Confession of prejudice.
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01-11-2012, 10:09 PM
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RE: Confession of prejudice.
(01-11-2012 08:33 PM)amyb Wrote: Humans. I hate them all. Unless they're drag queens. Drag queen ... drag queen ... did someone say drag queen. ![]() ![]() #sigh |
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02-11-2012, 03:20 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-11-2012 03:26 AM by Logica Humano.)
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RE: Confession of prejudice.
(01-11-2012 02:44 PM)nach_in Wrote:Because it was the same bias that men had that created a patriarchal society, effectively abusing women hundreds of years. I am neither biased in favor of men, nor biased in favor of women. Anyone who is, in fact, biased in favor of either is a fool. Using gender as a means of defining a person's character is as accurate as using a person's skin color. I have yet to find any evidence that either gender is "better" than the other.(01-11-2012 02:34 PM)Logica Humano Wrote: Ann Coulter. Aaaaaaannnnd the average just went down. Anyway, the above statement bothers me. There are few things that I am biased, or am okay with being biased towards. I am actively opposed to religion, and am far more critical of a religion's statements or actions than many other institutions. I am definitely biased towards alternative medicine, only because its claims are rarely correct and are often disproven. I am biased towards any woo, essentially, but only with sufficient reasons. They have not supplied any evidence for their claims but continue to persist. Occasional TTA returner then leaverer. |
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02-11-2012, 07:20 AM
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RE: Confession of prejudice.
(02-11-2012 03:20 AM)Logica Humano Wrote:You're absolutely right, but don't mix bias with belief, I don't think that women are better than men, I know they're the same, and only differenciable on a individual basis(01-11-2012 02:44 PM)nach_in Wrote: why does it bother you?Because it was the same bias that men had that created a patriarchal society, effectively abusing women hundreds of years. I am neither biased in favor of men, nor biased in favor of women. Anyone who is, in fact, biased in favor of either is a fool. Using gender as a means of defining a person's character is as accurate as using a person's skin color. I have yet to find any evidence that either gender is "better" than the other. ![]() ![]() |
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02-11-2012, 07:44 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-11-2012 04:29 PM by Vera.)
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RE: Confession of prejudice.
(02-11-2012 03:20 AM)Logica Humano Wrote: I am definitely biased towards alternative medicine, only because its claims are rarely correct and are often disproven. I am so with you there. Some of those people should go to jail, in some cases what they do is short of murder. Some such creep tried to cure a distant relative of mine's MS... Needless to say, the woman ended up being almost paralysed... I'm not just biased, I have zero tolerance for such people. "E se non passa la tristezza con altri occhi la guarderĂ²." |
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02-11-2012, 04:21 PM
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RE: Confession of prejudice.
(31-10-2012 02:23 AM)Dark Light Wrote:(31-10-2012 01:55 AM)LadyJane Wrote: Thanks for sharing this, I don't think I ever questioned honestly on what I may be prejiduce about. I am sooo focused on accepting and routing for the underdogs all the time that it doesnt occur to me often to think about how I feel. What my first gut reaction is. Nice to see my presence has influenced you to(try to)get over that prejudice. I am a strong adovcate of fairness and justice, so I have no racial, sexual orientation,or status prejudice. I guess if I had to really think about it, it would be stupid people who think they know what they are talking about. Sometimes I include myself into that catagory. I can't stand it when a person starts talking about the Big Bang theory and I end up counting the mistakes the person made while explaining it in my head. I am prejudice against woo and alternative medicine as well, and I would think lower of you if you didn't understand that autumn is NOT a month. ![]() Credit goes to UndercoverAtheist. |
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02-11-2012, 05:38 PM
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RE: Confession of prejudice.
(02-11-2012 04:21 PM)Atothetheist Wrote: Nice to see my presence has influenced you to(try to)get over that prejudice.Care to test your claims? https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/Study?tid=-1 Good luck! |
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02-11-2012, 06:32 PM
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RE: Confession of prejudice.
I automatically think people with southern accents are inept. I have to remind my self its not true.
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02-11-2012, 07:20 PM
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RE: Confession of prejudice.
I'll also add people who believe in a lot of woo, and/or those who talk about it a lot. I do tend to think of such people as less intelligent and more gullible.
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02-11-2012, 07:50 PM
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RE: Confession of prejudice.
(01-11-2012 04:45 AM)Vera Wrote:" It was just better hidden then and the fact that things are finally(01-11-2012 04:23 AM)Humakt Wrote: No, I'm trying to say we've still got a long way to go, before anything like laurel resting is justified. And if your trying to suggest we've moved to age where death, rape and bigotry are things of the past, I'll beg to differ. I can think of at least half a dozen genocides in the last couple of decades alone, so there still plenty of that going on. Rape is used whole sale in many conflict not just as lack of discouraging the practice, but as a deliberate form subjugation. starting to come out in the light, is a sign that there is change. And to me, that's a change for the better." That is kinda my point, only I see it inn a different light to you, sure we aint never been clean, but we hide what we're ashamed of, the fact we dont hide it now isnt a sign we're on the road to the "light", its proof we're no longer ashamed its a sign that its now acceptable. To me thats a not a sign of change for the better. I was a military man, but not for a long time. However, enough of the mindset remains that I dont take such things personally. Also, as you may be taking it personally, my post isnt really addressing you personally, your post is the second or third use of the phrase in the thread which I just happened to read on a day when I heard 5 or 6 other times. There is nothing personal about it, if only there was then it wouldnt be a big a deal, its the fact that this kinda thinking is endemic that rattles my cage, if it was a only a few people it wouldnt be a big deal. Legal Disclaimer: I am right, I reserve the right to be wrong without notice, opinions may change, your statutory rights are not affected, opinions expressed are not my own and are an approximation for the sake of communication. |
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02-11-2012, 08:09 PM
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RE: Confession of prejudice.
(01-11-2012 01:19 PM)nach_in Wrote: In defence of the "this day and age" expression, we do now have better values in the mainstream morality and legality, human rights don't have a century yet and the international prohibition of war works a little bit, which is far more than the mechanisms before the WW2.I dont know that we do know better now, ask your grand or great grand parents what they think about state sponsored terrorism, torture, detention without trial of your own citizens. As for the international prohibition on war, Im not sure I even know what that means, theres still plenty war to go around. And as far as "this kind of bad things shouldn't happen any more, we should be better by now" goes, these things are blatantly happening now in plain sight so if we do now know better, then that makes it all the more contemptable that theyre allowed to continue. But, then I guess you acknowledge this when you should act on, not have acted on. But, end of the day this thread is about prejudice - prejudice dont have to be rational and that phrase scratches the surface of mine, that indeed we should know better or rather that we do, but are in the main are not willing to rock the boat and say so. Its easy to point at what we've all agreed is wrong and decry it, but threaten the status quo or peoples comfortable assumptions that all is right with world and thats a different story. Im startin to ramble its been a long depressin day for me, so I'll continue later if theres a response to it or let let slide. Legal Disclaimer: I am right, I reserve the right to be wrong without notice, opinions may change, your statutory rights are not affected, opinions expressed are not my own and are an approximation for the sake of communication. |
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