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Jinn · 03-10-2008, 09:03 AM

Your thread title has a question mark, but it's not a question.

It's more a "here's why I'm right, be damned if you don't agree." Perhaps it's not your meaning or your political view which leads some to call you a racist, but your tone? That same tone serves to alienate your audience and makes me (an otherwise sympathetic person who'd likely agree with you) want to disagree, because you've automatically put me on the defensive.

I think often the reasons for a political view are racist, but the view itself does not have to be. I can agree with you on "illegal aliens" without being racist, myself, but it requires a greater deal of tact to justify contentious issues surrounding race and ethnicity. I think my best advice would be to acknowledge that these are controversial issues, and unless you develop a greater degree of tact, you'll continue to be labeled a racist, regardless of truth.

I felt like I was being yelled at just reading your post, and I couldn't make it all the way through because I don't like being yelled at, nor do I like being made defensive. I wasn't even the one this was aimed at, and yet I'm turned away.

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Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	Your thread title has a question mark, but it's not a question. It's more a "here's why I'm right, be damned if you don't agree." Perhaps it's not your meaning or your political view which leads some to call you a racist, but your tone? That same tone serves to alienate your audience and makes me (an otherwise sympathetic person who'd likely agree with you) want to disagree, because you've automatically put me on the defensive. I think often the reasons for a political view are racist, but the view itself does not have to be. I can agree with you on "illegal aliens" without being racist, myself, but it requires a greater deal of tact to justify contentious issues surrounding race and ethnicity. I think my best advice would be to acknowledge that these are controversial issues, and unless you develop a greater degree of tact, you'll continue to be labeled a racist, regardless of truth. I felt like I was being yelled at just reading your post, and I couldn't make it all the way through because I don't like being yelled at, nor do I like being made defensive. I wasn't even the one this was aimed at, and yet I'm turned away. __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel Last edited by Jinn; 03-10-2008 at 09:05 AM..