Originally posted by SeitseMaybe it's because that stereotype of Americans you frequently repeat is not really prevalent? I doubt that you really believe most Americans are racists. However, the frequency with which you cast that particular aspersion makes you seem far more bigoted toward Americans than the average knuckle-dragging US conservative is toward non-whites or gays. Just sayin.
... and we still wonder how the hell he could be elected despite the hundreds of thousand of tractor driving, tobacco chewing, KKK rednecks in Nowhere, USA.
Originally posted by SleepyguyAs a former resident of the U.S. I know first hand that the country is so big it hosts all types of people, many of them progressive, open-minded, tolerant, wired-to-the-world and perfectly normal people.
Maybe it's because that stereotype of Americans you frequently repeat is not really prevalent? I doubt that you really believe most Americans are racists. However, the frequency with which you cast that particular aspersion makes you seem far more bigoted toward Americans than the average knuckle-dragging US conservative is toward non-whites or gays. Just sayin.
But also it hosts the types of persons I described. And I've seen hundreds of thousands of them. And I have suffered in flesh their closed-mindedness.
Now, sophisms aside, there is a percentage of people that get the creeps from the mere thought of being close to a non-white, least to have him/her as a figure of authority. How considerable are they when voting? That is what it puzzles many of us. It seems that less than in 1920s, according to the most recent election. Yet, they're still there.
Originally posted by SeitseThere's more racism in Finland than in the US though.
As a former resident of the U.S. I know first hand that the country is so big it hosts all types of people, many of them progressive, open-minded, tolerant, wired-to-the-world and perfectly normal people.
But also it hosts the types of persons I described. And I've seen hundreds of thousands of them. And I have suffered in flesh their closed-mindedness.
...[text shortened]... eems that less than in 1920s, according to the most recent election. Yet, they're still there.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/lif_und_nei_dif_rac-lifestyle-undesirable-neighbours-different-race
Originally posted by KazetNagorraAnd?
There's more racism in Finland than in the US though.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/lif_und_nei_dif_rac-lifestyle-undesirable-neighbours-different-race
I know you have an impressive record of non-sequitur and ab-absurdo posts, but this one escapes me.
Are you saying that racism in Finland has anything to do with what I am posting with Sleepy?
I mean, come on, you must have a brain somewhere, don't you?
Originally posted by SeitseI'm just saying racism is not as much of an issue in the US as you put it.
And?
I know you have an impressive record of non-sequitur and ab-absurdo posts, but this one escapes me.
Are you saying that racism in Finland has anything to do with what I am posting with Sleepy?
I mean, come on, you must have a brain somewhere, don't you?
Originally posted by Seitse
But also it hosts the types of persons I described.
Yes, as do many countries.
And I've seen hundreds of thousands of them.
You have seen hundreds of thousands of people you know to be racists? Examine that statement and then reconsider how Obama might have been elected.
Come on dude.
Puzzle till your puzzler is sore.
Maybe, just maybe, you'll think of something you haven't before.
Originally posted by SleepyguyThe fact that many countries have racism (all) doesn't mean that the election of a black man as president of the U.S. still surprises many of us, based on the known (and seen) attitudes of a group of Americans regarding non-whites.
Originally posted by Seitse
[b]But also it hosts the types of persons I described.
Yes, as do many countries.
And I've seen hundreds of thousands of them.
You have seen hundreds of thousands of people you know to be racists? Examine that statement and then reconsider how Obama might have been elected.
Come on dude. ...[text shortened]... till your puzzler is sore.
Maybe, just maybe, you'll think of something you haven't before.[/b]
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Originally posted by SeitseBut this group is not so large (about 5% ), discrimination against, say, gays and intellectuals (atheists) is much more of an issue in the US.
The fact that many countries have racism (all) doesn't mean that the election of a black man as president of the U.S. still surprises many of us, based on the known (and seen) attitudes of a group of Americans regarding non-whites.