Internet racists, representative of Western society?

[Reesays]

So after being on Forum Bodybuilding, Yahoo Answers, and one other forum, I can say SAFELY that racism is REALLY ALIVE.

Having lived in the deep south, I can say it REALLY EXISTS.

Anyways, the racism I have seen on the internet has been extremely heavy, like REALLY BAD. REALLY REALLY REALLY BAD.

Now you can say it is just some people and some loons but given the power of anonymity it makes me think sometimes, could it be that MOST people in real life are as racist as people on yahoo answers but just too afraid to say it?

[Tim]

No. We all have prejudiced beliefs, to some extent. However, the VAST majority of Western society has very little animosity against people from other races. The majority of any racist thinking they seem to have comes from naivety or lack of awareness, not a place of hatred.

Dude, the world is not out to get you. The world doesn't really care about you either way. This is as relevant to you as ever: http://postmasculine.com/you-are-not-a-victim

[Mark]

I think most racist comments on the internet are just joking around.

[Matt T]

I straight up asked the Misc whether (nearly) everyone there was a racist or if it was just a loud trolling minority doing it. Everyone replied the latter.


I've encountered racist beliefs I didn't know existed on the internet. And you know why?

Because they don't exist. People online made them up to get a rise out of others for their amusement. That's the way the internet works.

[Alvar]

Most people, me included, think you are ACTUALLY TROLLING this board. Yet, they take the time and give you serious answers, because, you know, there's a chance that you may just be real.

So yes, there is racism, there are people who will reject you or feel uncomfortable around you just because of your colour (have you though of feeling sorry for them, trapped with all those prejudices?) and you probably have it harder there in the South than if you were Caucasian. The real QUESTION for you is, what are you going to do about it? What can you CHANGE?

[Halo Effect]

There are many people on the internet. There are billions of pages of text on the internet. You will never have time in your life to read even a tiny fraction of it. If you look for them, you can find countless examples of the worst, most vulgar, disgusting videos and pictures on the internet. If you never look for them, you will not see them. Same for racism. You could keep reading the most loving, sweet messages for years about all the world's races on the internet, if you kept looking for those messages. Or you could keep reading the most awful racist messages on the internet for years, of you kept looking for those.

In life, what you perceive, what you experience and what you get is for a large part determined by your beliefs. If you only ever pay attention to big titted blondes, if you truly and honestly believe you deserve a life full of big-titted blondes, and only ever talk to big titted blondes, and never pursue sex with anything other than big titted blondes, your life will be filled with big titted blondes sooner or later.

On the internet, it is even more true that you get what you select for, since there is abundance of everything on the internet, and you have full control of where you go and what you read.

Why is your life filled with racism, Reesays?

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Quote:could it be that MOST people in real life are as racist as people on yahoo answers but just too afraid to say it?

That amuses me, because YOU LIVE IN A COUNTRY WITH A BLACK PRESIDENT WHO WAS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE.

[Reesays]

Nah, I don't look for it. Just see threads on bodybuilding and questions on yahoo answers filled with hatred and racism towards Blacks, Indians, and Latinos. What is worse is that those comments get thumbs up and good responses by a lot of people, it is truly sad.

And people here are rude as HELL despite what anyone says about southern hospitality. When I visited NYC, I met kinder people there!

So what if I wanna screw a Blonde chick, that has gotten me death threats on another website and people telling me to stay with my own kind.

Heck, it is like every single time the word Indian comes up, it is ALWAYS a bad thing on those sites.

[Halo Effect]

Reesays, I've spent a significant part of my life on the internet, and I do not recall EVER seeing a racist question on Yahoo Answers. YOU LOOK FOR IT. YOU DO.

[Reesays]

(03-29-2012 01:04 PM)Halo Effect Wrote:  Reesays, I've spent a significant part of my life on the internet, and I do not recall EVER seeing a racist question on Yahoo Answers. YOU LOOK FOR IT. YOU DO.

go to Other Cultures and Groups, Other Society and Culture, Immigration, Politics, and Polls/Surveys

they are surely there

racist answers too

[Halo Effect]

You mean... I have to look for them?

[Reesays]

(03-29-2012 01:13 PM)Halo Effect Wrote:  You mean... I have to look for them?

well lets see, those sections are usually the most crowded and offer dating advice as well

regardless, you don't have to look far for it, it is there and it is ADVOCATED

in a way, it makes me fearful about the world because I already live in a backwards area of America, I start to wonder if the northeast or the west coast (going soon for travel, very soon that is) is that much better

[Halo Effect]

I did not go to those sections of Yahoo Answers. Why? I believe you when you say that there are racist questions and answers there, and I have no need for bad advice.

I once visited 4chan after hearing so much about it. It was disturbing to me and I never came back. I could have been like you, and stayed there, arguing that there are sometimes funny or interesting posts, besides the disturbing posts. But I did not do that. I chose not to go there because I do not like the environment.

I could stay at 4chan and argue that all people are fucked up. In stead, I surround myself with people that I value and who hold the same views as I do.

Do I believe that there are fucked up people out there? Yes. Do I worry about it? No. Because there are many, many people in the world who are good. And I am free to not give a fuck about people who hold views that I strongly disagree with. What would you tell me if I went to message boards where disturbing things are posted every day, only to worry that most people are disturbed and that that is the norm? What advice would you give me, Reesays?

[Reesays]

I ended up caring so much about race due to dating, because in a way I thought being Indian would limit me. Here is what I have learned.

On Forum Bodybuilding and such being Indian is equivalent of the kiss of death, you cannot possibly succeed in the dating world. That is just ASININE.

On some forums, it doesn't even matter.

Reality is, the answer is just inbetween. Yet what gets me is how much will people's REAL attitudes come out once I do try it?

When I ate at the restaurant with this brunette I told you guys about, I got a lot of weird looks from older people mainly and a few guys (White) were trying to pull her over and ask her some questions, she was strong enough to ignore them.

We can't all live in NY or California, UNFORTUNATELY.

Going on another date tomorrow, a brunette but different girl, it is to go to the movies.

[Halo Effect]

So if what you say is true then one girl wanted to date you so badly that she would accept strong disapproval by other men just to be with you, and now you have another date lined up. Sounds horrible, Reesays.

For what it's worth, I couldn't care less about your race, and I saw your picture and think you look good, but based on your posts on this forum I would hate to have you in my life. I would avoid you. I might even be mean to you. It takes a lot of restraint to keep things civil for me here as it is. Draw your own conclusions from that. I'm done here.

[Reesays]

in real life, among peers, I am quite about this stuff and rarely if ever talk race


on the internet, I guess my true self and my insecurities come out

[trader4life]

Doesn't have to be said in words, I'll bet you sub-communicate so strongly that a child could pick up on it. I say that not to be mean either bro, just what it seems like your version of reality is. Have you thought of maybe getting some counseling for it? As in to figure out why it is such a prominate part of your thought process? I mean hell, we all have or have had some insecurites for one thing or another in our lives but I really think it is limiting your potential in life...and not just with women either. You're young enough that you should do something about it now. It will only get worse as you get older.

[Mark]

Oh look... another Reesays post about race.... Not even sure why you guys respond to him. He doesn't listen to anyone.

[Chaos]

Seriously??? Again????

I wanna make a point here Reesay, you behave with me, in person, the way you're behaving here, and I will tell you to fuck off and go away. Now you'll be thinking that's because I'm a racist and I wouldn't fucking care what you think. The only reason I personally cut you some slack is because you seemed troubled and seemed to be working on it... and because people who end up in the community usually have some kind of self-esteem issue (I did)... but you know what? I don't care any more... it is the same shit time after time!!

[Zac]

Reesays, can we get more FR's of you out there trying to get better?

[Halo Effect]

(03-29-2012 04:36 PM)Chaos Wrote:  Seriously??? Again????

I wanna make a point here Reesay, you behave with me, in person, the way you're behaving here, and I will tell you to fuck off and go away. Now you'll be thinking that's because I'm a racist and I wouldn't fucking care what you think. The only reason I personally cut you some slack is because you seemed troubled and seemed to be working on it... and because people who end up in the community usually have some kind of self-esteem issue (I did)... but you know what? I don't care any more... it is the same shit time after time!!

Yes. There is an enormous difference between putting in effort to overcome limiting beliefs and putting in effort to defend limiting beliefs. Reesays just does the latter. He does not listen to advice, he only defends his fucked up belief system.

[Reesays]

(03-29-2012 03:20 PM)trader4life Wrote:  Doesn't have to be said in words, I'll bet you sub-communicate so strongly that a child could pick up on it. I say that not to be mean either bro, just what it seems like your version of reality is. Have you thought of maybe getting some counseling for it? As in to figure out why it is such a prominate part of your thought process? I mean hell, we all have or have had some insecurites for one thing or another in our lives but I really think it is limiting your potential in life...and not just with women either. You're young enough that you should do something about it now. It will only get worse as you get older.

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[Lamaman]

I know this isn't relevant and shouldn't be posted, but is this "white genocide" actually happening, as people are saying all over youtube videos and the internet? Will birth rates that are so low with White people lead to a danger of Balkanization in the U.S? If Whites disappeared off the face of the planet, then shit would fly everywhere and this country and most of the world would regress back to the third world.

[Zac]

(03-30-2012 02:16 PM)Lamaman Wrote:  If Whites disappeared off the face of the planet, then shit would fly everywhere and this country and most of the world would regress back to the third world.

Whaaaaat?

[Lamaman]

(03-30-2012 03:02 PM)Zac Wrote:  

(03-30-2012 02:16 PM)Lamaman Wrote:  If Whites disappeared off the face of the planet, then shit would fly everywhere and this country and most of the world would regress back to the third world.

Whaaaaat?

Because you know according to everyone, Whites created Modern civilization, the internet, philosophy, empiricism, the magna carta, the internet, cellphones, cars, airplanes, space technology, modern science, modern medicine, modern transportation, every scientific field known to mankind, zoology, exploration, cities, skyscrapers etc. As you go from every country not run by whites to countries run by whites you will notice a slight shift in civilized behavior, technology, wealth distribution, societal running, cleanliness, space, order, beauty etc from lower to higher ends respectively. It might sound racist but this has some truth in it's basis. Obviously countries in the Middle East, and East Asia might be an exception but then they are run, funded and aided by Whites.

[Chaos]

Enough, Mark, can we get this thread closed? And deleted if possible please? This is just stupid talk and arguments (as always)... And quote frankly I don't thin benefits the forum a single bit...