Do you even read this forum? Everyone who dares question the gospel has been called racist repeatedly. If it were just Bruce that would be one thing. Thankfully, it's already laughed at in most corners of the internet in the same way the nutty fire and brimstoners are.

Yeah, you have to excuse me. I'm black so it's just my culture to be disrespectful and give the finger to the established societal structure. Nobody really thinks any of this is racist - I'm just keepin' it real!

That explains why meta is always jaywalking.

They are so merciless it is a challenge to have mercy for them.

To think, they seem to act this way simply to defend opinions which are demonstrably weak and based on partial, cherry-picked information. They actually can't discuss this like ACTUAL HUMANS because they have chosen to behave like sub-humans on this matter.

It is really interesting they won't stop behaving obviously stupid. Who wants this fiasco to end when we have a great case to study how long seemingly smart people will keep acting stupid while receiving direct feedback of accurate descriptions of their stupid behavior? I think some of these guys could keep being stupid for years!

So desperate for someone, anyone, to engage with him. Brian, you around?

You're being sarcastic, here and most of the time. It is not very informative sarcasm, so it's really only helpful to you.

I know I'm repeating myself... but then again, so are you.

First, you are making the assumption that the metric we all judge these conversations is efficacy in furthering some nebulous cause of anti-racism out in the real world. That's not what everyone here is posting about... and there is no reason it should be. Also... LOL at imagining what happens ITF has any significant effect IRL.

Second, you keep making this claim that a certain pattern of posting (ala FlyWf) lacks this efficacy... and in fact is counter-productive. Now, I think that's pretty obviously false. This is a good example... would this nebulous cause of anti-racism really been furthered if everyone who mentioned they found BruceZ's posts racist had been banned for 'name calling', and he was still here musing about 'circus music'? But as I mentioned before, that's an empirical claim about the real world. If you wanna make such a counter-intuitive claim... it's really up to you to cite some studies, etc that back it up.

So you have added 'desperate for engagement' to the wheel of accusation. Weak and stupid.

Sort of a strange joke. I gather you don't believe being oppressed, harassed by police, locked up at higher rates, etc., has any effect on the psychy of many poor, young, black males? It's somehow racist to wonder about that?

You are cherry picking the circus music line out of context.


Tell us more about the philosophy of shame and mockery. Tell us how and why it is so smart and explain how it is humane.

Specifically Illustrate how mockery, shaming, and shunning incentivizes open communication and resolution of conflicts among humans.

I was just making a comparison that is practically spot on. That you claim not to care about making a difference would alter that a bit, I'll have to think about it. Does my aunt really think she's changing any minds, helping in any way, or does she just like flaming the sinners and think everyone is laughing with her?

That is how they are most supremely stupid.

We have people imagining and discussing what other people maybe like.

Empathy, curiosity, understanding, inclusivity are essentially being called racist by a group who think shame rules at a higher order in human affairs than these.

I can appreciate why somebody who spends the vast majority of their time in the politics forums participating in threads explicitly about racism while essentially arguing on the same side as racists might draw this conclusion.

That doesn't make it true, though.

Yet another example of an emotional outburst in lieu of anything meaningful to say.

The only emotion indicative in that post is haha. You just can't take real criticism in return for the bull**** you dispense on the regular. So you make a false accusation of emotionalism.

Any time you would like to compete at a test to comparing our relative individual levels of emotional intelligence, I am ready today.

Oh, cytris latest deception is not just an accusation of emotionalism, but an accusation of ongoing emotionalism. Talk about a cynical and dehumanizing accusation.

What's wrong with having emotions Cytri? Just the fact you make that sort of accusation suggests the presence of your own emotional disfunction.

Are you feeling okay today? Maybe you should lay off the acrimonious conflict for a while if you are feeling stressed and out of control.

how creative you are

Spanky, you are the left shark to my Katy Perry.

It would be an interesting survey, just how many conservatives and libertarians who have ventured in here and P have not been called racist.

"jaywalking" is something that white people do - usually when they have a DWI or something and are trying to catch the bus - I stalk.

BTW my neighborhood in Brooklyn has become overrun with white people, you should see it. And we all walk in the street here, because the sidewalks are thick with white people riding their bikes - why do they do that? And don't get me started on this new restaurant down the block that only sells Nutella sandwiches, true story.

The ones who don't make racist arguments and defend racist actions seem to do fine.

eta: Two of the most prominent contributors to the BruceZ FIASCO have very strong libertarian leanings, fyi.

An accusation supported by an accusation. Tells us about the philosophy of shaming zikzak, let's hear it some more so we know how to behave or else.

Does it bother you to pile false accusation upon false accusation because simply being mistaken is too much a burden for you to bear?

Are you scared to consider how many allies in the struggle against racism you have turned-off acting like a militant know-it-all?

And I'd be surprised if they haven't been called racist in here for making libertarian arguments.

If those libertarian arguments happened to support the perpetuation of systemic racism, you're probably right. So once again, your beef is that racist things get called racist.