by some definition. I mean I've heard anyone mention race get called a racist. So what? Am I incorrect? I'm certainly not a bigot (somebody who fails to update their views in the light or contradictory information) and this is the most laughably hypocritical accusation from the sloganeering reality detached left. Looks like the emboldened Trump trolls are are already trying to let us know they don't have to hide their racism any longer. I'm really not trolling. I genuinely see African popuation expansion and migration as a very serious problem. Sorry if that seems like an absolutely crazy thought to you. Edited November 10, 2016 by Over 9000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapatos Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 So by your use of the term, you were 'name calling' when you called people 'black'. Therefore I would like to respond to your 'existential' post by saying: Yes, I can well believe that your political and intellectual analyses extend as far as name-calling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 9000 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) So by your use of the term, you were 'name calling' when you called people 'black'. Therefore I would like to respond to your 'existential' post by saying: Yes, I can well believe that your political and intellectual analyses extend as far as name-calling. No, because I used a term to make a point. Using words isn't name calling. Using nothing other than a word is name calling. Calling me a "racist", because my opinion makes me a "racist" according to whatever definition is in his mind. Should I then change my opinion because somebody decided to label it? Some expansion is needed. But I get how calling somebody "racist" works. It's a social signal based on the political zeitgeist. Much like calling somebody a "heretic" was in different times. It's not really a point of logic. Edited November 10, 2016 by Over 9000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapatos Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 I'm really not trolling. I genuinely see African popuation expansion and migration as a very serious problem. Sorry if that seems like an absolutely crazy thought to you. But you didn't say "African population expansion", did you? You said "Some would say "Black lives" or Blacks are an enormous existential problem." If you are not trolling, you are certainly doing a wonderful imitation of it. No, because I used a term to make a point. As did StringJunky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 9000 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) But you didn't say "African population expansion", did you? You said "Some would say "Black lives" or Blacks are an enormous existential problem." Yes. "Blacks are an enormous existential problem." Isn't name calling. I can expand that to "Blacks are an enormous existential problem because of the African population expansion". Both are debatable statements. As did StringJunky. Explain how calling me a "racist" refutes my thesis, and is something other than a label he applied to his opponent by his own undeclared defintion. If you are not trolling, you are certainly doing a wonderful imitation of it. You seriously think nobody on Earth thinks replacing Europeans with Africans might not be a dramatic improvement? That anybody who could entertain such a bizarre idea must be "trolling"? Edited November 10, 2016 by Over 9000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MigL Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 This seems to be off-topic as this thread is about the American President Elect. If the Mods deem this discussion should continue, it should be split off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdEarl Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Over 9000 and sock puppet have been banned. It seems the off-topic discussion has ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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