Anonymous
05/13/2013 19:22
Subject: Things you secretly oppose, but don't want other people to know:
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Only white people have the luxury of saying race is "fluid". Clueless dolts.
I'm not white, but yes, race is fluid. Different communities will classify you differently, depending on where they perceive you to fit, compared to them - lighter, darker, more similar, more different, etc. Only bigots think "race" has any kind of natural root, rather than social flux.
Complexion is fluid, race is not. What is your race? Fluidly speaking of course.
My parents came from different continents, so I'm pretty mixed - but with an ethnic name, ambiguous looks, people classify me differently depending on context. "Race" is irrelevant, except in a strictly social context. There's no biological basis, but as we move in different social circles, the labels can switch in an instant - because "race" means nothing, unless you find a away to compare it to something else.
Sounds like you're confusing ethnicity with race.
Anonymous
05/13/2013 18:59
Subject: Things you secretly oppose, but don't want other people to know:
I oppose donuts without filling. So disappointing.
Anonymous
05/13/2013 18:32
Subject: Things you secretly oppose, but don't want other people to know:
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Only white people have the luxury of saying race is "fluid". Clueless dolts.
I'm not white, but yes, race is fluid. Different communities will classify you differently, depending on where they perceive you to fit, compared to them - lighter, darker, more similar, more different, etc. Only bigots think "race" has any kind of natural root, rather than social flux.
Complexion is fluid, race is not. What is your race? Fluidly speaking of course.
My parents came from different continents, so I'm pretty mixed - but with an ethnic name, ambiguous looks, people classify me differently depending on context. "Race" is irrelevant, except in a strictly social context. There's no biological basis, but as we move in different social circles, the labels can switch in an instant - because "race" means nothing, unless you find a away to compare it to something else.
Anonymous
05/13/2013 18:29
Subject: Things you secretly oppose, but don't want other people to know:
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Only white people have the luxury of saying race is "fluid". Clueless dolts.
I'm not white, but yes, race is fluid. Different communities will classify you differently, depending on where they perceive you to fit, compared to them - lighter, darker, more similar, more different, etc. Only bigots think "race" has any kind of natural root, rather than social flux.
Complexion is fluid, race is not. What is your race? Fluidly speaking of course.
Anonymous
05/13/2013 18:25
Subject: Things you secretly oppose, but don't want other people to know:
Anonymous wrote:Only white people have the luxury of saying race is "fluid". Clueless dolts.
I'm not white, but yes, race is fluid. Different communities will classify you differently, depending on where they perceive you to fit, compared to them - lighter, darker, more similar, more different, etc. Only bigots think "race" has any kind of natural root, rather than social flux.
Anonymous
05/13/2013 18:20
Subject: Things you secretly oppose, but don't want other people to know:
Only white people have the luxury of saying race is "fluid". Clueless dolts.
Anonymous
05/13/2013 16:47
Subject: Things you secretly oppose, but don't want other people to know:
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wish those against "interracial marriage" would clarify. Maybe it's because I'm mixed and the product of an "interracial marriage," but what the hell do they mean?
Like what about people with different colored eyes? Blondes and brunettes? What's the arbitrary line based on looks that you disapprove of?
OP. Define race please.
Is it the one drop theory (of anything)? Is it cultural? I am fairly confident that in the next hundred years few of us will be able to mark only one box. I am in an interracial marriage to some, but my husband always marks Hispanic and White. Two of my kids look Latin, the other one looks completely like me (Anglo). Race is a cultural construct and you can no longer tell just by looking at most people what race or national origin or color skin their parents have...............
Not being able to tell someone's race does not mean they don't "have" a race. Your premise is faulty (and from a point of privilege).
"Race" isn't something that people "have" - it's fluid, and for some people, doesn't exist at all. Someone's "race" isn't something that you get to decide or assume is even a thing for others. It's an incredibly arbitrary and fluid thing to focus on in 2013.
Anonymous
05/13/2013 16:43
Subject: Things you secretly oppose, but don't want other people to know:
PP's point is that many people today are mixed race in and of themselves. So in your world of racial purity, are they only allowed to intermarry with others who share their specific pedigree?
Anonymous
05/13/2013 16:41
Subject: Things you secretly oppose, but don't want other people to know:
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wish those against "interracial marriage" would clarify. Maybe it's because I'm mixed and the product of an "interracial marriage," but what the hell do they mean?
Like what about people with different colored eyes? Blondes and brunettes? What's the arbitrary line based on looks that you disapprove of?
OP. Define race please.
Is it the one drop theory (of anything)? Is it cultural? I am fairly confident that in the next hundred years few of us will be able to mark only one box. I am in an interracial marriage to some, but my husband always marks Hispanic and White. Two of my kids look Latin, the other one looks completely like me (Anglo). Race is a cultural construct and you can no longer tell just by looking at most people what race or national origin or color skin their parents have...............
Not being able to tell someone's race does not mean they don't "have" a race. Your premise is faulty (and from a point of privilege).
Anonymous
05/13/2013 15:03
Subject: Re:Things you secretly oppose, but don't want other people to know:
Hispanic isn't a race. Do you mean mestizo?
Anonymous
05/13/2013 14:16
Subject: Things you secretly oppose, but don't want other people to know:
Interfaith marriages and raising kids in both religions until they are old enough to choose
Vegan toddlers
Straight people who call their spouse/lover "my partner".
Vegan toddlers
Straight people who call their spouse/lover "my partner".
Anonymous
05/13/2013 12:19
Subject: Things you secretly oppose, but don't want other people to know:
Anonymous wrote:I wish those against "interracial marriage" would clarify. Maybe it's because I'm mixed and the product of an "interracial marriage," but what the hell do they mean?
Like what about people with different colored eyes? Blondes and brunettes? What's the arbitrary line based on looks that you disapprove of?
OP. Define race please.
Is it the one drop theory (of anything)? Is it cultural? I am fairly confident that in the next hundred years few of us will be able to mark only one box. I am in an interracial marriage to some, but my husband always marks Hispanic and White. Two of my kids look Latin, the other one looks completely like me (Anglo). Race is a cultural construct and you can no longer tell just by looking at most people what race or national origin or color skin their parents have...............
Anonymous
05/12/2013 19:40
Subject: Things you secretly oppose, but don't want other people to know:
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why are some atheists like middle school mean girls? It's embarassing.
Real Mean Girls always deflect away from their own meanness by blaming the others. From their standpoint, others are bullies just because they stand up to the bully.
If you think atheists are bullies in the United States, well, bless your little heart.
See? Little irrational retards.
I mean, I don't expect religious people to be classy, but this is a profound low. Thanks for proving my point, you religious bully.
Who said I was religious?
Don't play naive. But you want to defend the religious and call those that aren't, "retards," that's on you. Take responsibility for your own words.
Wrong. Not defending anything. Just pointing out how some folks are intellectually compromised when they get rabid.
Anonymous
05/12/2013 19:39
Subject: Things you secretly oppose, but don't want other people to know:
I am (not secretly but no one cares) against the mountain of useless mail I get every day, 95% of which goes right back out via trashcan. And, yes, I've tried cancelling. No one listens. I get two Oprahs! every single month and I never even subscribed to one. And don't get me started on the Christmas catalogues arriving in July.
Anonymous
05/12/2013 19:36
Subject: Things you secretly oppose, but don't want other people to know:
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why are some atheists like middle school mean girls? It's embarassing.
Real Mean Girls always deflect away from their own meanness by blaming the others. From their standpoint, others are bullies just because they stand up to the bully.
If you think atheists are bullies in the United States, well, bless your little heart.
See? Little irrational retards.
I mean, I don't expect religious people to be classy, but this is a profound low. Thanks for proving my point, you religious bully.
Who said I was religious?
Don't play naive. But you want to defend the religious and call those that aren't, "retards," that's on you. Take responsibility for your own words.