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Subject: Bias Based on Nationality

I don't see you doing anything to help our country.
Except sitting at home, naked, eating twinkies, rubbing your hands together going "Heh. Target Destroyed. Mission Accomplished." Oh wait. that's not helping.

In our society today we see so much care taken to not offend any single race, religion, or age group. There is a general condescending attitude given to those who have bias or who discriminate based on any of these categories. On this forum in particular insulting anyone for these reasons is a bannable offense, yet in this age we see coming to light prominent disputes based solely around a persons Nationality. Why then is this type of discrimination NOT frowned upon?

If we are going to be such a sheltered society in every other aspect, which again I have no real problem with, feelings on someone should be based upon personal interaction with them. Any time you address an assembly of people based upon a grouping like this you are not only insulting mass amounts of people you don't know, but also downsizing them to less than a person. That may sound preachy, but think of wartime strategy. Are they refereed to as N#zi's or Germans? Was it the Soviet Union or was it the communists? Is it North Korea the nation of people, or the nation of evil? So when you group someone based on their race, religion, or nationality, congratulations, you have just reduced them in your mind.

With that all in mind why are insults made at America's people as a whole or of Europeans as a whole allowed? Should this not be equally frowned upon and therefore bannable? What is the difference between discrimination by Nationality and any other type of bias?

  • 01.05.2013 12:58 PM PDT

Please don't contribute to the Hurt Feeling Police movement OP.

  • 01.05.2013 12:59 PM PDT

The human element always mucks things up.

Go back to france ya cheese eating surrender monkey.

  • 01.05.2013 1:00 PM PDT

I don't see you doing anything to help our country.
Except sitting at home, naked, eating twinkies, rubbing your hands together going "Heh. Target Destroyed. Mission Accomplished." Oh wait. that's not helping.


Posted by: Binman59
Please don't contribute to the Hurt Feeling Police movement OP.
Please, I am not a fan of people using bias to their advantage, but you shouldn't degrade a group based on a small number of people. You know who else did that? His name was Hitler.

  • 01.05.2013 1:00 PM PDT

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  • 01.05.2013 1:02 PM PDT
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Because it's very artificial. You were born into a certain race, culture, gender..etc it is who you are. Who cares if you born in that country or across the border. When you insult someone's nationality, it's usually an insult to one's culture and that is where people take offense from.

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Posted by: Binman59
Please don't contribute to the Hurt Feeling Police movement OP.


You reminded me of the song by Flight of the Concords

  • 01.05.2013 1:20 PM PDT

I don't see you doing anything to help our country.
Except sitting at home, naked, eating twinkies, rubbing your hands together going "Heh. Target Destroyed. Mission Accomplished." Oh wait. that's not helping.


Posted by: Husband
Because it's very artificial. You were born into a certain race, culture, gender..etc it is who you are. Who cares if you born in that country or across the border. When you insult someone's nationality, it's usually an insult to one's culture and that is where people take offense from.
Well let's look at an example. Any thread about a shooting in America is greeted not only with criticism of gun laws but of criticism of the entire American population. That is lowly and pathetic.

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Anyone but Foman. He smells like cheese.

On this forum, negative stereotyping based on nationality (as well as other things like race, gender, religion, and orientation) is prohibited.

  • 01.05.2013 1:34 PM PDT