Talking in a non-dickish way about the AC Transit fight

aren't most youtube commenters 15 year-olds looking to get a rise out of people on the internet? admittedly yeah there are still loads of racist shits out there but it strikes me that youtube is a format that panders towards anonymous show-off idiocy

integrated schools, positive images of people of color in the media, strong social welfare programs

― max, Thursday, February 25, 2010 9:41 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

also a time machine to use to prevent slavery

also a time machine to use to prevent slavery

I can't tell if your other comment is just making fun of classic liberal strategies for this but I mean...the way people are saluting this fuckin beardo dude on the street does make me think "we are fucked" which I guess I already know but sometimes I just can't stand it

is the answer just "lots and lots of people are assholes and that's always going to be true

to an extent, yeah- i think desensitising yrself (and others if possible) to the behaviour of assholes is a big step.

someone tell the democrats this, btw, it would ba a BIG help towards channeling their energies in the right way

See, I don't know if that is the answer. Because desensitizing yourself to assholes means not standing up to them and letting them run rampant with their negative bullshit opinions, which can be pretty dangerous too.

virus with shoes etc. etc.

yeah jon, but it also means not paying attention or letting it change your behaviour, which is more positive and more productive in the long run.

I think I see what you mean, and I do agree. I think I was coming more from a place of being around people who don't even bother to respond to someone that spouts racist bullshit. I don't think shutting up and ignoring them is always the best approach.

I can't tell if your other comment is just making fun of classic liberal strategies for this but I mean...the way people are saluting this fuckin beardo dude on the street does make me think "we are fucked" which I guess I already know but sometimes I just can't stand it

― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Thursday, February 25, 2010 9:50 AM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

no i was being 100% serious. i think those three things should be the cornerstone of any attempt to deal with racism in this country.

not shutting up and ignoring them in a passive way, just not concentrating on them full stop. there's times and places to challenge people like that (as individuals and groups) but not constantly, because that's when 'asshole as a spoiler tactic' becomes a success.

Oh exactly, I was referring to people who just kind of shut down and ALWAYS prefer to ignore it and let it go. There are appropriate times where racists assholes should and need to be challenged. But you are correct, there are times where that does more harm than good.

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"Be an American hero just like the EPIC BEARD MAN!"

*vomits in mouth a little*

i do like how the racist asshole army has chosen powder blue though

prussian blue