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Old 9th August 2020, 04:45 AM   #81
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Originally Posted by theprestige View Post
The answer was obviously "no" from the beginning. Why was it so important to you to chase it down like this?
If you actually understood the point of the question you wouldn't have asked this one and if you read my reply acknowledging his answer then why is it so important for you to chase it down with your response here? What are you, a jackal looking for a free meal?
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Old 9th August 2020, 05:12 AM   #82
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Ridiculously untrue. A hostile atmosphere, at work, at home, or in the broader public arena negatively affects people’s lives in very real ways. Hurting someone emotionally is often much more traumatic and longer lasting than a physical assault. Imagine that type of emotional assault constantly occurring day after day. Imagine what being constantly demeaned and insulted does to one’s ego and expectations in all matters involved in getting through a day.

Further, the hostile atmosphere inevitably seeps into the brains of those controlling very concrete aspects of life: hiring, promotions, grading in schools, access to housing, etc. i can’t think of any society with a racist atmosphere where that racism did not also manifest by limiting the opportunities available to the minority population, by how they were treated in business interactions, at school, at work, by the police, etc.

And grading in schools, with or without racism, seeps into the brains of those exposed to it, both those of us who take to being graded like a duck takes to water, and those who get nothing but bad grades from day one.
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Old 9th August 2020, 09:44 AM   #83
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And grading in schools, with or without racism, seeps into the brains of those exposed to it, both those of us who take to being graded like a duck takes to water, and those who get nothing but bad grades from day one.
In short, people will accept anything that is common-place. Jews get gassed and blacks get lynched and the more common it is the easier it is to perpetuate itself. We should praise whistle-blowers, not jail them.
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