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Originally Posted by blueash
You may not believe in interracial marriage, but it is reality. You can believe in Santa Claus and it doesn't make him real, you can not believe in marriage and it is still true that it has happened. Sorry to tell you your beliefs are errors. Proudly all of the world has moved beyond your belief system with the exception of a few who cling to their personal philosophy which almost everyone else rejects as yes racist and yes prejudiced and yes bigoted. Perhaps you will now tell us how Jews control the banks and the world via their protocols of the elders and how if only we'd never given them blacks and them women the right to vote America would still have been a great country. How anyone can read your words and not be furious and saddened at the belief you hold amazes me. I applaud those who have written that you are entitled to your opinion, but I would call you out as an evil person for spewing such an idea for discussion as if there could be two reasonable sides to the issue. If you meant it solely to stimulate controversy and you really don't support what you wrote it was still IMO shameful. Rant over
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I think most people are far more complex in their beliefs than that.
Some of our prejudices are positive and somewhat accurate.
Some of our prejudices are mean spirited and narrow minded.
Sometimes we have to generalize in order to make some kinds of decisions.
For instance if some kid came in showing four inches of underwear, had a skull tattoo and he had those big black discs in his ears, I wouldn't hire him. I don't care if he was valedictorian, summa cum laude, an Eagle scout and a pillar of his church.
Sometimes we have to adapt, fit in, look the part and try harder.
We all have prejudices. But all people are worthy to be listened to and respected until they do something that hurts others on purpose or fail to take care of themselves and their family if they are able to.
Not all people are born with the same level of intelligence and you can call them stupid if you wish, but few people realize that most people are doing the best they can with the intelligence that they were born with and the experiences they have had. You can educate people and give the tools to help them, but you cannot make them innately smarter.
I am the mother of a gifted child and a retarded one. I love them both exactly the same and feel they have the exact same value in this world. People are born within the spectrum of intelligence of my two children and education and good parenting can only modify that somewhat. Be kind and fair and help as much as you can and see all people as worthwhile unless and until the hurt others on purpose. MOST people are doing the best they can with what they were born with.
I will never be the center for the Celtics.