Red Mosquito

cutuphalfdead wrote:You've already ignored the stats that McPardigm posted a few pages back.

That was not proof for systemic racism in America today

cutuphalfdead wrote:You've already ignored the stats that McPardigm posted a few pages back.

When studying this thread, class, it's vital to note which responses tree chooses to ignore. It's very telling. Be sure to track those as you work through because it will be on the final.

cutuphalfdead wrote:You've already ignored the stats that McPardigm posted a few pages back.

And the evidence he, himself, provided that I pointed out to him just two pages back.

He trolling. Pure and simple.

Nah I think he's just stupid.

cutuphalfdead wrote:Nah I think he's just stupid.

Well, he is that.

The so-called evidence provided in this thread is on par with our existence being evidence that God exists

Which God do you most hope is real?

Maya the goddess of illusion

Why?

Crom is the only acceptable answer.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Yeah I heard the house chud drove into was that of a black family lol

What about the landlord?

durdencommatyler wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:hey guys. so this is my first foray into the n&d subforum in a couple of days. without sifting through so many pages, what's this thread all about?

tree is a systemic racism denier.

He says he's open minded but guess what?!

wait? the white dude whose racism detector is broken? no way!

tree, if you're thinking racism doesn't exist because the drummer for the dave matthews band is black, i've got news for you . . .

bada wrote:Crom is the only acceptable answer.

Only Barbarians from the north worship Crom. Mitra take you!

durdencommatyler wrote:Which God do you most hope is real?

Odin



Or Thor

Disregarding the whole discussion you could make for/against it, but couldn’t affirmative action be seen as a confirmation of systemic racism and a tool to mitigate its effects?

Revealing is the word I would use.

Yeah well I'm just trying to learn on the fly... Pretty ignorant for sure

tree_ wrote:Yeah well I'm just trying to learn on the fly... Pretty ignorant for sure

Learning to fly is a process by which someone recognizes that they don’t know how to fly, then sits and listens to people who do know for a very long time. Slowly, with assistance and care, they take incremental, practiced steps towards doing it for themselves. Their criticism level is low (especially at first), because they inherently recognize that their doubt or suspicion is almost universally fed by the very fact that brought them in, in the first place: their own lack of knowing.

If you think that’s what you’re doing here, then you really are doing it in the worst possible way.

Protecting predisposed beliefs, on the other hand, is a process by which every bit of information that doesn’t support those beliefs is dismissed, treated to disproportionate skepticism, and viewed as disprovable via posed questions (rather than direct response facts). In some people, this urge manifests itself aggressively, meaning they have an impulse to try and actively create situations where they can repel information in order to reenforce their own internal bias. And it is, in fact, a very powerful way to remain ignorant.