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Originally Posted by thenry
well thankfully I'm not from the far right  just old fashion  |
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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan
I think you have hit the nail on the head there.
The trouble is that many old fashion views were also sexist and racist, and so shouldn't play a part in modern society.
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Absolutely spot on .I was bought up in what would be seen today as a very racist household .My father was always complaining when Idi Amin sent another plane load of "blackies" over here ,and why can't they speak English .Back then it was normal and probably a large proportion of the population felt the same .Fortunately those old fashioned views didn't rub off onto me too much as i left home at 16 (another old fashioned belief)
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Originally Posted by Gary L
That's an argument in itself. why can't someone have views on race (and not be accused of being a racist just because they have views) or be seen as sexist (just because they say something about the other sex) and the rest of society says it's not acceptable to have them views or be seen as sexist?
I think it's the case that we all have views about everything in life. but we are not allowed to share them amongst each other.
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Because that's how it works ,society as a whole make the rules .Society has deemed that taking other peoples possessions is wrong so we make laws and dish out punishment to those that do it ,society has deemed that some views about race are offensive so we have made rules and set limits .Wether you like it or not you are part of a society and there are limits as to what you can do or say