Charismatic Chaos

Well ok if you need to be dictionary precise about it, I'll settle for racially prejudiced instead of racist.

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Racism is different from racial prejudice, hatred, or discrimination. Racism involves one group having the power to carry out systematic discrimination through the institutional policies and practices of the society and by shaping the cultural beliefs and values that support those racist policies and practices.

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Good. Hold that thought. If you're going to be picky about the technical meanings of racism and racial prejudice then you need to stop using the word 'racist' in your posts unless it's exactly what you mean. If you look back over them you'll find that you use the term many times when you're talking of prejudice not the full blown apartheid racism of the definition. There's nobody on this forum that has any power over you - so long as you keep to the rules which don't appear to me to be institutionally racist. You see? Sure and that's what we need to change - and I believe it is changing but god knows, not fast enough. Then you need to think about why that is happening. You don't enjoy being randomly and indiscriminately (sic) called whatever it is people call you because of the colour of your skin alone, and neither do I. You don't know me, don't know my values, don't even know that I'm white, so why chuck deliberate insults around? It doesn't help your cause.

Just as a demonstration of the asymmetry of values here, somehow you are comfortable saying that but might not be so comfortable saying...Sure, a [slang word for Mexican] in the USA can be a victim of racism ?Not being from your part of the world I don't know what that word might be.The 'n' word is now completely outlawed - for good reason - I'm pretty sure you wouldn't say that now.Some things seem ok, like me calling an American a Yank, or an Australian an Ozzie. We're ok being called whining Brits by the Ozzies because we know it's just part of the fun.These things only become offensive when they're being used aggressively and as deliberate insults. And 'privileged white guy' is being used just like that now - almost always indiscriminately and almost always in a really nasty way against people that clearly are not racist or racially prejudiced in any way. They just happen to be white. This is going to backfire.

Nice to see Phat back.

Woops! That character was Jesus. Doesn't that matter? The 'no-one' here is you and us. And it's us that reckon it's ok not to do what the book says you must. Your god said that you should do it.But of course no-one actually does do it, especially the established churches that bask in wealth. What I don't get is why you don't appear to think that this is a problem. You're deciding you know better than your god? You don't actually believe in him do you?