As for my MO, do you seriously expect me to have done stacks of research before making every post?
Only if you're going to state something as a blanket fact. If you'd tack on an "in my experience" or "in my opinion", I don't think people would jump on you quite so much.
I like Kiriana's comment here.
Presenting your experiences as facts puts people off and if you keep doing it, in future you may be ignored because no one will believe you.
While what she said may have truth in it, the first business is to straighten out one's opinions.
No one, but a bigot, wants to see bigoted opinions promoted. I know that he has only skirted the edges of bigotry, because he doesn't know better, but when you have spent your whole life trying to rise above and reject all the bigotry we encounter, any allowance for the notions seems like a backturn.
Yep, I don't disagree with you at all. Whether it's presented as fact or opinion, bigotry ought to be pointed out so it can be examined and hopefully discarded. I think my point was more in reference to why people were picking apart his arguements on a consistent basis rather than just specific to this topic.
Yes, of course.
I meant my comment to be taken as a constructive criticism of our young friend. I have tried other approaches as well. It is so easy to overlook and miss how subtle that hate and bigotry actually are and they can easily to creep back into our lives, if we do not remain vigilant to prevent this. There is no "click" solution to avoiding bigotry, it is a lifelong process that each one must choose, if it is to be controlled. It can not be eliminated.
Thats why I do my utmost to judge people on their choices actions, rather than who they were born as. I think there was a study mentioned in NS that implied that racism was actually part of human nature, or instincts.
