Ok I didn't have a photo of my own, so I swiped this one for educational purposes...
I hate prejudice. Of all kinds. Race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, IQ, height, weight, hair color....whatever else man can think up as a good reason to hate someone.
No I'm not saying we all have to live in world peace and that there is no hate or meaness in the whole. We all have things against someone else, but let them be for good reasons.
I hear it all the time. Someone shouts a stupid name out or someone will make a smart comment about someone else. They make snap judgments and use stereotypes against others which, as the poster suggests, just shows a person's ignorance and sometimes their stupidity.
Dumb blondes. Fat slobs. Midgets. Homo. Cracker. Nigger. Sand Jockey. "Mixing the races". Chink.
God there is too many to even list here.
I have a friend who openly admits to not liking other races (for that sole purpose) which makes me ignore half of the things she says. She then became angry because a news story came on about the persecution of a jewish church a few towns over. "They shouldn't be punished just because of their religion," she exclaimed. Shocked, I turned to her and said "So you openly admit to hating other races, who DO NOT have a choice in the matter but not against the group of people WHO CHOOSE THEMSELVES to be part of a religion?"
Honestly, tell me what is wrong with that statement.
I have another friend that keeps asking why I don't go to church anymore and "how wrong" it is of me to be openly against churches. Then she screams at the "stupid nigger" who cuts her off in traffic. Seriously? This is what this oh-so-awesome church is teaching her?
Don't give the dumb excuse about "We're an older generation" or "That's how I was raised" or "That's what someone told me". Well now the time has come to grow up and think for yourself. Think about the hate and mean words you are putting out in the universe. If I remember correctly it was the 'older generation' who coined the famous phrase "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all."
My favorite dumb prejudice are the ones against gays and lesbians. Mainly because it brings out everyone's hypocritical sides and I have yet to come across ONE PERSON who can give me a GOOD reason why homosexuality is wrong.
"Because it says in the bible that it's wrong" - The bible also says that murder, rape, foul language and lying is wrong, but I do not see anyone taking rights away from the murderers and everyday liars? No one is telling them they can't get married or that they can't walk down the street holding hands.
"Murder is different from being gay, Stina" - True. So why aren't murders and rapists banned from marriage or adoption or smeared across the front page of the paper? You care more about the two people in California minding their own business who just happen to be gay then the asshole chopping up people and dumping the bodies in the river!
"It's not the way God planned it" - According to...? The previous mentioned Bible that left out pieces about the other 999,999 things wrong with the world? Maybe not according to you? So the phrase in the Bible that says Thou Shalt Not Judge doesn't mean beans does it?
I suggest everyone watch the movie Hate Crime. This movie is about two gay men who live next door to a church pastor. The film focuses on the church the men go to, Church A, who preaches about God's love and forgiveness, and the church his neighbor preaches at, Church B, that teaches about God's wrath and damnation. In the end the pastor from Church B murders one of the gay men "to save his people from the likes of him." Murder. For what? 'Doing God's work?'. There's a lesson we want to teach our generation...
Frankly, when I see or hear people using these types of prejudices against other people, it makes me question their IQ myself. You look dumber yourself by applying these labels to people you don't even know. I can't stop the world from feeling this way, but I can flat out say I will not put up with it myself from those around me. Stop acting stupid and think about things before you say them.
I'm just saying...
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