Originally Posted by Saul Good (Post 9788322)

There are an incredible amount of historical inaccuracies within this post.

"White people" have most certainly not held most/all of the power since the country's inception. In fact, the very term "white people"as used today wouldn't have made sense centuries ago given the fact that we view whites in a much more homogenous manner today that in times past. Italians, Irish, etc. held virtually no power until relatively recently...that is to say nothing of the political makeup of the country prior to the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote.

As for the 2/5 part, I assume you're referring to the three fifths compromise. This compromise is completely misunderstood by most people...yourself included.

Treating slaves as only 3/5 of a person was the compromise. Slave owners wanted them treated as a full person. Abolitionists didn't want them counted at all.

Treating slaves as a full person wouldn't have given them new rights. It would have inflated the population of the south giving it more political representation in congress. The slave owners would, in essence, get an extra vote for every slave they owned. That's not really a plus for the slaves.

This doesn't really take away from your larger point, I guess. You should probably understand the history you're citing before basing your arguments on it, though.

Originally Posted by loochy (Post 9788293)

First of all, it doesn't bother us so much because we don't have a history of being kept down. Therefore, it's hard to find a superword to zing us. However, we don't appreciate double standards.

Second of all, Houstonwhodat kept saying "ninjas" and he got banned.

Ninjas doesn't apply to all black people.

Originally Posted by Donger (Post 9788296)

I kind of view redneck the same way as I do the "N" word. No, they don't apply to every person of the respective race, just the trashy kind. And, what Phobia said earlier certainly applies: context is key. If a Black person uses Cracker/Cracka in a derogatory way, that's inherently racist.

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts (Post 9788326)

Ain't that the truth.



I grew up in Seattle, and hang out in casinos. So I know. Racism is racism is racism. I changed my mind. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. We should ban anyone talking that shit out of their assholes. Just forgive me if I don't get as worked up over the word redneck, as I do ****er, person of Hispanic heritage, chink, gook, or whatnot. It's a work in progress I guess.

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts (Post 9788319)

Dude, he was making it a racial slur, and errone knows it. That's ****ing horseshit.

Originally Posted by Saul Good (Post 9788322)

There are an incredible amount of historical inaccuracies within this post.

"White people" have most certainly not held most/all of the power since the country's inception. In fact, the very term "white people"as used today wouldn't have made sense centuries ago given the fact that we view whites in a much more homogenous manner today that in times past. Italians, Irish, etc. held virtually no power until relatively recently...that is to say nothing of the political makeup of the country prior to the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote.

As for the 2/5 part, I assume you're referring to the three fifths compromise. This compromise is completely misunderstood by most people...yourself included.

Treating slaves as only 3/5 of a person was the compromise. Slave owners wanted them treated as a full person. Abolitionists didn't want them counted at all.

Treating slaves as a full person wouldn't have given them new rights. It would have inflated the population of the south giving it more political representation in congress. The slave owners would, in essence, get an extra vote for every slave they owned. That's not really a plus for the slaves.

This doesn't really take away from your larger point, I guess. You should probably understand the history you're citing before basing your arguments on it, though.

Originally Posted by Raiderhader (Post 9788347)

Something else to add, in terms of the slavery aspect: blacks were rounded up and sold as slaves by fellow blacks. Blacks are as guilty of the slave trade as anyone. But it is only whitey that takes the blame.

Originally Posted by Raiderhader (Post 9788347)

Something else to add, in terms of the slavery aspect: blacks were rounded up and sold as slaves by fellow blacks. Blacks are as guilty of the slave trade as anyone. But it is only whitey that takes the blame.

Originally Posted by Saul Good (Post 9788351)

There are more slaves in the world today than at any time in human history.

Originally Posted by loochy (Post 9788356)

We're all slaves to the man.

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy (Post 9788360)

****ing Donger.

Originally Posted by rico (Post 9788126)

Haha.

But dude, the shit was crazy.

Then when I got inside, I googled some shit about snapping turtles biting people and read this story about this dude in Australia who got his penis bit by one. The snapping turtle didn't end up biting this guy's penis off (props to this guy's penis, I guess), but it did end up clamping and locking it's jaws and wouldn't release itself from the shaft of this Australian man's penis. They ended up having to pry the snapper's jaws off this guy's penis with a crow-bar. I can't imagine ANYTHING that would be more horrifying than that. I've been scared shitless of snapping turtles ever since.

Originally Posted by Marcellus (Post 9788374)

You may only have 3150 posts but if there was a "words posted counter" I imagine you would be second behind Claynus.