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  • It’s really funny how you claim you have no patience educating me, yet are on a reply spree to pick out singular points, without making any of your own.

    i am still waiting for you to tell me how saying that americans of asian descent eat more rice than americans of european descent, which was how all of this started.

    Now I am sure that you just enjoy this back and forth as much as I do, but I have to tell you that you’ve just a bad faith actor, which makes you no more than a troll.

    And while I appreciate the elaboration of yours, which I agree, I did not study the Irish oppression more than a few hours in school, but it does again show that you’re really just in for a quick gotcha, not at all for the sake of the argument. And again, I have a good time chatting with trolls, so don’t feel bad for me, I am having a blast.


  • Yes, you’re right, I called it Apartheid/segregation, and it really just was segregation, not based on race, which makes it no Apartheid. A critical thinker like you most likely knew in advance that an irish person could pass as a british at any time if they wanted, when you listed Ireland as an example. You really got a big gotcha here, but I am still waiting for you to make any meaningful point. It’s not hard to make no mistakes when writing if you only write one liners.

    So again,are you interested in having an honest discussion, or are you just here to troll?


  • And that’s a really bad example, because the British did not oppress the Irish people because of their “race”, skin color or other visual differences, by a matter of fact they both are of similar heritage. As far as I am aware the main reason was their religion, as the Irish were Catholics or believed in Celtic gods, while the British were protestants. We could call it Christian on Christian violence, that was all around Europe after Christianity took over.

    The anti-irish sentiment, that did spread around the world was merely based on Nationalism, as well as the British having been the major colonizer around the world, spreading their dislike for Irish people.

    Or am I missing your point? It would certainly be easier to argue with you if you didn’t just always reply with one liners, omitting all relevant context and information that led to your conclusion, just like I did in my initial reply.

    Also, as a side note, you again only picked one point, I am still happily waiting for you to cite an insult I supposedly threw at you.


  • You, again, put words in my mouth I never said, which is a straw man. I said that I did write a single insult and invited you to point out a single one, which you didn’t. You feeling offended, embarassed or even insulted does not mean that I did insult you by default. Not saying that your feelings don’t matter, but if they are opposed to the facts they are just that: irrational feelings.

    Apartheid is by no means limited to a minority oppressing a majority, if you take a look at apartheid in the USA and even Palestine, you’ll notice that a majority of white people was/is oppressing and segregating a minority. It’s really just about segregation and applying different laws to people depending on the group they are part of.

    Looking at Europe, you can even find what I’d call Apartheid in Ireland, where the Irish people have been segregated and oppressed by the British for hundreds of years, before Ireland gained partial independence.

    Now, me saying something like “raciam against white people doesn’t exist” is just a fact. But again, I am happy to agree with you that I was wrong if you bring up one single example of systemic racism against white people, really anywhere in the world. I am not aware of any place where white people would have a harder time just because they are white (which is what happens to people of color all around the world by the way)


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    If you’re the one seeing racism in any statement, you might want to reflect yourself. Yes, my initial statement wasn’t elaborated in the way it should have, and maybe I didn’t expect the level of american centric education I’ve found here, because as somebody that’s been around in this world it is just blatantly obvious to me that different regions have different food preferences, and that this is not related to race, but culture.

    Also, if you can spare that little time, I am really, honestly, interested in how you think that not believing in racism against white people does let me justify apartheid. Because Apartheid is usually a construct white people use to separate themselves from other “races”, as seen in the US, South Africa and Palestine.

    I’d also like to add that my replies contained no insults (feel free to point them out to me), so if you felt insulted it’s most likely because you feel exposed.



  • Ok my guy, you really need to go out some more. And maybe read. Because it’s a fact that asian countries lead the world rice consumption, followed by mostly south american and african countries. Just look up rice consumption by country, or if you prefer look it up per capita. (https://worldostats.com/country-stats/rice-consumption-per-capita-by-country-2025-rankings/)

    Now having established this fact (not a feeling, not racism, just a fact about rice consumption), and then considering that the USA has a considerable population of people originating from those countries, the conclusion that the majority of rice domestically consumed in the US is being consumed mostly by people of asian (and maybe south american) descent is not raciat, but simply supported by facts.

    But reading what you write I assume that you are a white american of european descent, that does just like to feel offended.





  • You’re saying that what I say is racist, and proceed to tell me that rice consumption is regionally high in the US, for example in your area where you have 45% latino and asian population.

    I mean ok. Could it be that I am going to Walmart, Kroeger, Target and other supermarkets, and the only ones selling rice in conveniently sized containers are asian supermarkets like the local indian store or the H-Mart? No. Must be racist.