@ChristiJunior I grew up in a deracialized America, which is to say that the racial conflict we’re looking at right now legitimately wasn’t the focus back then. People usually didn’t talk about politics in the first place, and when they did, they were arguing about specific policy matters, like how high income taxes should be and if we should be permissive with gays. This race war shit we’re seeing emerge just wasn’t the focus, and I’ll go a step farther and say that if you broached the topic it was kind of taboo, and the point of that rule was so that we don’t pick another race war by talking too much shit on a collective basis.
I don’t think these older guys are ever going to really get over it. They were trained with a reconciliatory view of race in their youth and that attitude worked out for them. Now their minds are calcified, stuck in their old ways, and that the situation is truly that different just doesn’t register.
Because of this, it’s my view that the racial, religious, gender war type stuff is not going to register as serious and real until they retire and can no longer really hold opinions anymore. It’s bleak.
@NEETzsche I was the first generation to have this "you should see race" bullshit taught to us. Let me tell you, growing up as a little boy I did not give a single FUCK what color skin my bro has. If he's black, he's black. I don't see him as black, I see him as Marcus, not a black guy. Apparently that's a problem?
I wish I never had to consider any of this. I wish I never had to calculate "wait are the people I'm around diverse enough where I won't get called out for it?"
I fucking hate this shit man, I live in one of the whitest areas of my state. Fucks sake, English is the 2nd language and French ... yes, fucking FRENCH, is the 1st most widely spoken language. I live in the USA.
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@NEETzsche I've never played into the pressure simply because I don't care that much about what they think. I've always been a fairly caustic and abrasive person so I'm not exactly easy to get along with. I'm also very difficult to categorize so many of the lefties don't know where to place me and end up just putting me under "nazi."
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