Racism is Mental Illness

[Discombobulated]

Racism is a form of mental illness for which there is no cure. Perhaps a new psychotropic medication can be developed to help racists gain control over their grandiose delusions.

Is Extreme Racism a Mental Illness Yes

 

[ScienceRocks]

So you're saying that the black communities hatred of whites = mental illiness? I agree.

 

[Gracie]

I agree too.

 

[S.J.]

That's ridiculous. Racism is an acquired condition. It can be taught, it can be a result of bad experiences with people of other races, it can be instilled through stereotyping by others, etc. But calling it mental illness is silly. I think Al Sharpton (an obvious racist) is a bastard but I don't think he's mentally ill. Same with David Duke.

 

[Nutz]

So you're saying that the black communities hatred of whites = mental illiness? I agree.

So gimp hatred of people that can run and jump is a mental illness...forcing them to project? I agree. Matthew, the gimp, is the perfect example

 

[Nutz]

Or a titless wonder hating women with tits...is that a mental condition too?

 

[Statistikhengst]

Yepp. Racism in all of it's forms is a mental illness.

Time to drop some mass-medicine on the world.

 

[Esmeralda]

This board is becoming excessively racist in almost every thread it seems. I used to be able to avoid a great deal of racist comments by avoiding the racism and racial issues forum, but no more. Ugly and sick racist comments are dropped like big piles of smelly shit all over this place these days. Why doesn't the admin do something about it?

 

[Geaux4it]

This board is becoming excessively racist in almost every thread it seems. I used to be able to avoid a great deal of racist comments by avoiding the racism and racial issues forum, but no more. Ugly and sick racist comments are dropped like big piles of smelly shit all over this place these days. Why doesn't the admin do something about it?

If I were a mod, what would you want me to do? The link is not racist in anyway.

-Geaux

 

[Esmeralda]

This board is becoming excessively racist in almost every thread it seems. I used to be able to avoid a great deal of racist comments by avoiding the racism and racial issues forum, but no more. Ugly and sick racist comments are dropped like big piles of smelly shit all over this place these days. Why doesn't the admin do something about it?

If I were a mod, what would you want me to do? The link is not racist in anyway.

-Geaux

I would want you to delete all the posts that display a racist attitude toward minorities and to reprimand those who make those posts. This board has a reputation for being a racist board, that's the result of allowing such an overwhelming amount of such comments to figure in almost every thread.

 

[guno]

Racism is a form of mental illness for which there is no cure. Perhaps a new psychotropic medication can be developed to help racists gain control over their grandiose delusions.

Is Extreme Racism a Mental Illness Yes

Do Racism, Conservatism, and Low I.Q. Go Hand in Hand?
Lower cognitive abilities predict greater prejudice through right-wing ideology.

Do Racism Conservatism and Low I.Q. Go Hand in Hand Psychology Today

 

[Geaux4it]

This board is becoming excessively racist in almost every thread it seems. I used to be able to avoid a great deal of racist comments by avoiding the racism and racial issues forum, but no more. Ugly and sick racist comments are dropped like big piles of smelly shit all over this place these days. Why doesn't the admin do something about it?

If I were a mod, what would you want me to do? The link is not racist in anyway.

-Geaux

I would want you to delete all the posts that display a racist attitude toward minorities and to reprimand those who make those posts. This board has a reputation for being a racist board, that's the result of allowing such an overwhelming amount of such comments to figure in almost every thread.

Wait Esmeralda; I dig what you're saying but just who would define what racism is? It's like porn, hard to define, but everyone knows what it is when they see it

And to add, what you're seeing here at USMB is just a snap-shot of the attitudes US wide. The true oppressed, are starting to push back.

-Geaux

 

[Meathead]

The last thing I would think "progressives" would want to bring into a discussion on racism is low IQ.

 

[S.J.]

This board is becoming excessively racist in almost every thread it seems. I used to be able to avoid a great deal of racist comments by avoiding the racism and racial issues forum, but no more. Ugly and sick racist comments are dropped like big piles of smelly shit all over this place these days. Why doesn't the admin do something about it?

If I were a mod, what would you want me to do? The link is not racist in anyway.

-Geaux

I would want you to delete all the posts that display a racist attitude toward minorities and to reprimand those who make those posts. This board has a reputation for being a racist board, that's the result of allowing such an overwhelming amount of such comments to figure in almost every thread.

How about posts that display a racist attitude toward whites? I guess that kind of racism is ok, huh hypocrite? And who gets to decide what posts are racist, you?

 

[Esmeralda]

This board is becoming excessively racist in almost every thread it seems. I used to be able to avoid a great deal of racist comments by avoiding the racism and racial issues forum, but no more. Ugly and sick racist comments are dropped like big piles of smelly shit all over this place these days. Why doesn't the admin do something about it?

If I were a mod, what would you want me to do? The link is not racist in anyway.

-Geaux

I would want you to delete all the posts that display a racist attitude toward minorities and to reprimand those who make those posts. This board has a reputation for being a racist board, that's the result of allowing such an overwhelming amount of such comments to figure in almost every thread.

Wait Esmeralda; I dig what you're saying but just who would define what racism is? It's like porn, hard to define, but everyone knows what it is when they see it

And to add, what you're seeing here at USMB is just a snap-shot of the attitudes US wide. The true oppressed, are starting to push back.

-Geaux

First, racism is obvious to those who are not racists, especially the digusting and overt racism displayed on this board. It is not difficult to define or identify. Second, the racism we see on this board is not representative of the US as a whole: I'm sure racists would like to believe that, but it isn't so.

 

[Discombobulated]

The last thing I would think "progressives" would want to bring into a discussion on racism is low IQ.

Your avatar seems to indicate serious mental health problems.

 

[DGS49]

Racism is the normal and natural condition of the human mind. It is a by-product of learning, and trying to avoid being "racist" goes against the grain, intellectually and emotionally. Most people who claim not to be racist are just kidding themselves. To a certain extent it is unavoidable.

Racism is born out of limited contacts with people who are "different." Most people live in segregated neighborhoods, states, countries, and even continents. We spend our lives, by and large, with people who look like us, regardless of whether we are white, black, Indian, Mexican, or whatever.

Since our contacts with people who are "different" are limited, our brain seeks to learn about them by making generalizations based on the views that we have. It's like trying to figure out a jigsaw puzzle; we see bits and pieces and the brain automatically tries to fill in what we don't see to make a coherent picture.

Under some circumstances people are allowed - or forced - to interact regularly with people who are "different," and it is interesting to observe (or experience) what the mind does with the conflict between one's mind-created perception of "different" people (a "stereotype") and the people of that race or group whom we come to know personally - who are different from the stereotype. I can remember as a kid, each mini-neighborhood in my area of Pittsburgh had its own single-race make-up, but there were a few individuals of the other race who for one reason or another happened to be a part of a "different" group. Occasionally, when talking to the black kids in my group we would refer to "*******" from another neighborhood. THESE guys weren't "*******," because we knew them, but the other kids from a couple blocks away were definitely "*******."

If you don't live under circumstances where you either voluntarily or by force are interacting with people who are different, then ALL YOU KNOW about them is what you see on television, in film, at sporting events, and in the streets. And suffice it to say that for most White Folks like this, the majority of the Blacks we see are criminals on the news and in fiction, the ass-holes who make fools of themselves any time they make a good play in basketball or football, and the ones who are "acting out" in the streets.

And when those pieces of the "jigsaw puzzle" are the only ones you have, your brain doesn't paint a very flattering picture of black people in general. You assume they are all degenerates, for lack of a better word.

Conversely, if you are a black kid who only sees the white people on television, the white policemen who patrol the neighborhood, and people riding by in cars that your family can't afford, you very well might conclude that white people are (1) rich, (2) self-absorbed, and (3) hateful. Which is accurate, but not helpful.

Like I said above, I believe that the people who claim most vociferously that they are not racist are generally either lying or kidding themselves.

 

[ninja007]

This board is becoming excessively racist in almost every thread it seems. I used to be able to avoid a great deal of racist comments by avoiding the racism and racial issues forum, but no more. Ugly and sick racist comments are dropped like big piles of smelly shit all over this place these days. Why doesn't the admin do something about it?

If I were a mod, what would you want me to do? The link is not racist in anyway.

-Geaux

I would want you to delete all the posts that display a racist attitude toward minorities and to reprimand those who make those posts. This board has a reputation for being a racist board, that's the result of allowing such an overwhelming amount of such comments to figure in almost every thread.

if you think only one side is "racist", I got news for ya...........

 

[Discombobulated]

This board is becoming excessively racist in almost every thread it seems. I used to be able to avoid a great deal of racist comments by avoiding the racism and racial issues forum, but no more. Ugly and sick racist comments are dropped like big piles of smelly shit all over this place these days. Why doesn't the admin do something about it?

If I were a mod, what would you want me to do? The link is not racist in anyway.

-Geaux

I would want you to delete all the posts that display a racist attitude toward minorities and to reprimand those who make those posts. This board has a reputation for being a racist board, that's the result of allowing such an overwhelming amount of such comments to figure in almost every thread.

if you think only one side is "racist", I got news for ya...........

Doesn't sound like any news at all.......just the same old shit you hear from Rush Limbaugh every day.

 

[Discombobulated]

This board is becoming excessively racist in almost every thread it seems. I used to be able to avoid a great deal of racist comments by avoiding the racism and racial issues forum, but no more. Ugly and sick racist comments are dropped like big piles of smelly shit all over this place these days. Why doesn't the admin do something about it?

If I were a mod, what would you want me to do? The link is not racist in anyway.

-Geaux

I would want you to delete all the posts that display a racist attitude toward minorities and to reprimand those who make those posts. This board has a reputation for being a racist board, that's the result of allowing such an overwhelming amount of such comments to figure in almost every thread.

Wait Esmeralda; I dig what you're saying but just who would define what racism is? It's like porn, hard to define, but everyone knows what it is when they see it

And to add, what you're seeing here at USMB is just a snap-shot of the attitudes US wide. The true oppressed, are starting to push back.

-Geaux

First, racism is obvious to those who are not racists, especially the digusting and overt racism displayed on this board. It is not difficult to define or identify. Second, the racism we see on this board is not representative of the US as a whole: I'm sure racists would like to believe that, but it isn't so.

Fortunately this forum looks nothing like a representative cross section of America.