Male mooses are superior to female mooses because they are more large and strong and have horns.
Big strong man’s philosophy.
Master race.
Enlightened modern atheism / naturalism.
Straw men being stacked up in rows equipped with toy dart guns.
If a male moose could talk, he would probably say : “I’m pretty awesome. I have better older DNA than humanz.”
What is superior and inferior.
Superior things are fallic. They go to the gym every day.
Inferior things like flowers and butterflies have no power, therefor they don’t belong.
Evolution itself is all about big man strength.
If someone extincts a type of flower, that is actually good.
The more weak dies, the more the strong guys have for themselves.
What we need is strong moderators.
Strong enough to handle facts.
They need to eat more vitamines and read everything that is written.
I do not believe strength is the only factor of superiority.
For instance, strength without compassion and you end up with the world you have today, evolving backwards, people getting dumber every day, DNA degradation. Strength requires Intelligience wisdom and compassion.
Maybe another word for wisdom and compassion is positive energy.
Positive energy has to do with the right thing at the right time.
On second thought, maybe the two terms don’t need to merge.
I come more from the native american perspective. That is one perspectie and in my book it’s a normal one.
I wonder though what the animals’ perspective might be if it could speak - to be and having a purpose and to be later honored by feasting on it or never having been at all ------- albeit some of the ways in which the poor animals are bred and caged in are horrendous. But then that is our homosapien way, isn’t it?
I find it rather revealing Dan how you did not insert the below above your two sentences - that WAS the first sentence.
The problem is that blacks are chimpy and that they don’t believe it, when they should believe it, since we are supposedto be truthy moreso than chimpy.
I personally found nothing funny about it. And what you are doing here is making excuses for yourself and sweeping the racist remark under the carpet.
For anyone who cannot see this as demeaning, degrading, lacking in discernment, compassion, empathy, well, all I can say is that you Dan are a neanderthal…whether you meant it to be as such - as I said before, if not, that just makes it ignorant.
What would you have said to a young teenage black girl who read this, or heard you speak those words, one who already had issues with her identify, who was ridiculed and made the butt of stupid SUPPOSEDLY FUNNY racial jokes and slurs all of her life?
You don’t have to answer that because the truth is staring you in the face but it might hurt a bit (or maybe not) for you to listen.
Personally, James, I could care less if Dan comes or goes.
Perhaps you might compare what Dan said to these so-called funny jokes that to many mean nothing and as Dan said “were supposed to be funny and not truth”.
If Dan had compared a particular dog to a particular black based on his/her particular behavior, I probably would not have commented at all.
If someone compares a particular Muslim to a particular dog, based on his/her behavior, I probably would not comment at all. I daresay that there are probably many loving Muslims, compared to how some other religious people are.
Look to the individual, not the race.
Dan looked to the race and made demeaning, callous remarks. Feel free though to call it what you will.
As for the religious thing, I tend to agree with you. It isn’t necessary BUT in this case I think it sometimes kind of depends, don’t you? This is a philosophy forum and if someone’s beliefs are irrational, and I think we can probably see "irrational, well, perhaps there are better more civil words to use then stupid or delusiuon - but all the same, that someone could be called out. As I said, after all, this is a philosophy forum.
I don’t believe in god or god’s qulaities as many in here do but all the same, those beliefs are not altogether irrational. For instance god as a beautiul creative being - well there is a beautiful universe so I can see the reason there but thinking in terms of god being love, well, in light of what goes on in the world, I just don’t know albeit at the same time since we do see people who are loving, maybe it’s not totally irrational for some to “believe” that god might be loving. It’'s just belief not necessarily based in fact. It can’t ever be based in fact.
Right. Making statements about an individual is either right or wrong based on the evidence that you use to support such statements. Bias, prejudice, racism involves assigning characteristics to an individual which may correctly or incorrectly attributed to the group that he belongs to. The individual may or may not have those characteristics. The biased/prejudiced person does not care about the actual characteristics of the individual that he is describing.
Dan has no idea that what he is saying is demeaning or callous.
So instead of calling him a Neanderthal, you need to slowly explain to him that humans do not like to be compared to dogs. (even if dogs are wonderful creatures).
But phyllo, I didn’t call the whole human species Neanderthals and not even the whole male species just one particular person - well two, I also called james a neanderthal.
Look to the individual and not the race. It is a part of evolved human consciousness.
I myself might not compare him to a dog I love dogs aside from that - well, I don’t want to take this any further than I have.
And I myself might not care one way or the other about being compared to a dog - i am after all, an individual but I might prefer to be called a wolf.
But I think you get my drift.
Call me a particular dog which maybe most people might look down on I’m just saying and that’s okay as long as the shoe fits. But don’t call all women dogs because of something which I’ve done - which is also the mentality of many men around here - ah, she’s a woman insofar as the way in which women behave.
I know you didn’t ask me, but I’d say “Toughen up, buttercup”.
Should I stop being a moderator now?
Dan~ has been saying shit that doesn’t make a lick of sense for years. So now that he said something that doesn’t make a lick of sense about race suddenly it’s an issue? I think you all need to calm the fuck down and have a little perspective.
If he said similar things about Christians or Muslims, nobody would complain. :-"
