Aaaaaand that's partly why I left UG.
Somewhat on the same subject, I can't stand people who compare themselves to the worst instead of to the best, or find terrible excuses to justify their shitty behavior.
"Hating individuals on superficial levels isn't as bad as hating groups, so I'll do that".
"I've only slept with my 25 last serious boyfriends/girlfriends, which isn't like having one-night-stands, therefore I'm not a whore" (I'd put ten quotation marks around "serious").
"If I got pregnant by not giving a damn about caution, I'd get an abortion, no questions asked. It's not like the fetus really cares anyway" (or as I've heard it, "the egg". Though this classifies more as an "I don't actually understand the social issue at hand at all and don't want to" situation).
But the absolute worst is "It's not cocaine, so it's not as bad. Therefore, it's fine if I constantly get piss-drunk, smoke tobacco and get stoned".
In a way this sort of comes back to that Chinese girl you were talking about earlier who thought "It's okay to be racist if one anus in particular was racist towards you".
The community thread is only becoming more of another rant thread at this point, though. Not that I'm complaining or anything; just a remark.
Also, truth to be told, I do confess that I have gotten rather bitter and cynical over the past few months, so maybe I don't really have the right to complain.
Thank you, Cracked.
Somewhat on the same subject, I can't stand people who compare themselves to the worst instead of to the best, or find terrible excuses to justify their shitty behavior.
"Hating individuals on superficial levels isn't as bad as hating groups, so I'll do that".
"I've only slept with my 25 last serious boyfriends/girlfriends, which isn't like having one-night-stands, therefore I'm not a whore" (I'd put ten quotation marks around "serious").
"If I got pregnant by not giving a damn about caution, I'd get an abortion, no questions asked. It's not like the fetus really cares anyway" (or as I've heard it, "the egg". Though this classifies more as an "I don't actually understand the social issue at hand at all and don't want to" situation).
But the absolute worst is "It's not cocaine, so it's not as bad. Therefore, it's fine if I constantly get piss-drunk, smoke tobacco and get stoned".
In a way this sort of comes back to that Chinese girl you were talking about earlier who thought "It's okay to be racist if one anus in particular was racist towards you".
The community thread is only becoming more of another rant thread at this point, though. Not that I'm complaining or anything; just a remark.
Also, truth to be told, I do confess that I have gotten rather bitter and cynical over the past few months, so maybe I don't really have the right to complain.
(01-05-2014, 11:18 PM)Grungie Wrote: That's another thing that really kills me over SJ stuff, is that a lot of them are pretty much admitting "because I fight against racism, I can't be wrong about it." I guess they don't realize that just because you're against something that's generally considered bad, doesn't mean you can't be wrong or an idiot about it.Also definitely this. For instance, Fred Phelps, in the mid-20th century, was a civil rights activist and was hailed as a hero within the black community. Today he is known as the founder and leader of the Westboro Baptist Church.
Thank you, Cracked.