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Topic	How is Trump's Approval rating still at 45%?
darkknight109 01/29/19 1:54:25 PM #104:	Zeus posted... Yep! Nope! Zeus posted... Even you must realize that you're suggesting something ludicrous. I completely realize that, because the idea that old people get a pass on racism because "they're too old to understand it" or something, is inherently ludicrous. That's exactly what I'm trying to highlight for you, so I'm glad you at least partially understand it. Zeus posted... You're hardly a senior citizen. Most significant mores were the same from when you were growing up. You don't know how old I am, so you don't actually have a basis for saying that. You're also wrong about most significant mores being from when I was growing up. I already posted this, but I'll say it again - when I was growing up, a six-letter gay slur was still being used in children's entertainment. I'm not talking about things like those famous Eddy Murphy comedy skits now, I'm talking actual children's-oriented entertainment. It just wasn't considered offensive back then (though "queer" was looked on much more negatively back then, albeit not to the same level that its alternative occupies today). When I was growing up, "rape" was a perfectly acceptable synonym for hardship or lopsided defeat, ("Man, I got raped by that test!" or "Boy, that local sports team just got raped yesterday"). Racial stereotypes like the lazy Mexican and the magical Indian were everywhere; hell, there were even still some cartoons running with blackface-style animation/humour. Those are not things that are acceptable today. I know that and I've managed to adjust. I am curious, though - what age do you get your "Get out of Racism Free" card? How old and/or Republican do you have to be to be excused from racist statements? Zeus posted... More importantly, you almost certainly haven't kept up with emerging mores -- especially since some of which are hotly contested, like the assertion that "thug" is the new n-word. You're projecting, Zeus. And yes, I'm well aware of the connotations of "thug" - as others have observed, that's a word that seems to get pitched at a very specific and narrow band of melanin-content and chromosomes. Zeus posted... Irrelevant. No, it's definitely not irrelevant. The president is and should be held to a higher standard than a random hobo on a side street. He occupies an elevated position in society and so expectations of him are similarly elevated. People actually have good reason to pay attention to what he says, so he is expected to be up on his ability to make speeches that aren't in breach of social etiquette. It baffles me that you think it doesn't matter whether or not a society's leader is actually up to speed on the social norms of the society he's supposed to be leading. Zeus posted... You mean Bernie Sanders who talked about rounding up black men from street corners? Never heard of this, so I went looking for it and came up with nothing. Source or it didn't happen. --- 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:916577724] in How is Tru... [t:77368084]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>Yep!</quote> Nope! <cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>Even you must realize that you're suggesting something ludicrous. </quote> I completely realize that, because the idea that old people get a pass on racism because "they're too old to understand it" or something, is inherently ludicrous. That's exactly what I'm trying to highlight for you, so I'm glad you at least partially understand it. <cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>You're hardly a senior citizen. Most significant mores were the same from when you were growing up. </quote> You don't know how old I am, so you don't actually have a basis for saying that. You're also wrong about most significant mores being from when I was growing up. I already posted this, but I'll say it again - when I was growing up, a six-letter gay slur was still being used in children's entertainment. I'm not talking about things like those famous Eddy Murphy comedy skits now, I'm talking actual children's-oriented entertainment. It just wasn't considered offensive back then (though "queer" was looked on much more negatively back then, albeit not to the same level that its alternative occupies today). When I was growing up, "rape" was a perfectly acceptable synonym for hardship or lopsided defeat, ("Man, I got raped by that test!" or "Boy, that local sports team just got raped yesterday"). Racial stereotypes like the lazy Mexican and the magical Indian were everywhere; hell, there were even still some cartoons running with blackface-style animation/humour. Those are not things that are acceptable today. I know that and I've managed to adjust. I am curious, though - what age do you get your "Get out of Racism Free" card? How old and/or Republican do you have to be to be excused from racist statements? <cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>More importantly, you almost certainly haven't kept up with emerging mores -- especially since some of which are hotly contested, like the assertion that "thug" is the new n-word. </quote> You're projecting, Zeus. And yes, I'm well aware of the connotations of "thug" - as others have observed, that's a word that seems to get pitched at a very specific and narrow band of melanin-content and chromosomes. <cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>Irrelevant. </quote> No, it's definitely not irrelevant. The president is and should be held to a higher standard than a random hobo on a side street. He occupies an elevated position in society and so expectations of him are similarly elevated. People actually have good reason to pay attention to what he says, so he is expected to be up on his ability to make speeches that aren't in breach of social etiquette. It baffles me that you think it doesn't matter whether or not a society's leader is actually up to speed on the social norms of the society he's supposed to be leading. <cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>You mean Bernie Sanders who talked about rounding up black men from street corners? </quote> Never heard of this, so I went looking for it and came up with nothing. Source or it didn't happen. --- 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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