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Of course, but acting or speaking out based on the bias is what makes the difference. Like segregation in the U.S. or residential schools in Canada. I know I know the counter-argument will be "that was then, this is now", but that is like asking Jews to forget the Holocaust ever happened. There is a reason for learning history. Gawd almighty! I am white. I have NEVER had an issue with getting a job. No one in my family has either. None of my friends. There is a legitimate argument to be made that affirmative action is no longer needed. But when I go into a fast food restaurant and I see some young guy from India with an accent trying his best to serve a customer and that customer then complains to his buddies why can't they hire "normal" people, discrimination is still VERY MUCH ALIVE. Anti-white racism is a canard. If a Muslim business hires other Muslims it's anti-white racism, but if a Christian business doesn't want to hire a Muslim or gay person, well that is just protecting their religious freedoms. I have heard ALL the arguments. I have been debating, on forums and in real life for many years. I know the tropes, canards and whataboutims people throw around. I treat everyone equally and somehow have never been treated poorly. There might be a reason for that.

Hence the treatment of aboriginals in Canada and much larger and longer jail sentences of blacks in the U.S. I know you will argue for the sake or arguing, but stats have long proved that minorities are treated more harshly than the white population. I am white myself. So it's not like I am making excuses because I am a minority. Racists are monsters in terms of their attitude, and suggesting that I suggested repression or violence is a disingenuous strawman argument. If you can't debate on the substance and have to "put words in my mouth" then you knock yourself out. I am not about to go tit for tat with someone who uses such tactics.

https://www.timesrepublican.com/opinion/columnists/2022/12/if-youre-not-woke-doesnt-that-mean-youre-asleep/ https://medium.com/transgender-soapbox/science-proves-again-that-watching-fox-news-makes-you-dumber-than-not-watching-any-news-at-all-6783ac48a348 https://www.happierhuman.com/moral-values-examples/

JAYSUS PEOPLE! Freaking out over 40 million people? Freaking out over the definition of indigenous? Here is a solution: Build a wall. Expel all Muslims and non-white immigrants. Let's do like our neighbours to the south are doing - MCGA - Make Canada Great Again. Btw, anyone that is curious enough might spend some time doing some research online about population growth. It's going to slow by 2050 and be in negative growth by 2100. Not that it matters, with what we are doing to this planet, we won't have a liveable planet to enjoy by then. Now can we just get back to enjoying the great outdoors of our great land and NOT worry about all them darn immigrants and indigenous. Just chill for crying out loud. The way we are carrying on you would think we were Americans, sheesh!

Seems just a handful. Maybe more but good weather has them finding other sources of entertainment? Curious minds want to know ?

IF black people freak you out, that is on you.

Yes, TDS is tedious:

But what a fool believes he sees No wise man has the power to reason away What seems to be Is always better than nothing (Doobie Brothers)

Did you miss this line: I know you are just being obtuse, but the look is not good on you. The entire OP is a dogwhistle. And you KNOW it, but because of your own attitudes you are attempting to deny what is obvious to the rest of us. I will repeat: I am white and don't have this fear the OP expressed. Why is that? Maybe because I don't see black people as monsters. I see racists as monsters.

Well if you can't read the intent, that is not my problem. Go back and read his opening salvo, it's all there. Sorry if my assessment of his rant ruffled your features, but hey, if your features are so easily ruffled that is not my concern. Of course, you could resort to name-calling, that ought to make you feel better.

Jaysus, someone sure is spooked! Hell, here I am a white Canadian and I am NOT spooked by people of colour or different sexual orientation or folks wearing turbans. I also don't wake up in the morning looking to blame this group or that group for my own failures. Well, we all need a hobby I suppose, not hard to guess the OP's hobby.

Whenever I read such a LONGGGGGGGGGG assertation I figure someone is really trying to make a point, or are trying to convince us to see the world his way. I don't see the former in his rant, but plenty of the latter.

Let me get this straight: you are equating someone who is openly anti-semitic to someone who is transgender?? I would not purchase a MAGA hat either. Not an equivalency. An equivalency would be me NOT buying clothing made by Mennonites because I am an atheist, but I have. An equivalency would NOT be buying a book because I found it in a Christian book shop, which I have. NOT honoring an anti-Semite is like boycotting a store that refuses to serve black people. Otherwise I won't judge a product that is promoted by a gay person or a straight person, a black person or a white person, a Muslim or a Christian.

Americans need to grow up and get over themselves. 60 years ago, everyone was AGAST if a black man or woman was in a commercial. The "biracial" kiss on Star Trek was considered risky. Now the boogyman is not the black man but the transgender. I don't buy a beer or any product because of who is advertising a product. I buy a product based on whether I like the product or not. And on that not, American beer is next to p*ss water, so I never bothered with Bud Light anyways.

Just don't bite when he tells you to "go f*ck yourself." Clowns who are so easily triggered that they resort to expletives to cover up their embarrassment isn't worth your time. I already informed him I won't respond to him. Those few of us who use this site need to ignore that lot rather than feed them.

I don't block asshats nor put them on ignore. I just don't respond to them. If everyone followed my example asshats would be speaking to themselves.

Listen up buttercup, your intellectual maturity is in your rebuttals. It's a very sad day indeed when so-called "debaters" try lame kindergarten attacks like yours. If that is ALL you have to offer, you will be name-calling till you are blue in the face without a response from me. Suggestion: Grow up. Seriously. AND I know that small insecure folks like you NEED to get the last lick in, or they will feel they lost the argument, so I tell you what, do your best and I promise not to rebut that way you can walk away with your head held high. Cheers.

Getting a tad upset, are ya? That last line of yours is truly ironic considering the tirade you just launched. Talk about being a Karen.....

Yup, responses like that one show a lot of maturity, uhuh.

Damn, you just keep going down the rabbit hole further and further, don'tcha? How old are you? Serious question. Oh, and BTW, if you want to pass yourself off as a complete buffoon on here, then go ahead and do so. I find you monumentally stupid and boring. I will just stop paying attention to you. Deal with it.

You don't know my political affiliation. At some point, you will come across as such a monumental fool, people looking for honest debate will just avoid you. Try at least acting like a grownup.

I am telling you, the mental acuity it must take to come up with terms like that is staggering. Truly impressive. You should ask yourself that question.

I provided a link to the origin and an opinion piece I agree with (from a Republican publication no less) on how "woke" is being used to slag people you disagree with. I am not about to fall into your trap. People who go woke this and woke that get their marching orders from Fox and rightwing media. Using the term is lame. It is childish. If you want to use the term, knock yourself out. It reflects on you, less on your targets.

JASUS man. Consider how this reflects on YOU. Name-calling and belittling makes you sound mature? It makes you sound like a whiny little b*tch. Seriously.