Which is a bigger problem on DU? Sexism, homophobia, racism, ageism, classism...

Great South park episode about this.

It bothers me in almost every election all the media, and we talk about is guns (4 percent), gays (2-5 percent), and religion. We discuss all this stuff, and ignore the thing that will make all of these things better together. If we make the economy better, create more jobs, a living wage, good homes for everyone, a clean functional society, health care, insurance for everyone, then people won't be so pissed off that they are just looking for someone to hate.

And Oh yea, the media hopefully will stop singling out a group, or groups for hatred. Hatred is mostly a distraction, as well as prejudices, from the idea that we can make things better for all of us, by focusing on the things that make things better for all of us, and not on all the hate.

most likely due to your late onset gingervitis.

everyone has hurt feelings.

It's how we handle them here that's becoming a problem.

I'm going to have to look up prismism.......

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I have not yet formed a coherent ideology or religion, but now you've got me considering.

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Ismphobia.

You either walk the walk or you don't when it comes to unions. And I guess all public school supporters are protectionist too, so I'm in good company.

Sid

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who believe in the constitutionally guaranteed right to keep and bear arms.

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GAC

type another OP of the same thing.

and for people making an OP out of their every little thought even the ones that don't make any sense.

A pox on it.

A lack of tolerance for people who's views don't match their own

An inability to separate one's emotional response from the facts

Being so biased on a subject that one is unable to even consider that they might be wrong about the subject.

Hit and run posters who never stay around because they know they can't defend their position.

I can't stand the hit and run posters that rack up 100s of responses with no return by the author.

Your others are correct also IMO

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that is all

As my fellow southern DUers can attest.








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I'd include that as well, but it's not just against the south.

Also, you'll be able to see how each person voted, when they voted, and how sober (or not) they were when they voted.

I chose something else (not saying what;-)) but now that I think of it, you have a point. Not long ago, I read a Texas thread and there were some downright nasty things being said there about Texans. Another recent one had to do w/the southeast 'bible belt' states. They both just seemed unfairly unkind to me as a casual viewer from afar.

I've never visited these places let alone lived there, however if it's as bad as people say, then that, imho should be all the more reason DUer's should be supportive of libs/progressives from these 'red' areas.

Get off the fucking Intertubes and get something accomplished


Your fridge is a gross mess, you haven't changed the oil in 30K miles, you got weeds throughout the flower beds and your bedsheets are nasty.




But, you sure did nail that poster with your wise comments though! :rofl:

I'm doing really important things with my life! :freak:

Wow.

is the use of the word "fat" as an insult or derogatory classification, assumed to denote stupidity, laziness, Republicanism and lack of self respect.

Closely followed by the word "white" assumed to denote parochiality, smug fecklessness, lack of sophistication and Republicanism.

A distant third but often seen in the trifecta is "suburbanite" - generally used to denote a combination of the above.

Apparently all sensible and worthy Dem voters are whipcord-lithe minority or multi-racial folks who live within walking distance of City Hall in large conurbations.

Certainly all the others listed are bigger societal problems, but on DU specifically,

a) they are always challenged quickly
b) they are generally tangential, not direct. Nobody says "women should damn well stay in the kitchen or the bedroom out of sight of men with more important things to do" like they say often yes in paraphrase (but close) "fat people should get off their asses at Old Country Buffet and into the gym - the sight of them sickens me". Complaints about sexism, racism. homophobia etc here generally revolve around thoughtless phrases, political triage, and inherent but not overt prejudice rather than overt scorn.

What planet is this?

(I'm 53 years old BTW.)

other than sometimes straying from focus on the criminal mess our politicians have created for all of us to live in.

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How dare we! The US is a Christian Country, and anyone who doesn't believe in God must be a militant Atheist hell bent on pissing on churches and evangelizing the lack of religion.

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I got in a big, long, insane back and forth a couple weeks ago about atheism being a religion. It seems that atheists don't believe that they are expressing a religious belief by stating their belief that there is no god.

As an agnostic I see the unquestioning belief that there is a god and the unquestioning belief that there is no god as equal opposites, and I payed a price for that view point.

You ADMITTED IT!

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAAAA!!!!!

One is the belief in a god. The other is a lack of belief in any god. It is not a statement that there are no gods, just a declaration that there is no reason to believe in one.

And since we are talking about pet peeves, atheism and agnosticism are not mutually exclusive. You can be both; they deal with different concepts.

on du.

a lot of atheists on du lack tolerance like any rw christian i have heard.

I would also like to add that spellcheck doesn't automatically work in the title of the post. One has to manually do it!

Oh, sorry. My Tourettes is acting up again.

Somewhere closer to the general problem.

Even when nothing happens, an article that says nothing, and uses no named sources, but predicts some form of DOOM, can cause much of DU to explode.

people who , when seeing a thread title, believe with every fiber of their being, that this one particular thread is a personal affront to them:evilgrin:

OH MY GOD!! A PICTURE OF HIS PENIS!!!!!

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We seem to have a lot of war supporters now on DU.

Put ego aside and kindness and understanding fill the space.

Seriously, it's a message board. The hand-wringing on the message board over the message board gets to be a bit much, at times, but I've been here 7 years, and as long as I've been here people have been complaining about how 'fucked up it's recently gotten' and how it 'used to be better' and 'how can we fix it'

Hide thread, that's how you fix it.

Made me LOL :applause:

Fuck, don't get me started on that.

A tendency at times for people to quote right-wing sources if they support their view on a particular issue (e.g. anti-Bush, anti-war, pro-natural-health), and sometimes to go from there to accepting certain right-wing ideas.

This can lead to various other consequences, ranging from xenophobia (most often either the form of antisemitism whereby 'Israel/Zionists own/run America/the world', or the form of Islamophobia whereby 'Muslim immigrants are taking over Europe') to economic right-libertarian views.

While there will always be some trolls on a site like DU, and some people who join because they are liberal on only one or two issues, I think the biggest reason for the consequences that I mentioned is the acceptance of right-wing sources as valid because of a particular issue.

Most people don't do any of these things, but occasionally it happens. Which brings me again to the public service announcement: always distrust most of the British press, especially the tabloids, especially the Daily Mail!