Wokeism of the day *Revised Mod Note in OP and threadbanned users*

IAMAMORON wrote:

I was on the Luas yesterday and to pass the time I pondered if there were many Woke Boloxes on it. I counted 14.

[Deleted User] wrote: »

But I wasn't really talking about the front of camera talent, where do the rest of the workers come from? Where are RTE jobs even advertised?

IAMAMORON wrote: »

I actually am, well spotted. I am extremely unwoke and compartmentalise anything that moves. I then give them all derogatory names and scoff to myself about how smart I am and then get sad when I realise that everyone is a bit different.

I might try to learn a foreign language, I hear the birds in French class are fairly randy and promiscuous. Even the foreigners.

In this life you are either pro Sandinista or anti Sandinista, they're really isn't any middle ground.... even though that entire country is slap bang in the middle of it. Even Bono sang about it, I rate him as a singer and the godfather of Woke. He was championing the underdog when the Bushes were plotting world domination.

As I said , it takes all sorts.

Deleted User wrote: »

You encourage people to enforce the law, and leave it to the authorities to follow up on. Societies take time to adjust to changes in perception, and forcing change on those who are racist will only reinforce their beliefs, especially if they feel that they're entitled to that belief. As society changes around them, they'll gradually lose the belief in being racist because being isolated isn't particularly nice, so they'll conform naturally.

There's always going to be some racism in sport. For soccer, it'll be the fans who shout rubbish comments out at players, but in all likelihood, those same fans, after the game, don't pursue any racism themselves, because it's easy to do so as part of a mob, and less easy as an individual (when society is against it). With time, the mob will change because they're all exposed to society's will on the matter of racism. It might take a few years or a decade but, it'll happen.

The push to destroy racism is a lot like the war on Terror. It can't be completed, because you're fighting an idea. The problem is when you push hard against that idea, you run the risk of stimulating support for that idea. It also ignores the very real changes in demographics, and the feelings many people have about their situations (and the actions of that racial group, the racism is directed towards).

For example, we're likely to see racism towards black people rise in Europe, because Africans often end up at the bottom of society, and on welfare supports. That will affect the opinions of some people, encouraging feelings of superiority, or anger over increasingly large numbers of black people being on welfare over time. Or we'll likely see a growth of racism directed towards Arabs over Islam, and the reactions to the Muhammad cartoons, and the terrorism in France/Europe.

To reduce racism we have to recognise what's going on, and consider how we can affect the drivers that encourage that racism to grow. Not simply tell everyone that it's bad, and then, force them to change irrespective of what's happening to people.

Deleted User wrote: »

Nope. The fallacy is equating taking the knee with raising awareness about racism. Taking the knee is in association with BLM as a focus point in the fight against racism.

If they are the problem, they'll be changed due to social change, because this is not China or Russia. And don't see the problem? Nah. I doubt that...

Ahh well in some cases, they'll be saying it because it gives them a platform to air their own agendas. There are advantages to being a discriminated against minority. In other cases, there will be genuine racism directed towards them.

Nope. I don't see it in this thread.

Because I have no influence over immigration policies, the supports given to immigrants, nor any control over how integration of them is supposed to happen. I see what's happening, and I see the same mistakes being repeated.. but I don't have any power to change them.

And I don't believe joining the mob in opposition will do anything to change that, because the mob will promote their own views, many of which I disagree with.

BTW. I said nothing about passively waiting. You're seeking to steer the topic, and I find that rather... meh.

You encourage people to enforce the law, and leave it to the authorities to follow up on. Societies take time to adjust to changes in perception, and forcing change on those who are racist will only reinforce their beliefs, especially if they feel that they're entitled to that belief. As society changes around them, they'll gradually lose the belief in being racist because being isolated isn't particularly nice, so they'll conform naturally.