(September 30, 2018 at 5:04 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote:(September 30, 2018 at 3:23 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Did you just imply "I know where you live."?
No. Nor do I have any idea how you got that out of my post.
But let me tell you a little bit about where I live, Neo. Most of my childhood, I've lived in rural Appalachia. I spent most of my years in a trailer of some kind or other (though we had houses at various points). I grew up very poor. My friends were all very poor. My parents did a lot of work to create structure and safety for me in my life. But not all of my friends were so lucky. So when I say something like "cursed with white trash parents" I'm not trivializing large groups of Americans in "flyover country." I'm talking about real pieces of shit that I knew growing up. People who didn't take care of their property, themselves, or their kids. My best friend lived in absolute squalor. So many times, so many children with so much potential are subjected to a life that is simply beneath them. And the real sad thing is: all that potential goes untapped because these kids are raised by people who are too stupid to recognize their potential in the first place.
I just wanted to give a little context to my "white trash" comment. You can go back and read it if you want. When I said it, I wasn't sneering at an entire American subclass.
I appreciate your willingness to reveal personal details about your life. While you may feel justified in using such pejoratives given your unique life experiences, I would still suggest that in an online forum (as opposed to private conversation) such references reinforce the common prejudices of many atheists (and some theists) who hold people with rural backgrounds, such as myself, and residents of the so-called Bible Belt, it utmost contempt.
I'm sorry for reading too much in post. A little trash talk that included "...he's identified himself fully" sounded a bit ominous to me.
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