Prejudices

[TerokNor]

As we just have lots and lost of seminaries about diversity, gender, inclusion, poverty, constructivism and so on I was wondering....what prejudices do you have, that you are aware of in a way, concerning nationality, religion, apperance, age, ability, gender, sexuality, social class etc.?

TerokNor

 

[Tora Ziyal]

As we just have lots and lost of seminaries about diversity, gender, inclusion, poverty, constructivism and so on I was wondering....

Huh?

Oh... you just had lots and lots of seminars about...?

 

[Brent]

It's a trap!

 

[Robert Maxwell]

I hate everyone and everything.

 

[JiNX-01]

It's a trap!

You're just prejudiced.

 

[JiNX-01]

As we just have lots and lost of seminaries about diversity, gender, inclusion, poverty, constructivism and so on I was wondering....what prejudices do you have, that you are aware of in a way, concerning nationality, religion, apperance, age, ability, gender, sexuality, social class etc.?

TerokNor

I know no one is going to believe this, but I don't base my opinions on any of those characteristics. I base my opinion on whether or not they're -holes, and even then, they get a pass until they prove it.

 

[sbk1234]

I hate all people who don't love their fellow man.

 

[ares93]

I hate everyone and everything.

Yes, this is the best way to go. hate everyone equally.

Me? I dunno. I try to stay open minded. If I'm successful is open for discussion.

Othervise, the world around us is well... Even the prejudices has prejudices. That probably explains all the seminars. TerokNor, you're not the only one.

 

[TerokNor]

*blinks confused* Uhm... I had/have seminars/lessons/study-things about how all kind of people with different backgrounds and different individuel realities in their heads can live together and about problems that do accure in our societies, meanign rascism from majorities to minorities concerning things like social class, religion, sex, sexuality, age, apaerance and so on.
So I wondered, what prejudices you have, that you are aware about.

TerokNor

P.S. If it where a trap, you´d be entangeled in it, before you´d have time shouting "It´s a trap", cause it would be one of my making. *arrogantcardiesmile*.

 

[trampledamage]

*blinks confused* Uhm... I had/have seminars/lessons/study-things about how all kind of people with different backgrounds and different individuel realities in their heads can live together and about problems that do accure in our societies, meanign rascism from majorities to minorities concerning things like social class, religion, sex, sexuality, age, apaerance and so on.

The problem with the original post is you used the word "seminaries" which is a reasonable mis-spelling of seminars, especially since I know you're learning English, but is also unfortunately a word in itself meaning a place where you study for religious orders. So it makes the post very confusing

 

[TerokNor]

*blinks confused* Uhm... I had/have seminars/lessons/study-things about how all kind of people with different backgrounds and different individuel realities in their heads can live together and about problems that do accure in our societies, meanign rascism from majorities to minorities concerning things like social class, religion, sex, sexuality, age, apaerance and so on.

The problem with the original post is you used the word "seminaries" which is a reasonable mis-spelling of seminars, especially since I know you're learning English, but is also unfortunately a word in itself meaning a place where you study for religious orders. So it makes the post very confusing

Oh ... ... oh well, thanks for the clarification. Now I will keep this in mind and not do this mistake again.

TerokNor

 

[RandyS]

I hate everyone and everything.

Me too.

Except myself of course.

 

[Joshua Howard]

As we just have lots and lost of seminaries about diversity, gender, inclusion, poverty, constructivism and so on I was wondering....what prejudices do you have, that you are aware of in a way, concerning nationality, religion, apperance, age, ability, gender, sexuality, social class etc.?

TerokNor

I'm prejudiced against nationalities who have traits or customs which I don't appreciate. I'm prejudiced against religions which I dislike, distrust, or distain. I'm prejudiced against the great sum of people who I find unappealing or repulsive, whether through appearance, character, gender, sexuality, social class, etc.... and so is everybody else in this room.

People act like prejudice is innately bad; but every part of our lives is based upon prejudice, even if it is something as simple as preferring one blend of coffee over another. Prejudice is the program within us which allows us to make distinctions between what we embrace and what we avoid. Without prejudice, there could be no self-determination.

By being aware of our prejudice and even embracing it, we can choose what role it will play in our lives. Certainly, we should not desire to harm or hate the people whom we are predisposed against; but in my mind it is nobler to be forthcoming about the fact that you don't like a certain type of folks plainly than it is to wallpaper over the issue with a blanket, corporate-style political correct assumption that preference is abolished by tolerance.

I can be prejudiced against you without undermining you. I can respect you without having coffee with you. Prejudice is not the great evil which we sometimes imagine. It is just part of being human.

As for my personal prejudices, I am not going to list them in detail, because at least they would be trivial, and at most they would be offensive.

 

[captcalhoun]

i hate people pushing their religion on other people. i hate people pushing their views on any subject on other people. i hate the fucking tories in our government - but that's just because i've got more than half a brain and realise half their policies are shit and their figures don't add up.

i hate the heirachy in the Catholic church for covering up paedophilia and their general inability to recognise it's 2010 not fucking 110AD.

i also hate most organised religions. religion should be your business and no one else's, just you and your God(s).

 

[Roger Wilco]

People act like prejudice is innately bad; but every part of our lives is based upon prejudice, even if it is something as simple as preferring one blend of coffee over another. Prejudice is the program within us which allows us to make distinctions between what we embrace and what we avoid. Without prejudice, there could be no self-determination.

That's not prejudicial, that's simply judicial. If you taste two blends of coffee and prefer one over the other that's by definition the exact opposite of prejudice.

Avoiding being prejudiced doesn't mean not having an opinion.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

*blinks confused* Uhm... I had/have seminars/lessons/study-things about how all kind of people with different backgrounds and different individuel realities in their heads can live together and about problems that do accure in our societies, meanign rascism from majorities to minorities concerning things like social class, religion, sex, sexuality, age, apaerance and so on.

The problem with the original post is you used the word "seminaries" which is a reasonable mis-spelling of seminars, especially since I know you're learning English, but is also unfortunately a word in itself meaning a place where you study for religious orders. So it makes the post very confusing

Thanks for explaining the confusion better than I did. I actually attended seminary, so once that word caught my attention, I got stuck there.

And I didn't realize the OP is just learning English. Sorry for jumping on you, Terok Nor.

 

[TerokNor]

*blinks confused* Uhm... I had/have seminars/lessons/study-things about how all kind of people with different backgrounds and different individuel realities in their heads can live together and about problems that do accure in our societies, meanign rascism from majorities to minorities concerning things like social class, religion, sex, sexuality, age, apaerance and so on.

The problem with the original post is you used the word "seminaries" which is a reasonable mis-spelling of seminars, especially since I know you're learning English, but is also unfortunately a word in itself meaning a place where you study for religious orders. So it makes the post very confusing

Thanks for explaining the confusion better than I did. I actually attended seminary, so once that word caught my attention, I got stuck there.

And I didn't realize the OP is just learning English. Sorry for jumping on you, Terok Nor.

Never mind.

TerokNor

 

[RJDiogenes]

I don't prejudge people based on attributes that offer no useful data, such as ethnic background, gender et cetera. I will certainly prejudge them based on their own self definition-- if somebody, for example, is a member of the Ku Klux Klan, then I have useful data to make a judgment.

 

[captcalhoun]

IE, that they're a racist shitbag, you mean?

 

[Deckerd]

I'm prejudiced against English native speakers who don't use English properly. I live in lowland Scotland where the standard of spoken English is appalling. Strangely, though, the people are literate and write well.