Congressman Steve King under fire for xenophobic remarks - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;51952021]I hope you're only just going through an edgy phase because it would feel weird sleeping in the same house as a racist.[/QUOTE] me heading the local klan chapter already made it clear

[QUOTE=tehMuffinMan;51952032]me heading the local klan chapter already made it clear[/QUOTE] it isn't ironic if you actually think the devious, filthy foreigners are ruining the country

[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;51952040]it isn't ironic if you actually think the devious, filthy foreigners are ruining the country[/QUOTE] trying to guilt me into feeling like a bad person isn't persuasive, i don't hold racist beliefs. i'm literally asking for people to correct me on this. i never see anything explaining why multiculturalism is needed, only scolding people for not accepting it outright.

[QUOTE=tehMuffinMan;51952062]trying to guilt me into feeling like a bad person isn't persuasive, i don't hold racist beliefs. i'm literally asking for people to correct me on this. i never see anything explaining why multiculturalism is needed, only scolding people for not accepting it outright.[/QUOTE] I don't give a fuck if you feel guilty or not. If you can't see that you're saying racist shit, then that's totally cool. Have fun with that.

[QUOTE=tehMuffinMan;51952062]trying to guilt me into feeling like a bad person isn't persuasive, i don't hold racist beliefs. i'm literally asking for people to correct me on this. i never see anything explaining why multiculturalism is needed, only scolding people for not accepting it outright.[/QUOTE] Because it's a stupid and misleading question. It's like asking "Why do black people [I]need[/I] to sit at the front of the bus?" I don't care whether multiculturalism is good or bad, I believe that the actions that would need to be taken in order to prevent it are immoral.

[QUOTE=tehMuffinMan;51952062]trying to guilt me into feeling like a bad person isn't persuasive, i don't hold racist beliefs. i'm literally asking for people to correct me on this. i never see anything explaining why multiculturalism is needed, only scolding people for not accepting it outright.[/QUOTE] The only people who see multiculturalism as some sort of evil force are the people who think there is some superior culture open to pollution. It's a natural progression and is completely inconsequential to the future. Are you this passionate about raging wealth inequality and poverty, that in the future will no doubt be perpetuated by your anti multicultural wank? You know, things that matter.

[QUOTE=Hamaflavian;51951007]Except all the radicals are on his side of the wall. On the other side of the wall is just a wave of brown sludge that's stamped with the star and crescent, which is not a terrorist symbol, but a generic Muslim one.[/QUOTE] Sorry, not really related to your post but are you colour blind? The sludge looks pretty green to me.

[QUOTE=Lord of Boxes;51950809]This is dumb enough already, but then you remember we're a nation of immigrants, and we don't even have a concrete culture.[/QUOTE] Welcome to the generation that has particularly dumb yet numerous people think we speak American rather than English, and completely refuse to acknowledge the country's origins due to seeking means of feeling good about being American against immigrants or snubbed races, rather than simply as a citizen of the United States of America.

[QUOTE=Crumpet;51952300]The only people who see multiculturalism as some sort of evil force are the people who think there is some superior culture open to pollution. It's a natural progression and is completely inconsequential to the future. Are you this passionate about raging wealth inequality and poverty perpetuated by your anti multicultural wank? You know, things that matter.[/QUOTE] what's being misunderstood, because i word things poorly or because you people are vicious, is that i'm not against the concept of multiculturalism and immigrants entirely, a society doesn't need a single ethnicity or religion or to function, what i subscribe to is interculturalism. one of its biggest distinctions from multiculturalism is that it aims specifically to avoid cultural enclaves, minorities living in their own communities separate from eachother without assimilating is what can lead to a grind in social cohesion and political divide, it also recognizes a majority culture rather than adopting the idea that all cultures are unconditionally equal.

[QUOTE=tehMuffinMan;51952473]what's being misunderstood, because i word things poorly or because you people are vicious, is that i'm not against the concept of multiculturalism and immigrants entirely, a society doesn't need a single ethnicity or religion or to function, what i subscribe to is interculturalism. one of its biggest distinctions from multiculturalism is that it aims specifically to avoid cultural enclaves, minorities living in their own communities separate from eachother without assimilating is what can lead to a grind in social cohesion and political divide, it also recognizes a majority culture rather than adopting the idea that all cultures are unconditionally equal.[/QUOTE] You might be backpedalling a little now but you made your opinion clear in your posts last page. I'm not sorry for being vicious because I think your opinion is dangerous and contradicts itself. I don’t find cultural enclaves to be a relevant criticism of multiculturalism because much of the reason these enclaves exist is due to a fundamental lack of equality and respect between the cultures. How can they integrate in the face of normalised xenophobia and a degree of institutionalised racism? Coupled with often poor socioeconomic situations and the definition of ‘multiculturalism’ hardly fits the bill of what’s going on. Your ‘interculturalism’ (which I’d wager is a natural progression of multiculturalism) surely cannot exist without an egalitarian view of different cultures in the first place.

[QUOTE=tehMuffinMan;51951560]i'm not arguing that they didn't exist, but that the usa's population pre-1965 was nowhere near as diverse as modern demographics. there were tight restrictions on non-european immigration to the usa pre-1965 and because of this the contributions and population of europeans outweighed others. non-european immigrants definitely played a role, but to say that the country was built on them is an overstatement [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Sq7bsVU.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] pre-1492 there were basically no europeans at all. Also you're still neglecting slaves in this argument.

Multiculturalism means that faiths now are no longer immune to challenge, as Christians and Muslims and Buddhists have to live next to each other and notice how totally unconvinced outsiders are of their ideas. And the movement from closely-knit communities to sprawling cities mean that the local church no longer ties together your entire actual and possible social network so closely that it can exert pressure on you to conform. It also prevents jingoism, lowers the chance of a new hitler, makes the country look better internationally & helps it to be popularized in other countries, giving it more skilled immigrants. Without people wanting to break away from the church we might not even have the idea that the earth orbits the sun, it'd be a piece of doublethink or something.

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[QUOTE=Hamaflavian;51951007]Except all the radicals are on his side of the wall. On the other side of the wall is just a wave of brown sludge that's stamped with the star and crescent, which is not a terrorist symbol, but a generic Muslim one.[/QUOTE] The sludge looks green to me. Do you have color blindness per chance?

[QUOTE=sannys;51950944]A phobia is an irrational or extreme fear. This isn't either. Keep those radicals out.[/QUOTE] i agree when are you leaving

[QUOTE=Dolton;51952354]Sorry, not really related to your post but are you colour blind? The sludge looks pretty green to me.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Talishmar;51953887]The sludge looks green to me. Do you have color blindness per chance?[/QUOTE] Colorblindness does run in my family so yeah I might be a little.