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Raven Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2981 Around	Is racism a mental health issue? Feb 17^th, 2017 at 11:33pm Racism is a mental health issue
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rhino Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17179 Gender:	Re: Is racism a mental health issue? Reply #1 - Feb 17^th, 2017 at 11:39pm strange, That vid keeps talking about racist violence but most of the home grown politically driven violence is from the far left. So the vid is a crock, or more accurately, inaccurate propaganda.
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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 16274 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: Is racism a mental health issue? Reply #2 - Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:00am Raven wrote on Feb 17^th, 2017 at 11:33pm: Racism is a mental health issue What I see in the video is a bunch of piss weak people.
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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 16274 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: Is racism a mental health issue? Reply #3 - Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:10am If someone posted a video of a bunch of ignorant blacks/whatever behaving badly? Another bunch or piss weak people. I would not come to the conclusion the video does.
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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 16274 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: Is racism a mental health issue? Reply #4 - Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:12am Ignorance is not racism, it's the default position of the human mind. Ignorance is not a mental disease.
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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 35059 Gender:	Re: Is racism a mental health issue? Reply #5 - Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:39am Setanta wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:12am: Ignorance is not racism, it's the default position of the human mind. Ignorance is not a mental disease. But racism is ignorance. Are you saying that's a default position?
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Re: Is racism a mental health issue?
Reply #6 - Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:51am

mothra wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:39am:

Setanta wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:12am:

Ignorance is not racism, it's the default position of the human mind.
Ignorance is not a mental disease.

But racism is ignorance.

Are you saying that's a default position?

What is ignorance?
ignorance
ˈɪɡn(ə)r(ə)ns/
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lack of knowledge or information.

Yes that is the default position of the human mind.

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Re: Is racism a mental health issue?
Reply #7 - Feb 18^th, 2017 at 1:01am

Setanta wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:51am:

mothra wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:39am:

Setanta wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:12am:

Ignorance is not racism, it's the default position of the human mind.
Ignorance is not a mental disease.

But racism is ignorance.

Are you saying that's a default position?

What is ignorance?
ignorance
ˈɪɡn(ə)r(ə)ns/
noun
lack of knowledge or information.

Yes that is the default position of the human mind.

I disagree. Children tend to be ore accepting of difference than adults.

If racism is ignorance (which i'm sure cannot be contested) then children would, by default, be racist.

They are not.

Racism is taught. Yet it is ignorant. And not default ignorance.

Stanta, looks lik it' all more complicated than you would have us believe.

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Re: Is racism a mental health issue?
Reply #8 - Feb 18^th, 2017 at 1:53am

Apparently Im racist. I recognise differences between races and culture. I also believe that some cultures are inherently superior to others. Yet, I would be the first to step in if someone was bullying or targeting a person because of their race or culture. Im also tired of the anti brigade trying to make it all about skin colour. Like most Australians I dont give a bugger about skin colour and never have. And Im not mentally ill, although "mental illness" is a very broad spectrum.

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Reply #9 - Feb 18^th, 2017 at 2:06am

mothra wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 1:01am:

Setanta wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:51am:

mothra wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:39am:

Setanta wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:12am:

Ignorance is not racism, it's the default position of the human mind.
Ignorance is not a mental disease.

But racism is ignorance.

Are you saying that's a default position?

What is ignorance?
ignorance
ˈɪɡn(ə)r(ə)ns/
noun
lack of knowledge or information.

Yes that is the default position of the human mind.

I disagree. Children tend to be ore accepting of difference than adults.

If racism is ignorance (which i'm sure cannot be contested) then children would, by default, be racist.

They are not.

Racism is taught. Yet it is ignorant. And not default ignorance.

Stanta, looks lik it' all more complicated than you would have us believe.

They are also non-believers in gods. Ignorance can be bliss. Ignorance of the concept of ignorance.

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Re: Is racism a mental health issue?
Reply #10 - Feb 18^th, 2017 at 2:17am

Setanta wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 2:06am:

mothra wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 1:01am:

Setanta wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:51am:

mothra wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:39am:

Setanta wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:12am:

Ignorance is not racism, it's the default position of the human mind.
Ignorance is not a mental disease.

But racism is ignorance.

Are you saying that's a default position?

What is ignorance?
ignorance
ˈɪɡn(ə)r(ə)ns/
noun
lack of knowledge or information.

Yes that is the default position of the human mind.

I disagree. Children tend to be ore accepting of difference than adults.

If racism is ignorance (which i'm sure cannot be contested) then children would, by default, be racist.

They are not.

Racism is taught. Yet it is ignorant. And not default ignorance.

Stanta, looks lik it' all more complicated than you would have us believe.

They are also non-believers in gods. Ignorance can be bliss. Ignorance of the concept of ignorance.

You'e failed to address the point.

If racism is ignorance, why is it taught?

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Re: Is racism a mental health issue?
Reply #11 - Feb 18^th, 2017 at 4:47am

mothra wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 2:17am:

Setanta wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 2:06am:

mothra wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 1:01am:

Setanta wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:51am:

mothra wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:39am:

Setanta wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:12am:

Ignorance is not racism, it's the default position of the human mind.
Ignorance is not a mental disease.

But racism is ignorance.

Are you saying that's a default position?

What is ignorance?
ignorance
ˈɪɡn(ə)r(ə)ns/
noun
lack of knowledge or information.

Yes that is the default position of the human mind.

I disagree. Children tend to be ore accepting of difference than adults.

If racism is ignorance (which i'm sure cannot be contested) then children would, by default, be racist.

They are not.

Racism is taught. Yet it is ignorant. And not default ignorance.

Stanta, looks lik it' all more complicated than you would have us believe.

They are also non-believers in gods. Ignorance can be bliss. Ignorance of the concept of ignorance.

You'e failed to address the point.

If racism is ignorance, why is it taught?

Ignorance? Why is religion taught? Why are the followers breeding ignorance? The dark can only be afraid of light, therefore bring out the parasol.

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miketrees Moderator Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6490 Gender:	Re: Is racism a mental health issue? Reply #12 - Feb 18^th, 2017 at 7:41am So were we ignorant when we fought Nazi Germany?
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Re: Is racism a mental health issue?
Reply #13 - Feb 18^th, 2017 at 1:16pm

mothra wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:39am:

Setanta wrote on Feb 18^th, 2017 at 12:12am:

Ignorance is not racism, it's the default position of the human mind.
Ignorance is not a mental disease.

But racism is ignorance.

Are you saying that's a default position?

Nope Setanta is right.... they are a bunch of dopes.
You can be ignorant of many things... that doesn't make you automatically racist.

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Brian Ross Gold Member Offline Representative of me Posts: 40445	Re: Is racism a mental health issue? Reply #14 - Feb 18^th, 2017 at 9:57pm I find it rather ironic that a racist talks about what racism is...
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