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You can be totally racist without ever acting on it.

Posted on: June 15, 2020 at 11:41:58 CT
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Bigotry is very generic and can be based upon anything. Racism is just a specific type of bigotry.

Bigotry can be based on body art, hair length, where you live or what type of music you listen to just to name a few possibilities.

Racism is bigotry specifically based on ethnicity or culture.
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True or false - tcat KC - 6/15 11:20:24
     true for both cases - JG MU - 6/15 12:50:34
     True to the first question. False to the second one. - ummmm MU - 6/15 11:40:14
          It seems to me that any constitution or law depends upon - JeffB MU - 6/15 18:48:58
     Right up until some shyster lawyer finds a way to sue you, - MU-TULSA MU - 6/15 11:30:48
     Currently in the US, it is a FACT that you cannot expect - 90Tiger STL - 6/15 11:26:23
     True you have the right to be racist. However there is - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/15 11:25:10
          Exactly, even a hint on social media, you get attacked. - RHAYWORTH MU - 6/15 11:30:22
               Our founders feared government power and built in - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/15 11:35:07
                    Where were the protections against government overreach - kmawv8 MU - 6/15 11:49:18
                         Yes, but they were ignored or in many cases overruled for - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/15 11:52:21
                              I asked where were they. - kmawv8 MU - 6/15 11:56:08
                                   Legitimate question. It brings us back to my assertion - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/15 12:25:53
                                        that makes no sense whatsoever - meatiger MU - 6/15 13:10:06
                    before that there were people like you - ashtray UF - 6/15 11:36:23
                         Oh good, the idiot brigade is here too hijack another thread - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/15 11:44:11
                              Obviously I struck a nerve - ashtray UF - 6/15 12:40:26
                              It's what they do. They have their one answer. - RHAYWORTH MU - 6/15 11:53:42
                                   I didn't mean to exclude you, snowflake - ashtray UF - 6/15 12:31:23
     false, you can be a bigot however(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 6/15 11:23:33
          both are thoughts, beliefs (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 6/15 11:26:54
               you become a racist when you act upon the belief - tigerinhogtown STL - 6/15 11:30:36
                    no (nm) - pickle MU - 6/15 13:42:26
                    false. racism is the belief that one race is inherently - 90Tiger STL - 6/15 11:33:10
                         true, but they should - tigerinhogtown STL - 6/15 11:36:08
                              your 2nd point is 100% correct. Racism means y ou - 90Tiger STL - 6/15 11:48:43
                    So racism is an act, not a belief? (nm) - tcat KC - 6/15 11:32:11
                         no, you are correct - tigerinhogtown STL - 6/15 11:34:30
                              You can be totally racist without ever acting on it. - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/15 11:41:58
                              no, it isn't about acting at all. (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 6/15 11:35:06
                                   in a system it is ONLY about acting(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 6/15 11:37:45
                                        you're confused and conflating things. these are simple - 90Tiger STL - 6/15 11:49:19
                                             I was just trying to make the point that bigoted beliefs - tigerinhogtown STL - 6/15 11:54:41
                         It is a belief (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 6/15 11:33:23
               You can still have those thoughts and beliefs but if you act - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/15 11:29:47
                    that's not racism v. bigotry. nobody was referring to laws - 90Tiger STL - 6/15 11:33:54
                    Thought crimes then (nm) - tcat KC - 6/15 11:33:10




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