Oftentimes it feels like this place is sort of flippant towards things that are important to me. And I know I'm oversensitive. But that doesn't make it less upsetting.
actually given how a lot of racism comes from the way that the human brain groups people based on appearance in relation to oneself (*at least this is the impression that i get*) this might actually be kinda related to how racism works
If a direct causal relation exists, I think it's the other way around. That is, racism in society conditions someone's brain to perceive people differently, rather than perceptual problems leading to overall social conditions. (also, sorry for the reminder of Dan Savage--that's why I linked to a post about the video rather than the video itself. that and because the blogger is pretty great)
Oftentimes it feels like this place is sort of flippant towards things that are important to me. And I know I'm oversensitive. But that doesn't make it less upsetting.
My advice, from disciple to disciple, is to spend less time worrying about what nonbelievers think of your faith and more time combating the absolutely insidious, horrifically unchristian behavior that is passed off under the guise of holy works in this country.
I might find fedora atheists annoying, but I find homophobic preachers far more offensive, and pedophiles in the clergy a thousand times that. That is what you should direct your anger and offense toward, not people who simply don't embrace Christ.
One of the major problems I have with modern (especially American) Christianity is sins of absence being equated with sins of action. They are not equal, if one can even call mere ignorance a sin at all.
Although I have heard that the argument you refer to is one concocted by racism apologists, so maybe it is also bullshit.
I don't really see giving a reason for something is quite the same thing as defending it, though it seems that lots of people treat those two things as equivalent for some reason...
Oftentimes it feels like this place is sort of flippant towards things that are important to me. And I know I'm oversensitive. But that doesn't make it less upsetting.
My advice, from disciple to disciple, is to spend less time worrying about what nonbelievers think of your faith and more time combating the absolutely insidious, horrifically unchristian behavior that is passed off under the guise of holy works in this country.
I might find fedora atheists offensive, but I find homophobic preachers far more offensive, and pedophiles in the clergy a thousand times that. That is what you should direct your anger and offense toward, not people who simply don't embrace Christ.
I totally agree. I just don't usually find any reason to bring it up because I'd just be preaching to the choir.
actually given how a lot of racism comes from the way that the human brain groups people based on appearance in relation to oneself (*at least this is the impression that i get*) this might actually be kinda related to how racism works
If a direct causal relation exists, I think it's the other way around. That is, racism in society conditions someone's brain to perceive people differently, rather than perceptual problems leading to overall social conditions. (also, sorry for the reminder of Dan Savage--that's why I linked to a post about the video rather than the video itself. that and because the blogger is pretty great)
that does seem to make more sense now that i think about it, but where does racism come from in the first place then?
actually given how a lot of racism comes from the way that the human brain groups people based on appearance in relation to oneself (*at least this is the impression that i get*) this might actually be kinda related to how racism works
If a direct causal relation exists, I think it's the other way around. That is, racism in society conditions someone's brain to perceive people differently, rather than perceptual problems leading to overall social conditions. (also, sorry for the reminder of Dan Savage--that's why I linked to a post about the video rather than the video itself. that and because the blogger is pretty great)
that does seem to make more sense now that i think about it, but where does racism come from in the first place then?
I think the most sensical theory is that it's an artificial construction created by those in positions of authority to stay in said positions.
Obviously it's not quite that cut-and-dry in a non-abstract sense, but that's the gist of it.
we can to some extent trace the history of racism to a particular set of social conditions
racism in the modern sense developed gradually over the course of the last 4 centuries or so, although prejudices based on ethnicity certainly existed prior to that
we can to some extent trace the history of racism to a particular set of social conditions
racism in the modern sense developed gradually over the course of the last 4 centuries or so, although prejudices based on ethnicity certainly existed prior to that
The difference as I see it is that older prejudices were A) not organized, and B) primarily stemmed from rather simplistic ideas about what constituted a person and a citizen. This isn't to excuse that, but just to explain it.
Whereas modern racism is very much organized and exists in spite of sophisticated, humanitarian ideas about what constitutes a free human being, which in some ways makes it worse, in my own opinion.
there's that, but there's also the fact that grouping people into different 'races', rather than, say, families or nations, is very much a modern idea, and a product of the Enlightenment way of thinking
there's that, but there's also the fact that grouping people into different 'races', rather than, say, families or nations, is very much a modern idea, and a product of the Enlightenment way of thinking
This as well.
Quite tangential, but I wonder if The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth might have had a problem akin to that. I recall reading about Polish nobles often considering themselves civilizers/christianizers of a pagan Lithuania.
you know there's an argument, common in critical theory, which sees meaning as being constructed negatively, that is to say, arising from difference, rather than any property of the sign (which is itself arbitrary); this view is attractive to me
in the context of racism i think it makes some explanatory sense
like if everyone you know has brown hair, and then you see a guy with red hair who is also really clumsy, there isn't really any logical reason to attribute his clumsiness to his hair colour, any more than it is to attribute it to the size of his ears, but since his hair is notably different from other people you see, and his ears are not, it would be fairly typical, though erroneous, to conclude that his clumsiness derives from his red hair
i know this sounds like nonsense, but that's because we're all aware of what prejudices are and how fallacious that reasoning is, and also because we're accustomed to the existence of people with differing hair colours
but i do think a lot of racism can be attributed to the tendency of people to spot patterns that aren't really there
it then gets perpetuated by culture; if you've been told that people with red hair are clumsy, and then you see somebody with red hair tripping over, it's not unlikely that you'll see that as evidence in support of what you were told, even though it could have happened to anybody
none of this is to excuse racism obviously, i'm just kinda musing here on human psychology
like if everyone you know has brown hair, and then you see a guy with red hair who is also really clumsy, there isn't really any logical reason to attribute his clumsiness to his hair colour, any more than it is to attribute it to the size of his ears, but since his hair is notably different from other people you see, and his ears are not, it would be fairly typical, though erroneous, to conclude that his clumsiness derives from his red hair
this is kinda what i was trying and failing to articulate.
There's a weird mixture of tech levels in this game. It's sci-fi, and you have a spaceship, but because you're a refugee of sorts (the exact backstory depends on what race you pick) you're living off the land for the entire early game. Leading to you having things like a powerful but excruciatingly slow omnitool alongside a copper pickaxe.
Granted this may be because I have too much bling on the walls or something.
Also I only left the planet once so far and immediately came back because shockingly it turns out that plant-based lifeforms are not suited to cold environments like say, a Snow Biome planey.
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I might find fedora atheists annoying, but I find homophobic preachers far more offensive, and pedophiles in the clergy a thousand times that. That is what you should direct your anger and offense toward, not people who simply don't embrace Christ.
One of the major problems I have with modern (especially American) Christianity is sins of absence being equated with sins of action. They are not equal, if one can even call mere ignorance a sin at all.
Obviously it's not quite that cut-and-dry in a non-abstract sense, but that's the gist of it.
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racism in the modern sense developed gradually over the course of the last 4 centuries or so, although prejudices based on ethnicity certainly existed prior to that
Whereas modern racism is very much organized and exists in spite of sophisticated, humanitarian ideas about what constitutes a free human being, which in some ways makes it worse, in my own opinion.
Quite tangential, but I wonder if The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth might have had a problem akin to that. I recall reading about Polish nobles often considering themselves civilizers/christianizers of a pagan Lithuania.
in the context of racism i think it makes some explanatory sense
like if everyone you know has brown hair, and then you see a guy with red hair who is also really clumsy, there isn't really any logical reason to attribute his clumsiness to his hair colour, any more than it is to attribute it to the size of his ears, but since his hair is notably different from other people you see, and his ears are not, it would be fairly typical, though erroneous, to conclude that his clumsiness derives from his red hair
i know this sounds like nonsense, but that's because we're all aware of what prejudices are and how fallacious that reasoning is, and also because we're accustomed to the existence of people with differing hair colours
but i do think a lot of racism can be attributed to the tendency of people to spot patterns that aren't really there
it then gets perpetuated by culture; if you've been told that people with red hair are clumsy, and then you see somebody with red hair tripping over, it's not unlikely that you'll see that as evidence in support of what you were told, even though it could have happened to anybody
none of this is to excuse racism obviously, i'm just kinda musing here on human psychology
I used to like watching by brother play daggerfall and Morrowind.
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I like this game a lot you guys.
There's a weird mixture of tech levels in this game. It's sci-fi, and you have a spaceship, but because you're a refugee of sorts (the exact backstory depends on what race you pick) you're living off the land for the entire early game. Leading to you having things like a powerful but excruciatingly slow omnitool alongside a copper pickaxe.
Granted this may be because I have too much bling on the walls or something.
Also I only left the planet once so far and immediately came back because shockingly it turns out that plant-based lifeforms are not suited to cold environments like say, a Snow Biome planey.
Good night