(December 1, 2012 at 7:14 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:

(December 1, 2012 at 6:59 pm)Annik Wrote: That would be a neat over-laying sheet, but there are many, many kinds of cognitive biases. I'm trying to think of one (maybe a combo of 2) of them.

Subjective validation?

That's the one! Thanks.

(December 1, 2012 at 5:17 pm)Ryantology Wrote: For a modern-day example, the GOP's immigration policy is almost purely racist, and just because it is easy to disguise that racism in terms of jobs, economy or legality doesn't mean the racism is not there. And, any large Tea Party convention is a great place to find racists out in the open and on parade.

Can you actually find evidence though that the reason the majority or even a sizable minority of conservatives are against immigration because is they're racist? You say they "disguise" their racism but how do you know there's any racism to disguise in the first place?

And what makes you think a few people out of hundreds at a tea party convention is representative of the whole?

I'm not denying that there are racists among conservatives. I'm just skeptical of the notion that they're a force of any significance in the ideology today.

Of course many conservatives were racists 50 plus years ago but it seems to me most of those sorts of conservatives are dead now.

Tegh, there are still some alive and kicking and they are ruining things for their peers.

(December 1, 2012 at 9:31 pm)Annik Wrote: Tegh, there are still some alive and kicking and they are ruining things for their peers.

I don't doubt that. But how many are we talking about?

The people who are most offended by 'racist terms' are middle class white people who don't know how to mix with other cultures perhaps. All I know is to mix with others is impossible if you're treading on eggshells because of political correctness.

(December 1, 2012 at 9:32 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote:

(December 1, 2012 at 9:31 pm)Annik Wrote: Tegh, there are still some alive and kicking and they are ruining things for their peers.

I don't doubt that. But how many are we talking about?

Maybe 1/4 or less. That's what I'd guess, anyway. I have no numbers and I can't with any intellectual honesty proclaim that I know every racist in the Republican party.

It's hard to determine what exactly is racism because we have certain white people switching from attacking a minority outright and instead going for the stereotypical religious affiliation of that group because they are afraid of political correctness.

(December 1, 2012 at 9:59 pm)HorribleOffensiveScouser91 Wrote: The people who are most offended by 'racist terms' are middle class white people who don't know how to mix with other cultures perhaps. All I know is to mix with others is impossible if you're treading on eggshells because of political correctness.

You say that, but it is different when your on the other end of them being slung directly at you all the time.

Racism nowadays is a punchline. If you're a racist, people make fun of you, and the racism of the past is something to scoff at with the lenses of hindsight.