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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is homosexuality a genetic or cultural phenomenon? |
| Salonfilosoof |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011, 8:37 pm
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Replies: 53
Views: 5,981
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| So how exactly could homosexuality be "cultural"? You dont have to prove your theory. Just explain how it works. People's experiences in life strongly influence their opinions and feelings towards other people. As such, bad experiences with those of the other gender, positive experiences with those... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Origins of homophobia |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011, 7:38 pm
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Replies: 26
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| I've seen studies that say that the homophobic straight male is more gay than the non-homophobic straight male. Wonderful power of denial. "Eww two guys doing it gross" can mean that a man is denying that deep down he's turned on by manlove. There probably is some truth to that. Those who fight the... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Ultra-right conspiracy lunacy is nothing new. |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011, 7:22 pm
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Replies: 52
Views: 3,703
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| The different between now and then is not so much that living standards have improved, but rather that social division has been elevated to a global level. Today, billions of people worldwide live in extreme poverty while providing the goods consumed by the rich West. This system of exploitation an... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: White Slavery in the Southern States |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011, 7:05 pm
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Replies: 40
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| Well, here is another article on the subject: http://multiracial.com/site/content/view/460/27/ I suspect that there were probably a number of White children and orphans who were kidnapped and sold into slavery. A good-looking white slave might fetch a high price as a sex slave. I may be wrong, but ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Origins of homophobia |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011, 6:58 pm
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| It seems to me that a lot of homophobia today is a reaction to liberals pushing the agenda that we must treat homosexuality as equally normal as heterosexuality. Having Asperger's Syndrome myself I'm quite used to considering myself as deviating from the norm, however somehow liberals feel it's unac... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Your political views.... |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011, 6:45 pm
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Replies: 83
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| You left out "none of the above". While I would argue that "conservative revolutionary", "paleoconservative" or "conservative libertarian" probably apply more than any other labels, some of my views (eg. my support of the legalisation of hard drugs) tend to fall on the other extreme which makes me n... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Famous people and antisemitism |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011, 6:42 pm
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| "Do note that this is NOT an endorsement of antisemitism but rather a wake-up call for those who see to think that all antisemites are evil morons and all Jews are innocent victims." Anti-Semitism, hating a race because they are that race is ABSOLUTELY evil moronic behaviour. It is equally as ridic... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What is it Like to Teach Black Students? |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011, 6:28 pm
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Replies: 71
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| My experiences were that people are people. Meaning the cartoon characters that your "article" portrayed were just that: caricatures of racist stereotypes. The reality is that you will see some of that but not nearly to the extent described...only if there's a really crappy teacher who has no idea ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Are Christians responsible for the hatred of Jews today? |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011, 6:24 pm
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| What about Lewis Farrakhan? What about him? Lewis Farrakhan, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X and some other well-known members of the Nation of Islam belong to a group of African-American intellectuals who feel that American society has taken advantage of their African ancestors by shipping them as slav... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Ultra-right conspiracy lunacy is nothing new. |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011, 6:09 pm
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Replies: 52
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| So how come you have George Orwell in your avatar, if you're not against the current big brother state? Because I'm not a paranoid idiot who believes the Reptilians/Illuminati/Jews/Communists/whoever secretly control the whole government. Do you believe Orwell would support todays left wing overgro... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is homosexuality a genetic or cultural phenomenon? |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011, 5:50 pm
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Replies: 53
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| If you're talking just labels for the sake of drawing a clear line, then I agree it's mostly cultural. That's more or less what I was implying, yes. As for me, I knew I was having 'weird' feelings for a female classmate. I also knew I had those same feelings for a male classmate. At the time, I was... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Famous people and antisemitism |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011, 5:40 pm
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ruveyn wrote: Martin Luther and Richard Wagner have membership numbers 1 and 2 in the NSDAP.
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Do you have a point with that remark that I presume is supposed to be funny?! |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What is it Like to Teach Black Students? |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011, 5:37 pm
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Replies: 71
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| As I said, numerous studies show pretty conclusively that the intelligence of Sub-Saharan Africans and their North-American counterparts is significantly lower than that of Whites and East-Asians but your examples seem to be mostly the exceptions. Source please? Is it really that hard to do some re... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What is it Like to Teach Black Students? |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011, 5:36 pm
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| It's just one guy describing his experiences with African-American students as their teacher in a predominantly African-American high school. If his experiences math that of common stereotypes, who are you to call it BS? Have you ever been in his situation? Aren't you the ony doing lazy thinking he... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is homosexuality a genetic or cultural phenomenon? |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011, 5:31 pm
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Replies: 53
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| Here you're actually making a case for it being genetic. You dislike women and prefer the company of men. But you are unable to override your innate (not chosen) heterosexuality and turn your intellectual attraction to men into a physical one as well. Nor are you able to override your physical attr... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What is it Like to Teach Black Students? |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011, 5:30 pm
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Replies: 71
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| Sure.... Let's blame it on ANYTHING but genetics, shall we? Even though studies have proven pretty conclusively that the average IQ of African-Americans and Sub-Saharan Africans is significantly lower than that of Whites and East-Asians regardless of social background and economic conditions, liber... |
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