Humans are inherently afraid of things that are different or that they don't understand. Educated and civilized people learn to overcome this irrational fear. For everyone else we have the Republican party.
Just curious.. what do YOU think that means?Ever hear of gentrification?
Just curious.. what do YOU think that means?
From personal experience it means move the minorities out and the rich yuppie white people in, toss up lofts, some expensive small grocery stores and charge for parking.
Dude, you have the food equivalent of "Two girls one cup"!Don't move to Sweden either. Here we eat blood pudding and surströmming.
If you want to see Americans eat surströmming, then watch this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-wQhSuf6mM
You would not consider Tennessee the Midwest because you are not an idiot.I would not consider Tennessee the Midwest. Certainly Chicago, Minneapolis-St Paul (where I live), Milwaukee, Madison and Ann Arbor, among many other midwestern communities, are neither closed-minded nor lacking in culture. I certainly wouldn't place Clearwater above any of them in either category.
That went completely over my head as well. At least if I can't be trendy and hip I can be in good company.Fine, whatever.
though, Geo was more of the Goebells type in his proclamations and information distortion. I submit that he simply chose the wrong Nazi archetype as his hero.
Well said. There are places in this country where one risks death for having the wrong skin color. It is to our credit that we finally got government out of that business though.Human beings aren't "inherently afraid" of things for "irrational" reasons. They're afraid of them due to natural selection and upbringing based on millions of years of evolution & experience. There are perfectly valid reasons why people are afraid of the dark, heights, spiders and brightly colored snakes.
There are plenty of places where you can go on this planet right now today where you'd be killed because of the color of your skin (no matter what color you are.) To say that our inherent tribalism is irrational even today is ridiculous.
You miss Gallup's point, which is to say the GOP is racist.Nationwide surveys do not tell the whole story. Democrats can and still do win states that have overwhelmingly white populations such as many parts of the Midwest i.e. Iowa and the Northeast such as Maine, New Hampshire, etc. This is a shift in recent years as the Northeast realigns to the Democrats and the Republicans win increasing margins of support among Southern whites. So if Republicans wins 90% of whites in Alabama or Mississippi or 70% in Texas who cares electorally if they are losing Iowa or New Hampshire.
I think it's interesting that Gallup did a nationwide survey but the battles are fought in the key swing states and Democrats still can appeal to enough whites to swing elections.
Just what are these "special privileges" for white people the GOP hands out? The way you think mystifies me.
It's the continuance of white privilege for white heterosexual men. The GOP uses identity politics and many white heterosexual men fall for it because they demand special privilege. The Democrats can't do that because their coalition is far more diverse and representative of America - it includes white men and everyone else.
Telling people not to be self-interested is ludicrous on it's face. Everyone that's in American today (except native americans) is here because they were tired of being under-privileged and wanted to be the privileged. Life is a constant struggle for superiority, and while it's true that white men have enjoyed a pretty good run of being on top, that's certainly not the case the world over, and to think that any other group is going to stop grasping for more privilege themselves when things seem about even is naive. Just look at what feminism has turned into today.
no it is malicious of them and they should suffer all the effects from thier opinions and actions
also the pen is of the same power as the sword
do you really need someone to tell you of that fact
so no knowledge of snowden
How ridiculous. The very fact that you're writing on this message board means that you live a privileged life built on the backs of ~70% of the world's population. Why don't you move to Malaysia and make sneakers for 15 cents an hour that sell for $100? Because you'd rather be the one wearing the sneakers?
Telling people not to be self-interested is ludicrous on it's face. Everyone that's in American today (except native americans) is here because they were tired of being under-privileged and wanted to be the privileged. Life is a constant struggle for superiority, and while it's true that white men have enjoyed a pretty good run of being on top, that's certainly not the case the world over, and to think that any other group is going to stop grasping for more privilege themselves when things seem about even is naive. Just look at what feminism has turned into today.
Maybe, but in the US there is only one political party that gives in to the self-interests of one specific group and that is the GOP and the white heterosexual men who demand the GOP attempt to maintain their special privileges.
It is identity politics at its worst and white heterosexual men have fallen for it for years and now that they are not enough to win the national election anymore and their special privileges are in danger of being lost, we are seeing a lot of them de-assimilate from our society. This is not good and the GOP needs to stop being the party of identity politics and white heterosexual men need to stop demanding identity politics.
Just what are these "special privileges" for white people the GOP hands out? The way you think mystifies me.
Again...exactly what are these "special privileges" for white people the GOP hands out?It's the continuance of white privilege for white heterosexual men. The GOP uses identity politics and many white heterosexual men fall for it because they demand special privilege. The Democrats can't do that because their coalition is far more diverse and representative of America - it includes white men and everyone else.
Human beings aren't "inherently afraid" of things for "irrational" reasons. They're afraid of them due to natural selection and upbringing based on millions of years of evolution & experience. There are perfectly valid reasons why people are afraid of the dark, heights, spiders and brightly colored snakes.
There are plenty of places where you can go on this planet right now today where you'd be killed because of the color of your skin (no matter what color you are.) To say that our inherent tribalism is irrational even today is ridiculous.
AViking, Nebor is well recorded as being one of those who advocates extreme violence against any of those whom he, through bigotry, finds to be in opposition.Today we can co-exist just fine. It's about upbringing. If you were raised to be a bigot then odds are you will fear people that are different than you. If you were raised to be tolerant then odds are you'll be open minded and not afraid of everything.
Nebor, just as Geosurface, you desire to make the USA and elsewhere among the most violent and genocidal of tribalistic nations:There are plenty of places where you can go on this planet right now today where you'd be killed because of the color of your skin (no matter what color you are.) To say that our inherent tribalism is irrational even today is ridiculous.
But like I said, those of us with more than an academic knowledge of you and your kind wouldn't mind if you filmed us while we put your entire extended family in one mass grave, because we know eventually it'll be you or us. We either fight now, alongside Israel, or wait until you convince enough idiots to let you gain the upper hand.
The violence and extremism of some of the resident violent loons here is quite obvious.It wasn't a personal threat, it was a broad, general warning to everyone like you: It's just a matter of time until the West wakes up to the subversiveness of your words and actions intended to destroy our society with it's own virtues. When that time comes, it'll be bad news for people like you living among us, advocating for terrorists.
But, but! 9/11! nearly 13 years later the actions of a very few give radical defence for returning genocide....It is not honest to be mismatching speaking of differences between groups of people - and commentary towards the "War on Terror". After September 11th many Americans feel VERY strongly on the subject.
Human beings aren't "inherently afraid" of things for "irrational" reasons. They're afraid of them due to natural selection and upbringing based on millions of years of evolution & experience. There are perfectly valid reasons why people are afraid of the dark, heights, spiders and brightly colored snakes.
AViking, Nebor is well recorded as being one of those who advocates extreme violence against any of those whom he, through bigotry, finds to be in opposition.
Nebor, just as Geosurface, you desire to make the USA and elsewhere among the most violent and genocidal of tribalistic nations:
The violence and extremism of some of the resident violent loons here is quite obvious.
Political opposition or condemned association with hated groups? Threats of violence and mass killings are the answer for the likes of Nebor and Geosurface. They and some others here are even more violent and extreme than any Muslims terrorists groups who are chastised.
Again...exactly what are these "special privileges" for white people the GOP hands out?
There are plenty of aspects of our nature that serve a limited application in modern society at best. Loss aversion is frequently irrational, overeating and preference for calorie dense foods is often irrational in our current circumstances, etc, yet all of these behaviors have their roots in millions of years of evolution and experience.
So yes, humans are inherently afraid of plenty of things for irrational reasons.
How is tribalism a winning strategy in a diverse urban environment?
Loss aversion is a fairly sophisticated concept to attribute to our inherent nature, IMO.
I think you're missing my point, in that those behaviors came about for a reason. They are not irrational at their root, and most aren't irrational today. Even the calorically dense food tendency you cite is still a superior strategy in the vast majority of the world, just as tribalism and fear of colorful snakes are winning strategies.