Poll of the Day > What would you do if someone in your family went VIRAL for a RACIST RANT???

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suppose someone in your family went viral for a racist rant and puts you in the spotlight for being related to them...what would you do if that happened? let's see what people will vote.

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Depends on what was said. If it was actually racist, I'd mostly likely just note that I don't agree with them likely while observing that we live in a free country so they're allowed to say whatever the fuck they want. However, I doubt that they'd say anything actually racist unless it was a cousin disparaging whites yet again and nobody really calls people out over that.
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Zeus posted...

I'd mostly likely just note that I don't agree with them likely while observing that we live in a free country so they're allowed to say whatever the fuck they want.

Pretty much this.

Also depends on how close of a family member. Parent, sibling, or grandparent? I'd still support them, family is family. Uncle, aunt, cousin, or more distant? I'd call them an idiot and distance myself.
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If anyone bothered me for it id point out i have nothing to do with them anyways.
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I would think they were wrong about being racist and tell them so, then continue to love them.

Both of my parents are pretty racist(not from their opinion but trust me they totally are) and theyre both overtly against homosexuality. They know I dont agree and Ive had many debates with them over the years.

If anyone met them though, regardless of your race or sexual orientation, youd think they were very kind and caring people, because they honestly are. They just are wrong about some of their views.
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Why is there no option to agree with them?
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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

Why is there no option to agree with them?

First option would still apply
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Mead posted...

SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

Why is there no option to agree with them?

First option would still apply

Why would that suck if you agree with them?
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I'd make clear my views and point out my family isn't a hive mind, my family can do and say wrong things.
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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

Mead posted...

SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

Why is there no option to agree with them?

First option would still apply

Why would that suck if you agree with them?

Because even a Satanist knows it's better to follow unacceptable views in the shadows.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

Mead posted...

SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

Why is there no option to agree with them?

First option would still apply

Why would that suck if you agree with them?

Because even a Satanist knows it's better to follow unacceptable views in the shadows.

Somebody probably should have told the Church of Satan that because they're pretty open these days.
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Zeus posted...

Kyuubi4269 posted...

SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

Mead posted...

SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

Why is there no option to agree with them?

First option would still apply

Why would that suck if you agree with them?

Because even a Satanist knows it's better to follow unacceptable views in the shadows.

Somebody probably should have told the Church of Satan that because they're pretty open these days.

Church of outcasts, more like.
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Not that simple of a question.

I mean, someone could straight up murder a person and I'd still love them to death. I can love someone without condoning their words or actions. But I don't have that kind of attachment to all of my family.
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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

Mead posted...

SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

Why is there no option to agree with them?

First option would still apply

Why would that suck if you agree with them?

Because then youre a bunch of racist people.
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I wouldn't care, really, My father already does questionable things (Er, Questionable to the society that thinks anything "different" is evil), Him, Mother or my brother going on a racist rant would bug me much at all, I'd probably laugh at those who got offended by words of all things....but that's just me....
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Family is much more important than some idiotic twitter posts, obviously.

my grandfather hated the Japanese. but I never turned against him. even though I was a weaboo

Depends. If it was my mother, that would be pretty shocking since she's taken in refugees and even gone overseas to assist in delivering humanitarian aid. I might be inclined to support her since she'd need to have gotten pretty jaded by those experiences. Y'know, maybe she's got her reasons.

Some of my uncles have been legitimately dick bagged by the Canadian government over our immigration policies, too. And while I think what they have to say about "the foreigners" is coming from a more genuinely bigoted place, the fact that our government is taking money away from Canadians and paying non-Canadians to come over here and terk er jerbs is pretty damn frustrating.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

Zeus posted...

Kyuubi4269 posted...

SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

Mead posted...

SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

Why is there no option to agree with them?

First option would still apply

Why would that suck if you agree with them?

Because even a Satanist knows it's better to follow unacceptable views in the shadows.

Somebody probably should have told the Church of Satan that because they're pretty open these days.

Church of outcasts, more like.

The meek shall inherit the earth because the meek outnumber the exceptional 100 to 1.
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Support them and start a race war
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Don't care, cuz real free speech
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well I would never support anything I personally disagree with
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My older family is racist. Can't pick your family... Anyone that says they distance themselves is probably meaning temporarily or is young and hasn't learned how lonely it is without family.

Supporting them doesn't mean supporting what they say.
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WoodenRook posted...

My older family is racist. Can't pick your family... Anyone that says they distance themselves is probably meaning temporarily or is young and hasn't learned how lonely it is without family.

Supporting them doesn't mean supporting what they say.

Living without family sucks but sometimes its safer being alone.
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WoodenRook posted...

My older family is racist. Can't pick your family... Anyone that says they distance themselves is probably meaning temporarily or is young and hasn't learned how lonely it is without family.

Supporting them doesn't mean supporting what they say.

disagree. You can be lonely with family and you you don't need family not to be lonely.

Besides, as you grow more mature and independent (as all normal humans should) you will naturally drift apart from your family as neither will actually need the other as much
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There's different levels of racism too. My family says racist shit, but if someone comes over they treat them like kings.
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What_The_Chris posted...

WoodenRook posted...

My older family is racist. Can't pick your family... Anyone that says they distance themselves is probably meaning temporarily or is young and hasn't learned how lonely it is without family.

Supporting them doesn't mean supporting what they say.

disagree. You can be lonely with family and you you don't need family not to be lonely.

Besides, as you grow more mature and independent (as all normal humans should) you will naturally drift apart from your family as neither will actually need the other as much

That's sad to see someone say. I've made great friends, but no one treats you like family.
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WoodenRook posted...

There's different levels of racism too. My family says racist shit, but if someone comes over they treat them like kings.

that's "i'm not racist, some of my best friends are <>" kind of racist, which is really bad
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No one said it's not all bad. But there is a big difference between treating someone differently and spewing the same ol' hate you grew up hearing.
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You can have your opinions, just dont let them make you do something stupid.

Something my family might say: "Fillipinos are taking all the jobs!" ... racist

Something my family might NEVER say: "Punch a Pinoy!" .... equally racist?
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Lokarin posted...

Something my family might say: "Fillipinos are taking all the jobs!" ... racist

Something my family might NEVER say: "Punch a Pinoy!" .... equally racist?

Equally racist (because racism is either there or not), but not equally offensive or threatening.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

Equally racist

That means, ughh, the first time any person generates a concept of race - they are equally racist as Hitler
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What_The_Chris posted...

WoodenRook posted...

There's different levels of racism too. My family says racist shit, but if someone comes over they treat them like kings.

that's "i'm not racist, some of my best friends are <>" kind of racist, which is really bad

That's actually not. That makes them strictly less racist than an overtly racist person.

Lokarin posted...

Something my family might say: "Fillipinos are taking all the jobs!" ... racist

Something my family might NEVER say: "Punch a Pinoy!" .... equally racist?

The first could be commenting on a general trend which isn't inherently racist (although it's somewhat xenophobic) whereas the second has just a flat-out racist connotation and a pretty dangerous one at that.
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Guys can we all just take a step back and ask ourselves wtf is this even? and talk about the merits of supporting your family for doing something socially disruptive and ignorant, and less about measuring exactly how racist somebody did or didnt have to be before you wouldnt be their friend like we had enough to randomly dump anyway?
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Not be surprised, because it'd probably be my dad and he doesn't even use the internet so he'd probably never know.
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I'd disown him or her.
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Zeus posted...

What_The_Chris posted...

WoodenRook posted...

There's different levels of racism too. My family says racist shit, but if someone comes over they treat them like kings.

that's "i'm not racist, some of my best friends are <>" kind of racist, which is really bad

That's actually not. That makes them strictly less racist than an overtly racist person.

there's no such thing as "less racist", you're either racist or you're not. I know you like to play devil's advocate but you really have nothing on this :)
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What_The_Chris posted...

Zeus posted...

What_The_Chris posted...

WoodenRook posted...

There's different levels of racism too. My family says racist shit, but if someone comes over they treat them like kings.

that's "i'm not racist, some of my best friends are <>" kind of racist, which is really bad

That's actually not. That makes them strictly less racist than an overtly racist person.

there's no such thing as "less racist", you're either racist or you're not. I know you like to play devil's advocate but you really have nothing on this :)

So then we're all in agreement that someone who murders multiple people due to skin color is equally as racist as someone who accidentally blurts out the n word once, right?
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GameReviews posted...

What_The_Chris posted...

Zeus posted...

What_The_Chris posted...

WoodenRook posted...

There's different levels of racism too. My family says racist shit, but if someone comes over they treat them like kings.

that's "i'm not racist, some of my best friends are <>" kind of racist, which is really bad

That's actually not. That makes them strictly less racist than an overtly racist person.

there's no such thing as "less racist", you're either racist or you're not. I know you like to play devil's advocate but you really have nothing on this :)

So then we're all in agreement that someone who murders multiple people due to skin color is equally as racist as someone who accidentally blurts out the n word once, right?

Well sure thats why paula dean got sacked, right?
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Paula Dean represented a brand and she didn't say it just once. No one says it and has only said it once. When you smudge a brand the only recourse for the brand is to do better and that means cleaning up the smudge. A brand can't alienate groups of people.
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WoodenRook posted...

Paula Dean represented a brand and she didn't say it just once. No one says it and has only said it once. When you smudge a brand the only recourse for the brand is to do better and that means cleaning up the smudge. A brand can't alienate groups of people.

Mmhmm.

Tarring and feathering somebody for something ingornant done in the past they aknowledge is wrong and no longer do nor have done in decades if not longer is totally justice.

She wasnt just fired, the media dragged her image through the mud.

Reminds me if the great leap forward.
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mrduckbear posted...

What would you do if someone in your family went VIRAL for a RACIST RANT???

I probably wouldn't agree with what they said but they are free to have opinions.
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GameReviews posted...

What_The_Chris posted...

Zeus posted...

What_The_Chris posted...

WoodenRook posted...

There's different levels of racism too. My family says racist shit, but if someone comes over they treat them like kings.

that's "i'm not racist, some of my best friends are <>" kind of racist, which is really bad

That's actually not. That makes them strictly less racist than an overtly racist person.

there's no such thing as "less racist", you're either racist or you're not. I know you like to play devil's advocate but you really have nothing on this :)

So then we're all in agreement that someone who murders multiple people due to skin color is equally as racist as someone who accidentally blurts out the n word once, right?

yes, serial killers are known as psychopaths
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What_The_Chris posted...

Zeus posted...

What_The_Chris posted...

WoodenRook posted...

There's different levels of racism too. My family says racist shit, but if someone comes over they treat them like kings.

that's "i'm not racist, some of my best friends are <>" kind of racist, which is really bad

That's actually not. That makes them strictly less racist than an overtly racist person.

there's no such thing as "less racist", you're either racist or you're not. I know you like to play devil's advocate but you really have nothing on this :)

Not true in the least, although I'm amused that posters here believe that sexuality and gender both operate on spectrums yet somehow assume racism, etc, do not. The actual label of racism or racist largely comes down to where individuals place the threshold. And, of course, clearly some acts are more racist than others. The idea that some races don't deserve to live is an infinitely stronger form of racism than whites who incessantly feel the need to tell random blacks that they agree with BLM because they feel guilty.

More importantly, even you tacitly acknowledge that there are degrees of racism in your previous statement by noting that you find they change their behavior as being "really bad"
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bulbinking posted...

WoodenRook posted...

Paula Dean represented a brand and she didn't say it just once. No one says it and has only said it once. When you smudge a brand the only recourse for the brand is to do better and that means cleaning up the smudge. A brand can't alienate groups of people.

Mmhmm.

Tarring and feathering somebody for something ingornant done in the past they aknowledge is wrong and no longer do nor have done in decades if not longer is totally justice.

She wasnt just fired, the media dragged her image through the mud.

Reminds me if the great leap forward.

Dude, she wasn't arrested or fined. Her job was to entertain. She had a video of her insulting part of her target audience. Only an idiot ignores that and no one of any demographic accepts apologies for things from celebrities.

It's not like she was an accountant who said a racial slur. She was a TV personality. If you want to be a public person, make sure your private life is on the up and up and on lock down. The higher and easier you rise the easier it is to lose all of it.
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Denounce the heretic and then make fucking bank on funny t-shirts commemorating the event.
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WoodenRook posted...

She had a video of her insulting part of her target audience.

I havent seen this. I have seen plenty of videos of her, but none of her insulting anybody.

WoodenRook posted...

It's not like she was an accountant who said a racial slur. She was a TV personality.

Even less reason to have her in trouble if anything. I mean shock jocks exist and say way worse things.

She was made an example of by kangaroo pc courts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Deen#Racial_epithet_controversy

"In June 2013, Deen was the target of a lawsuit alleging racial and sexual discrimination filed by Lisa Jackson.[48] It alleged that Deen made derogatory remarks regarding African Americans in the presence of Jackson, whose nieces are half black.[49] Jackson also alleged that Deen mused about wedding plans for her brother with a "true Southern plantation-style theme" with black male servers but rejected the plans "because the media would be on me about that" (Deen denied having used the "N-word" when discussing the wedding waitstaff).[50] The case was heard in August 2013, with the judge dismissing the suit with prejudice, meaning it cannot be re-filed.[51][52][53] Both sides agreed to dismiss the lawsuit "without any award of costs or fees to any party".[54][55] Deen stated in her deposition that she had used the "N-word" at times.[56][57][58][59][60][61] Specifically, she recalled telling her husband about an incident "when a black man burst into the bank that I was working at and put a gun to my head. ... I didn't feel real favorable towards him."[62] Asked if she had used the word since then, she said: "I'm sure I have, but it's been a very long time [...] maybe in repeating something that was said to me ... probably a conversation between blacks. I don't I don't know. But that's just not a word that we use as time has gone on. Things have changed since the '60s in the south."[62]

In the time between the filing of the suit and the suit being dismissed, Deen had cookery programs, publishing deals and endorsement contracts cancelled by Food Network,[63] Smithfield Foods,[64] Walmart,[65] Target, QVC,[66] Caesars Entertainment,[15] Novo Nordisk,[67] J.C. Penney,[68] Sears, Kmart[69] and her then-publisher Ballantine Books;[70] however, several companies have expressed their intent to continue their endorsement deals with Deen.[71] During the same time, sales of Deen's cookbooks soared.[72] Former US President Jimmy Carter urged that Deen be forgiven, stating, "I think she has been punished, perhaps overly severely, for her honesty in admitting it and for the use of the word in the distant past. She's apologized profusely."[73]"
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"probably a conversation between blacks." - Hahaha what a gross old piece of shit.
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