Vass wrote:
GWhite wrote:
Boss Out of Town wrote:
Nice facial work.
So, his two old . . . friends . . . think Ian's nuts?
No, they don't want to break the bad news to Ian...
Ian's horoscope for today...
Suddenly you are in the limelight. You didn't want this to happen but being the person you are, you enjoy the experience. Expect dead relatives in your future.
Where did you get your avatar from Vass?
Thanks.
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Hey, sterotypes are valuable characterisations of tendencies. All humans generalise, we only have so much information per person and we see the world through that information. Sterotypes are often condensed condensations of a mass of different individuals forming their particular opinions of another group. They can be benign as well as harmful.
And I'm totally simplifying here because I lack your knowledge.
Okay, nevermind, Boss out of Town already said it sooner and better. And Mestro... dangit.Oh well, 't least I managed to add the 'looking-glass' allegory of life experience and genetics and soul/personality. mhmmm... reminds me of excellent and faulty roleplaying, is knowledge a perequisite for good roleplaying or is it a mix, perhaps empathy is the primary concern?
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I've never heard B try to explain why this could be a cost-effective and constitutionally sound process. Instead, B usually defends the cops' use of the stereotype. That is, they get angry at you for disageeing with the belief that most criminals are black and that cops are therefore justified in treating any black as a high-probability risk of criminal activity. Said action starts with simple harassment--for some college professors, ministers, and businessmen who commute along the turnpike, stops for suspicious action occur several times a month.
!!! Egads.
Y'know, I do the 'good B' thing quite often and I don't know if it's the lack of intelligence among most A people I communicate with, my ADHD and Aspies or if they've become cynical from dealing with the usual B, but I do that a lot and I get slammed a LOT for being 'condemning, etc. etc'. In other words instead of recognizing my attempt to deconstruct they've already put me/stereotyped me into how they normally perceive B.
*sigh* It happened over at the Sinfest forum right after I registered as 'Toteone' yesterday. I was trying to explain how orgies lead to worse health, as well as moral, societal and religious implications and then they (possibly aided by the fact that I got a bit non sequitor) accused me of saying God was punishing the homosexuals with AIDS. ??? (I never even got on it, I just used homosexuals as an example of orgies and non-monogamic relationships leading to worse health (on a general level) when they questioned me on the health issue). I thought it was so obvious to begin with that I was describing groups at large and not individuals that I didn't specify, I tried to tell them what I'd been trying to do later but they just replied that this was right for this person and the other thing was right for this person. It seemed to me like they'd been programmed not to accept sterotypes as valid generalizations of groups and instead focused exclusively on individuals.
Pluss they were very mean about it, I was very civilized though! (I got down to calling Orgies wrong towards the end without adding a personal disclaimer but I was quite upset by then. I modified my statement llater today.)
People are just people, I'm trying to attain some sort of low profile. It's more giving to me to just listen, but then I feel like I'm not pulling my religious-civic duties.
Hummm, thanks for 'letting' me rant. :)
Ooooh, I know what you MIGHT be thinking... that I didn't add disclaimers that I might be wrong 'n stuff in case I was, well I did and I got slammed for them. This guy and maybe others later said I was dishonest. Well, it's not true. Anyway 90% of people are usually honest according to an experiment in 'Freakonomics.'
This is why I prefer ideologies and people who use sterotypes to people who deny sterotypes in a stereotypical fashion, not that I'm overly fond of either.
So yeah, I get beaten up on the net for hauling the truth.
Anyho, Roe v. Wade saved America from urbanized crime. Read Freakonomics?
But of course, black people are statistically just as honest as white people, given the same circumstances (including being a minority or not, religion and other stuff, basically just the pigments, of course).
? mmhmmmmmm
People are crazy. :) :(