Originally posted by: Craig234
Originally posted by: CU
Originally posted by: mect
Once civilization has reached the point the thought wouldn't occur, then it becomes acceptable.
Originally posted by: Craig234
How long, you ask? Until the racism has been stamped out enough that the reference mean nothing to anyone more than my slur against Byzantines as being like seagulls.
So, the people being offended are the ones that make it racist because the though comes into their minds. Why don't the offended just stop letting it offend them. Like I said people need to just stop taking everything to heart and looking for the worst. The people that do are the ones with the problem not the people that are saying things that can be taken a million different ways.
No. It's racist because of the history making it racist, and the person choosing to say it given that history.
Obviously, if someone had lived in a cave since birth and didn't know the history, they wouoldn't know not to say it; they could then be told how big an oops it was, and say 'sorry, didn't know'. But go find me a public official who is unaware of the black-Simian racism history, that it's a racist thing to say.
You are trying to blame the victim. You are being obtuse.
I tire of the people who pull this crap - it's so often 14 year olds explaining how 'i love you' means a cigarette in England, so it's ok to say ha ha ha. Idiocy.
I speak to you as a reasonable person - you come back too many times with BS blaming the victim here, and that can change.