Why are blatantly racist threads allowed?

[CanadianEye]

Accusations of racism such as delusional claims about Affirmative Action, playing the race card, and others are made by the far right. Jew baiting and hate is exclusively right wing as well. As for Islam, while you people express hate for Muslims because of terrorism, you conveniently ignore the imperialism and crimes committed by Westerners on Muslims such as the invasions of North Africa and the Middle East. Millions died and all you do is to applaud.

What are the delusional claims about Affirmative Action, made by the far right? Quotas, reverse discrimination?

[Cigar]

What are the delusional claims about Affirmative Action, made by the far right? Quotas, reverse discrimination?

Demographics!

[Shangrila]

Because the Internet is the last remaining refuse for Racist before their relevance fades into Diversity.

Not the internet. Not all discussion boards allow these discussions as we come across here at PF.
According to the mission statement, all opinion are welcome. But lets not forget, this is an attempt "to bring opposites together to relate their views and learn from one another"..
Perhaps, instead of disregarding the opinions of those with racist views as nonsense, we should attempt to educate and gently persuade them to rethink.

[cenydd]

Not the internet. Not all discussion boards allow these discussions as we come across here at PF.
According to the mission statement, all opinion are welcome. But lets not forget, this is an attempt "to bring opposites together to relate their views and learn from one another"..
Perhaps, instead of disregarding the opinions of those with racist views as nonsense, we should attempt to educate and gently persuade them to rethink.

Precisely. Either that or simply point out how wrong they are, and point out exactly why they are so wrong, using simple logic, evidence and basic common sense, expressed through the medium of 'vigorous respectful debate', and in full compliance with the rules - it really shouldn't be that hard to do!

People are perfectly free to express any opinion they like, as long as they do so within the forum rules. Other people are perfectly free to challenge those stated opinions, as long as they do so within the forum rules.

There are other places on the internet run by and for people who hold extreme and bigotted views, where they gather together to discuss them, pat each other on the back about how clever and superior they and their kind are, and where dissenting voices are quickly banished for daring to suggest that they may not actually be such a wonderously higher 'master race' after all. This is certainly not one of those places! This is a place where any views can be expressed as long as the posts abide by the rules, but where anyone expressing such extreme views will quickly find that there are plenty of good posters perfectly willing and able to directly and effectively challenge their stated 'ideology' in debate - as long as they also abide by the forum rules, that's fine - hopefully at least some of them will indeed learn from it.

[Polar Bear]

Precisely. Either that or simply point out how wrong they are, and point out exactly why they are so wrong, using simple logic, evidence and basic common sense, expressed through the medium of 'vigorous respectful debate', and in full compliance with the rules - it really shouldn't be that hard to do!

I detect resistance on the part of some here to take that step you are talking about - to go through the effort to prove people like me "wrong". Most of the time they just shower a debate with allegations of "bigotry" and "racism" in an attempt to discredit an opposing opinion, without presenting any real facts or evidence.

Take, for example, the Israel-Palestine debate, or the white-black IQ gap, or the disparity in development between white and non-white peoples around the world. Most on the hard left feel that any white-brown disparity in income or ability is the result of "white racism".

Now, I do not claim to be "superior" to anyone else - Africans, Amerindians, Aboriginals are certainly more equipped for survival in their own natural environments. Natural genetic resistance to high altitude sickness (the Inca), or resistance to tropical diseases (blacks), or even high fertility (Amerindians) are all survival traits. European and North Asian survival traits have all revolved around scientific advancement (and thus cerebral growth) instead of physical adaptations. Why are 90% of the pilots for South African Airlines still white, even after 20 years of intense racial quotas attempting to reverse that number? (the remaining 10% are mostly Indian or Colored) There are glaring facts regarding race and ability that simply cannot be explained away by do-gooder liberals.



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[cenydd]

I detect resistance on the part of some here to take that step you are talking about - to go through the effort to prove people like me "wrong". Most of the time they just shower a debate with allegations of "bigotry" and "racism" in an attempt to discredit an opposing opinion, without presenting any real facts or evidence.

Take, for example, the Israel-Palestine debate, or the white-black IQ gap, or the disparity in development between white and non-white peoples around the world. Most on the hard left feel that any white-brown disparity in income or ability is the result of "white racism".

Now, I do not claim to be "superior" to anyone else - Africans, Amerindians, Aboriginals are certainly more equipped for survival in their own natural environments. Natural genetic resistance to high altitude sickness (the Inca), or resistance to tropical diseases (blacks), or even high fertility (Amerindians) are all survival traits. European and North Asian survival traits have all revolved around scientific advancement (and thus cerebral growth) instead of physical adaptations. Why are 90% of the pilots for South African Airlines still white, even after 20 years of intense racial quotas attempting to reverse that number? (the remaining 10% are mostly Indian or Colored) There are glaring facts regarding race and ability that simply cannot be explained away by do-gooder liberals.

You are entitled to express such opinions on discussion threads, as long as you do so within the forum rules. Other members are entitled to challange those views on discussion threads, as long as they do so within the forum rules.

As this is not the place for such a discussion, though, and the question which was asked has now been answered, I'm going to close this thread before it heads off topic again.