Burgers with a side order of racism?

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Most people mistake racism for a skin color thing when really, it's a cultural behaviorial/values thing.

No it is a skin colour or ethnicity thing, or maybe some fun with haplogroups depending upon how scientific you want to get. There are other words for the practice of discriminating against those with certain broadly similar or otherwise defined cultural values and attendant behaviours. I would not say either are ideal things to be doing but blurring the lines there helps nobody.
 

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Article.
Express your positive, negative or neutral thoughts on this headline from today.
Geno's across the street from pats (both philly cheesesteaks, pats is better and if you ever go anywhere near philidelphia go eat it, even if a few hours drive) had a sign that pretty much said the same thing, owner died, I think his son removed the sign recently.

https://splinternews.com/a-legendary-philly-cheesesteak-joint-has-finally-taken-1793862771

The italians in the area are pretty much famously racist, so (some of them) probably loved it, but things have changed in the area in the last 10 years, almost a completely Hispanic area now.

When I would visit always thought it was so weird, but as I said pats is better anyway.

Now have I ate there, yes, is it wrong, probably, dunno what to say other then we cant be offended by every little thing, or pay attention to everything, and im sure people who they are openly racist against have ate there too.

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Most people mistake racism for a skin color thing when really, it's a cultural behaviorial/values thing.
Used to live in the south, theyer are truly racist people who get along fine with really horrible white people, yet they hate the very nice black guy, just because he is black, so I disagree. Just because someone is a certain culture, doesnt mean they adhere to that races culture, or were raised by another race, yet are still hated. I live in CA now, and see how much better off black people are here, and I feel bad for those that still live in the south.
 
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well at best it looks like whoever runs the place is an a**hole. Also he is narrowing his consumer base but that is his perogative.
 

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Geno's across the street from pats (both philly cheesesteaks, pats is better and if you ever go anywhere near philidelphia go eat it, even if a few hours drive) had a sign that pretty much said the same thing, owner died, I think his son removed the sign recently.
I ate at both, and didn't like either. I did love how butt hurt people got over the signs, it was funny.
 

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Let's not forget what Fast6191 said in his first post and indeed what was in my mind to point out if no one else did. muslims /Islam IS NOT a race. It is a religion and as a religion, is comprised of many different races who practice the religion.
Therefore, because it is not a race, the restaurant is not engaged in racism :rolleyes:.
 
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Let's not forget what Fast6191 said in his first post and indeed what was in my mind to point out if no one else did. muslims /Islam IS NOT a race. It is a religion and as a religion, is comprised of many different races who practice the religion.
Therefore, because it is not a race, the restaurant is not engaged in racism :rolleyes:.
While we are on that topic, I think we can go one step further. Today we live in a world where people become offended at the slightest provocation (or no provocation). They even get offended at the slightest perceived provocation. Today's snowflakes look for reasons to be offended and even try to find some offense where there is none. Sometimes they try to manufacture some offense where none is found.
Back in my youth, men were real men and boys had a lot thicker skin and could handle some insults. But if it did get out of hand, it would lead to a good old fashioned knock down, drag out fist fight. Nobody got butt hurt and went crying to the news or even worse pulled a gun. Instead they just rolled up their sleeves and settled it like men instead of crying like children.
 
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I see no problem with the sign. Someone who fought to save us from an evil that would have us bow down to them and do as they command or face death wants to allow a bumper sticker to be put up that shows support for what he did - good. If some whiny pansy gets all butt hurt over something not being politically correct then even better. It's been there for 10 years. History hasn't changed, only the prevalence of imaginary "safe place" snowflakes has. I'd definitely buy one of their burgers and return for seconds.
 
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No it is a skin colour or ethnicity thing, or maybe some fun with haplogroups depending upon how scientific you want to get. There are other words for the practice of discriminating against those with certain broadly similar or otherwise defined cultural values and attendant behaviours. I would not say either are ideal things to be doing but blurring the lines there helps nobody.

It's still not really a skin color thing. It often looks like it's skin color people are discriminating against, but the underlying subconscious reason is that generally speaking, peoples of certain skin colors usually share similar values and behavioral traits. The key word here is "generally." Generally, white people are of European values and culture. Generally arabs are of middle eastern values and culture. Same principle is applied to blacks, asians, etc.... So when people discriminate because of a color, they are mostly jumping to the conclusion that the person of said color probably has the values, culture, and behaviors that their people are generally known to have. And 90% of the time, they would be correct with this assessment. Forcing a melting pot of peoples with varying cultures, religions, values, etc is proving to not be a good idea. Inevitably this will lead to social unrest, civil wars, paranoia, hatred, etc... A perfect world would be one where people of all cultural backgrounds (generally speaking (colors)) could have their own country, culture, politics, behaviors, etc. otherwise, you are starting to see the stress fractures that a melting pot causes, especially I the western nations.
 

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Used to live in the south, theyer are truly racist people who get along fine with really horrible white people, yet they hate the very nice black guy, just because he is black, so I disagree. Just because someone is a certain culture, doesnt mean they adhere to that races culture, or were raised by another race, yet are still hated. I live in CA now, and see how much better off black people are here, and I feel bad for those that still live in the south.
I like the South because I like my Racism out in the open and up in front where I can smell it. So it’s easy to tell whose racist and who’s not, and who to avoid. Not this let me pretend to like people but but be a passive aggressive secret racist that is hard to figure out. So props to the South.

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It's still not really a skin color thing. It often looks like it's skin color people are discriminating against, but the underlying subconscious reason is that generally speaking, peoples of certain skin colors usually share similar values and behavioral traits. The key word here is "generally." Generally, white people are of European values and culture. Generally arabs are of middle eastern values and culture. Same principle is applied to blacks, asians, etc.... So when people discriminate because of a color, they are mostly jumping to the conclusion that the person of said color probably has the values, culture, and behaviors that their people are generally known to have. And 90% of the time, they would be correct with this assessment. Forcing a melting pot of peoples with varying cultures, religions, values, etc is proving to not be a good idea. Inevitably this will lead to social unrest, civil wars, paranoia, hatred, etc... A perfect world would be one where people of all cultural backgrounds (generally speaking (colors)) could have their own country, culture, politics, behaviors, etc. otherwise, you are starting to see the stress fractures that a melting pot causes, especially I the western nations.
Sorry Bud I like different cultures. No way I’m going to give that up. And im not definitely paranoid or in social unrest because there is many different cultures around me. I would hate if we all became separated and I wont be able to enjoy the different cool cultures.
 

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I like the South because I like my Racism out in the open and up in front where I can smell it. So it’s easy to tell whose racist and who’s not, and who to avoid. Not this let me pretend to like people but but be a passive aggressive secret racist that is hard to figure out. So props to the South.

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Sorry Bud I like different cultures. No way I’m going to give that up. And im not definitely paranoid or in social unrest because there is many different cultures around me. I would hate if we all became separated and I wont be able to enjoy the different cool cultures.
That's fine for you. But most aspects of human life can be described in terms of generalizations. Generally, most people would prefer to live among their own kind of people that share common values, perspectives, morals, etc. Obviously, there are exceptions to every rule and every generalization. You fall in the exception category. I would say that you're a minority with that mindset when it comes down to it. If everybody was generally like you then a country like America wouldn't be violently divided on the black/white, Mexican, islam, etc issues. And I'm afraid Americans are just seeing the beginning of these issues. I predict the American melting pot experiment will not end well.
 
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Although I do agree with you that we should not blindly support the military industrial complex, nor should we support big government. What about the brave men and women whose only goal is to stand in defense of our liberty and freedom? They may not agree with unjust wars but are willing to sacrifice their very lives to ensure that one day we do not wake up under sharia law?
Those individuals are whom I support.
So to defend your liberty and freedom you have to fight people on the other side of the world? Are you kidding me? China might have a point by being a neighbor of Afghanistan. But even that is wrong. If you do not want people propagating the Sharia in your country, just do not let them in or stop them from doing so. You are really stretching the definition of "defending".

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These quislings aren't part of the fringe. They represent the Muslim establishment in America. And they are on record wishing America would be ruled by Islamic law and not the Constitution."
I am not disputing anything of what you said about CAIR and so on.
But that does not justify war! Let´s put this to the test:
Many Americans want China to become like America. It is on the news all the time and even American politicians support the uprising in Hong Kong (in which American flags are waved). Therefore China is justified to attack this ideology inside and OUTSIDE its border. Insane, right? Exactly.

Forcing a melting pot of peoples with varying cultures, religions, values, etc is proving to not be a good idea. Inevitably this will lead to social unrest, civil wars, paranoia, hatred, etc... A perfect world would be one where people of all cultural backgrounds (generally speaking (colors)) could have their own country, culture, politics, behaviors, etc. otherwise, you are starting to see the stress fractures that a melting pot causes, especially in the western nations.
However, Americans were not "forced" into becoming a melting pot. The political system would have allowed for a change in immigration. Significant immigration was aspired by capitalists and (directly or indirectly) a large percentage of the electorate. And in the case of the USA and Israel/Palestine a melting pot might actually be the best solution.
 
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