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Topic	How is Trump's Approval rating still at 45%?
darkknight109 01/29/19 1:54:28 PM #105:	Zeus posted... Or Hillary Clinton who -- TWENTY years ago when she was a much younger woman -- described black youths as "super predators"? Twenty years ago when social mores were different? Isn't that the point of this entire topic - that social norms change? Zeus posted... ...because both sides of the analogy were deliberately extreme, since the n-word is a recognized universal taboo going back at least 70 years whereas the term "animal", which has a less strong connotation, only started to really develop its mainstream negative connection about 30 years ago None of which addresses anything in the point you're responding to. What I pointed out is - regardless of the nature of the slur you're talking about - someone loses their "I didn't know any better" defence the instant the slur is pointed out and explained to them. Zeus posted... I literally already did. No, your response was always "I think Donald Trump is an old man." You never actually addressed whether you thought what he said was racist or not and it was only after several posts worth of prodding that you arrived at a tenuous "no" answer. Which, as previously mentions, shoots a few holes in your earlier assertions in this topic, because it means that you can apparently make statements that are racist without those statements being racist just by dint of being old. Zeus posted... Try leaving your home at some point and talking to them. Personal anecdotes are not citations. If you think they are, then here's my counterpoint: every senior citizen I've ever met (with one exception - a very bad alcoholic who has numerous life problems) understands evolving social mores and keeps on top of them. Maybe you should just get out there and talk to non-shitty people for a change? --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror! <cite>darkknight109 posted [p:916577728] in How is Tru... [t:77368084]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>Or Hillary Clinton who -- TWENTY years ago when she was a much younger woman -- described black youths as "super predators"?</quote> Twenty years ago when social mores were different? Isn't that the point of this entire topic - that social norms change? <cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>...because both sides of the analogy were deliberately extreme, since the n-word is a recognized universal taboo going back at least 70 years whereas the term "animal", which has a less strong connotation, only started to really develop its mainstream negative connection about 30 years ago</quote> None of which addresses anything in the point you're responding to. What I pointed out is - regardless of the nature of the slur you're talking about - someone loses their "I didn't know any better" defence the instant the slur is pointed out and explained to them. <cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>I literally already did.</quote> No, your response was always "I think Donald Trump is an old man." You never actually addressed whether you thought what he said was racist or not and it was only after several posts worth of prodding that you arrived at a tenuous "no" answer. Which, as previously mentions, shoots a few holes in your earlier assertions in this topic, because it means that you can apparently make statements that are racist without those statements being racist just by dint of being old. <cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>Try leaving your home at some point and talking to them. </quote> Personal anecdotes are not citations. If you think they are, then here's my counterpoint: every senior citizen I've ever met (with one exception - a very bad alcoholic who has numerous life problems) understands evolving social mores and keeps on top of them. Maybe you should just get out there and talk to non-shitty people for a change? --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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