Black Dog

It's probably because we keep reading so many outright condemnations of the entire religion on here.

There's having a distorted view of history and then there's just having a fantasy version and this is well in the latter camp.

Yeah, that doesn't say what you seem to think it says.

Well last year was the first year for it so there was probably some willingness to overlook some of the flaws as they sorted themselves out. Then, when it became clear that the flaws weren't bugs but features, people tuned out.

It's more than that: there's no buzz around the Leafs, no star power or sex appeal. The Jays have had success and have a roster of real stars like Donaldson and Bautista. the Raptors are winning with Lowry. Even lowly TFC had success with MLS MVP Sebastian Giovinco as their centrepiece. The Leafs are a bad team with no personality. Maybe if they draft Matthews or sign Stamkos next year that will change, but there's no compelling reason to watch this team. The other factor in all this is that Sportsnet itself has made a compete hash of their NHL broadcasts. They're awful.

I expect you can provide instances where this has happened, then? Maybe a link to the PC Police department?

Where did I say, suggest, or imply we were?

Yeah if you ignore 400 years of total western economic and military hegemony, the Muslims have been nothing but trouble.

Do you actually understand what the phrase "root cause" means? If current inequality was caused by past discrimination then the root cause of inequality is discrimination. Of course, only a nitwit wouls suggest discrimination doesn't take place today. Cite needed. If past policies designed to deny economic opportunity and education to blacks (for example) are no longer relevant, then why is there such a giant gap in social mobility between blacks and whites? And yes I'm aware of the social mobility gap that exists among whites who are born poor, which only serves to undermine your claim further. In part. It's more complex than that and power and economics have always shaped ideas around race: witness, for example, the mutable notions of what constitutes whiteness. Not exploring white privilege and unconscious racism serves no purpose but to sooth the feelings of aggrieved white folks. And the precise nature of that nasty rhetoric can speak volumes. But I suppose it doesn't matter to you, someone who probably doesn't see the difference between calling Clinton a cheating horndog, Reagan a senile old fool or Obama a n**ger. Some poor people are more privileged than others and sometimes that's due to their skin colour. Look, for example, at incarceration rates for poor blacks versus poor whites and explain that. Tough to move on when some people can't even acknowledge the wrongs of the past or the existence of similar wrongs in the present.

You understand that having to buy plates is compelling evidence that there's no free market, right? Why is that any different from, say, selling food you've cooked? The taxi system is effed, but that doesn't mean unlicensed, unregulated cabs are a good idea.

Nice plagiarism. What other posts of yours are made up of stolen content passed off as original thoughts?

Nope. Presumption of collective guilt based on shared group characteristics (race/ethnicity in one case, religion in the other). Same shit, different pile.

Yes because that was the last time something like that happened. Good lord.

Don't forget the bribes they receive for this stuff.

I don't understand why their motivations and religious background mean they can't be talked about in the broader context of America's gun violence problem. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold used pipe bombs too...

You talk like all these issues are completely separate and there's never any overlap. In other words, you talk a lot of bollocks.

And?

Nope. That's your interpretation as an aggrieved white man. Obviously there are manifestations of white privilege that are relatively benign and others that are less so (I have gone my entire life without once being stopped by a cop without cause, a situation that would be highly unlikely if I were black). Would I be where I am today as a white guy if I were subject to the same treatment as a black male? It's difficult to say. But the reality is that difference in experiences exists. This is reflected on a broad scale in crime and punishment, in education, in media representation etc. etc. Imagine being a person of colour and claiming racism is a myth because you've never personally experienced it. That's exactly the same logic you're employing here.In short: it's garbage. You can always tease out individual experiences that differ from broader social trends, but that doe not invalidate or disprove those trends.

That's not it, but thanks for playing. White privilege is, quite simply, that whiteness confers certain advantages on a day-to-day basis that other do not enjoy. That's all there is to it.

Don't do it. That way lies madness.

To be clear: I'm not using white people saying n***er as an example of cultural appropriation, but to demonstrate how historical context changes meaning. So a white person wearing a First Nations headdress at a rave may not be offensive in and of itself (though you could make the argument that it is), but when you look at it in the broader context of the colonization of the First Nations and all that entails (including the outright theft of cultural objects), you can maybe see why it could cause some problems. Symbols have meaning beyond that which is intended by the person deploying it. See also: the Confederate flag. No said there was. And there's nothing wrong with that IMO. Well that's why so many claims of "censorship" in these PC debates ring hollow. Most people don't have the capacity to actually censor anyone.

That would be determined by the individuals involved, but it's a pretty safe assumption that for the vast majority of the population, a white person dropping that word would be extremely offensive because of the historical connotations.* That's what I'm getting at with the cultural appropriation v. appreciation thing. *TBH, I don't think "my black friends are ok with me saying it" is really much of a defense either. Is telling someone something is offensive and that they shouldn't do that "censorship" IYO?

Yes: when black people use it. Do you not see that the use by a white person might change the meaning given all the historical baggage that white folks using the word nigger carries? What do you mean censor? What do you do if one of your friends uses a racial slur?