Prejudices

[Hobbs]

Well, I'm surprised so many have racial prejudices...I thought that was pretty much died off...

As for me; I hate super-liberals that think I'm some sort of monster for being in the service, whose parents were probably the ones who spit on my grandfather.

I hate people who use their beliefs as an excuse to not help out. Donate to a charity, who for? A religious group? NO! I don't care if they're helping refugees/tsunami victims/orphans/etc.

This next one is a corollary to the latter; militant athiests. STFU! No one's oppressing you!

I also don't like militant feminists. I believe in equal pay/rights, but the uber-hardcore ones irk me.

[muses_nightmare]

I hate people who use their beliefs as an excuse to not help out. Donate to a charity, who for? A religious group? NO! I don't care if they're helping refugees/tsunami victims/orphans/etc.

I have no problem donating to charities when I have the money, but I adamantly refuse to donate to Christian Charities, because don't believe in missionary work (as in "teaching" people about Christianity). It has nothing to do with their supposed cause, but there's always some other motive usually involving converting people. That is what many people have a problem with.

I feel fortanate that I don't have any prejudices against groups of people. I'm always fair

Who's saying that those of us who do have prejudices against groups of people aren't fair? I for one will admit I have a problem with a couple groups of people, but I would never let it affect how I treat them. Sometimes it's something you grow up with, I certainly did for the one group, and not even just my parents practically everyone in my hometown had a problem with them, hell even some that were part of that group had problems with the attitudes of their people about certain things.

[Hobbs]

I have no problem donating to charities when I have the money, but I adamantly refuse to donate to Christian Charities, because don't believe in missionary work (as in "teaching" people about Christianity). It has nothing to do with their supposed cause, but there's always some other motive usually involving converting people. That is what many people have a problem with.



Who's saying that those of us who do have prejudices against groups of people aren't fair? I for one will admit I have a problem with a couple groups of people, but I would never let it affect how I treat them. Sometimes it's something you grow up with, I certainly did for the one group, and not even just my parents practically everyone in my hometown had a problem with them, hell even some that were part of that group had problems with the attitudes of their people about certain things.

That's my point. People always assume there's an ulterior motive. Hello, we believe in helping people for the Hell [erm, 'Heaven'?:P] of it, too. Being Christian doesn't make everything we do a giant conspiracy.

[DrFaroohk]

You can't control how you feel about someone anyway. Our emotions and thoughts are all pretty much preset by now. If you really hate people with purple skin and glowing red eyes, you hate them. Same as if you don't like beef - you never will. You can't force yourself to like it anymore than you can force yourself to not be gay.

What matters is how we act on it. For instance I have my issues with the mentally ill - in fact I wish they all lived somewhere else. I feel like they're ultimately useless to the world* and I wish they were all on a big island where they couldn't bother me anymore. That's just how I feel about them. I can't change that. I CAN however choose not to act on my feelings. You'll never see my burning crosses or harassing them or whatever to try and scare them off. And to me, denying yourself for what you know is right is more admirable than just being predisposed to feeling what's right.


*not a subject for debate - just stating my feelings to further my example

[Wingates_Hellsing]

I think DrFaroohk might just have put it better than it's gonna get put. That's a wrap, ladies and gentlemen. Same time next hour?

I have a deep-seated hatred of all people ignorant of things that are important to me and important in the world. I choose not to act on it because it's not only hypocritical (in that I am ignorant of many things, everyone is) but illogical. The proper response is to politely offer to educate, not eviscerate...

[Greenday]

As for me; I hate super-liberals that think I'm some sort of monster for being in the service, whose parents were probably the ones who spit on my grandfather.

Don't hate the player, hate the game really applies to that in my opinion.

[Wingates_Hellsing]

Don't hate the player, hate the game really applies to that in my opinion.

Unfortunately there are still quite a few who hate the player and the game equally.

It's a game that's probably never going away. There's always going to be someone willing to kill someone because of who they are or what they have. We're going to need people to defend us from them, no matter what.

The people who cause the most problems are those that firmly believe that there really is nothing at all worth fighting for. And they give the rest of us willing to accept the reality of war without liking it a bad name.

[Ree]

I feel fortanate that I don't have any prejudices against groups of people. I'm always fair

Always?
Really?
100% of the time you are able to put aside all past life experiences and be totally impartial and unaffected by all that has gone before?

Amazing.

My hat is certainly off to you, then, if that is truly the case.

I consider myself a fairly tolerant and accepting person, but even I have to admit to certain prejudices simply because I am human and affected by what happens to me and around me.

I try very hard not to act on those prejudices, of course, as that is the key to being a tolerant person.
As I say, though, I am human and subject to failure, so I can't honestly say I succeed in that regard 100% of the time.

I wish I could say differently.

[Kimmik]

No one is 100% free of prejudice as we can see from comments people make. It is human nature to be intolerant of those that are different or out side our norm.

What makes us decent humans or straight out bigoted assmunchkins is how we deal with them. Just look at what happened around 9/11 with people of middle eastern descent. I had a friend who was told that her baby should be killed so there would be less terrorists. Or the fear mongering that all the Mexicans are after our jobs. etc...

I will be blunt honest.. I am very anti helping other countries out.. damn it if we cant help here first why help them. I am also intolerant of anyone who is an extremist.. be it the us vs them mentality, god vs atheists, Muslim vs christian, black vs the world, homosexuals vs the world etc...

I have many prejudices.. but what makes me a good person is that I know that it is the inherent they are different that causes me to be so, and my experiences. I try to hate based on the person not the group the person falls into... ok that sounds wrong... but you all understand right?

[McDreidel09]

Always?
Really?
100% of the time you are able to put aside all past life experiences and be totally impartial and unaffected by all that has gone before?

Amazing.

My hat is certainly off to you, then, if that is truly the case.

I consider myself a fairly tolerant and accepting person, but even I have to admit to certain prejudices simply because I am human and affected by what happens to me and around me.

I try very hard not to act on those prejudices, of course, as that is the key to being a tolerant person.
As I say, though, I am human and subject to failure, so I can't honestly say I succeed in that regard 100% of the time.

I wish I could say differently.

Exactly.

I grew up in a mainly white podunk town. I did have much interaction with some other ethnic groups, just not a lot with a certain one. When I got older, the interaction I did have with this ethnic group was mostly negative.

Do I like having this prejudice? No. I don't. However, past experience tells me to be extremely aware of what I say around this certain group or I will get yelled at or called racist. I try not to see color. I really try. No-one is perfect.

[Rapscallion]

Well, I'm surprised so many have racial prejudices...I thought that was pretty much died off...

Humans are innately tribal. There's an instinct in us to try and gather with those we feel comfortable with. A different colour in skin is a very obvious sign of difference, and that's often a hard one to overcome completely.

We're also learning creatures. If someone with a certain hue of skin that is not our own wrongs us, we'll remember that and attribute it to everyone of that skin colour.

Our instincts are what brought us to the top of the food chain. They keep us there. However, they come with some fairly unpleasant side effects.

Rapscallion

[Hobbs]

As an add-on to my lack of racial prejudice...my grandparents did teach me never to trust whites.

[muses_nightmare]

That's my point. People always assume there's an ulterior motive. Hello, we believe in helping people for the Hell [erm, 'Heaven'?:P] of it, too. Being Christian doesn't make everything we do a giant conspiracy.

It's because there are usually ulterior motives, underneath it all, Christians believe people need to be "saved" (and yes this is true, is that not one of the main beliefs in the religion? Salvation?) That and why on Earth would I donate to a charity run by a religion I don't believe in? I don't think it's a conspiracy, and most Christian run groups make it known that they are "spreading the word of Jesus" or what have you, even if it is in the small print. So sorry, not going to donate to a charity run by any of the major religions, not just Christianity.

[RavenStarr]

I feel fortanate that I don't have any prejudices against groups of people. I'm always fair

............. Okay I learned nothing from your pointless and irrelevant comment.

It is true everyone has thier prejudices. Myself included. You can even be prejudice without meaning to be.

[Hobbs]

It's because there are usually ulterior motives, underneath it all, Christians believe people need to be "saved" (and yes this is true, is that not one of the main beliefs in the religion? Salvation?) That and why on Earth would I donate to a charity run by a religion I don't believe in? I don't think it's a conspiracy, and most Christian run groups make it known that they are "spreading the word of Jesus" or what have you, even if it is in the small print. So sorry, not going to donate to a charity run by any of the major religions, not just Christianity.

Well, that's on you then...but I don't believe in being biased in my charity to others.