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  • Re: Nice Planet: Screw It, I'm Outta Here

    "I'm not a racist! I just have some legitimate concerns about all these terro- err, I mean Somalians moving in. Here, read this Breitbart article..."

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    • Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
      What do you suggest? A poll?

      "Excuse me, sir, are you racist?"

      Huh...100% of respondents said they weren't racist. Guess that settles it.
      Something other than..."I heard this guy say this, so that means the majority are racist."
      Saying it has a "rep" is not enough.
      You guys made the claim...you prove it.
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      • Originally posted by First Time, Long Time View Post
        Something other than..."I heard this guy say this, so that means the majority are racist."
        Saying it has a "rep" is not enough.
        You guys made the claim...you prove it.
        I didn't make any claim. I asked a question.


        What would you consider proof?

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        • Re: Nice Planet: Screw It, I'm Outta Here

          The whole place looks pretty blue to me:

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          • Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
            I didn't make any claim. I asked a question.


            What would you consider proof?
            More than you saying. "I'd be willing to bet." as you did.
            Facts would be nice.
            A comedian I follow is fond of the phrase "fact me or **** off" when debating so that works for me.
            Personally I don't care if you prove it or not... you have your belief and it won't change.
            My issue the entire time is the generalization of a place you don't live in.
            "If you leave ignorance and stupidity alone, ignorance and stupidity will think it's ok."
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            • Re: Nice Planet: Screw It, I'm Outta Here

              Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
              I didn't make any claim. I asked a question.


              What would you consider proof?
              The debate, as I've read it here, is that there are individuals in St. Cloud that are certainly racist, but does that mean that St. Cloud itself is a racist community.

              For me, proof of the second proposition would require some sort of evidence of action or inaction on the part of the community of St. Cloud itself to treat the immigrants inappropriately.

              The Twin Cities, for all of the pats on the back that they like to give themselves about how inclusive they are, have their own troubles. There was a report from a few years ago that demonstrated that the Twin Cities metro area was one of the most segregated in the nation, and that as a consequence minorities were being systematically disadvantaged in things like housing, jobs, etc... Furthermore, the segregation was as a direct result of policies implemented by the Metropolitan Council. Now, whether that was the Council's intent or not is subject to debate, but the effect is there. Personally I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they were simply making bad decisions.
              That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.

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              • Originally posted by First Time, Long Time View Post
                More than you saying. "I'd be willing to bet." as you did.
                Facts would be nice.
                A comedian I follow is fond of the phrase "fact me or **** off" when debating so that works for me.
                Personally I don't care if you prove it or not... you have your belief and it won't change.
                My issue the entire time is the generalization of a place you don't live in.
                You must have me confused with someone else. I haven't commented on this thread in a week until today.

                But I do give you credit for admitting that your opinion won't change even if the facts prove it wrong.

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                • Re: Nice Planet: Screw It, I'm Outta Here

                  Look at that, someone from St. Cloud who hates generalizations is generalizing posters not from St. Cloud who's username starts with the letter T.


                  Also, all I'm seeing when reading this thread is "Doth protest too much, methinks."
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                  • Re: Nice Planet: Screw It, I'm Outta Here

                    Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                    The whole place looks pretty blue to me:
                    That may be the least informative map I've ever seen. Plenty of ways to be racist without using the n-word.

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                    • Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                      That may be the least informative map I've ever seen. Plenty of ways to be racist without using the n-word.
                      I assumed Kep found it at https://***********/TerribleMaps/
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                      • Re: Nice Planet: Screw It, I'm Outta Here

                        Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                        That may be the least informative map I've ever seen. Plenty of ways to be racist without using the n-word.
                        Someone's a little testy over the Yoop showing red.

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                        • Re: Nice Planet: Screw It, I'm Outta Here

                          Originally posted by Dude Love View Post
                          This could be one of the stupidest things ever typed. And Trump is on Twitter.
                          Not event close. I'm not Rabid Husky. He's my husband!
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                          • Re: Nice Planet: Screw It, I'm Outta Here

                            Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
                            Someone's a little testy over the Yoop showing red.
                            Actually, I could care less about that. In fact, I'd readily agree it's lily white and probably plenty racist, outside of the college campuses.

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                            • Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
                              You must have me confused with someone else. I haven't commented on this thread in a week until today.

                              But I do give you credit for admitting that your opinion won't change even if the facts prove it wrong.
                              Yeah I confused you with trix...sorry.
                              "If you leave ignorance and stupidity alone, ignorance and stupidity will think it's ok."
                              -Gallagher

                              R.I.P.
                              Grandpa G. ~ Feb 11, 1918-Oct. 6, 1999
                              Grandma ~ Jan 2004
                              Dad ~ Nov. 4, 1958-April 21, 2008
                              Grandpa S. ~ June 21, 1932-November 11, 2013

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                              • Re: Nice Planet: Screw It, I'm Outta Here

                                Originally posted by First Time, Long Time View Post
                                Something other than..."I heard this guy say this, so that means the majority are racist."
                                Saying it has a "rep" is not enough.
                                You guys made the claim...you prove it.
                                I lived in the St. Cloud for four years. I heard a lot of people say.
                                I had a black roommate, saw the difficulty he had getting a job - interviewed everywhere that was hiring. He was a dick, so it didn't surprise me much, but he wouldn't have acted that way during interviews.
                                I still have friends in Cloud, and go there regularly. I've known and seen enough of the people. MN may not be as openly racist as other parts of the nation, but St. Cloud has really been making that push since the Somali refugees have been settling there as part of the state's refugee program.
                                "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

                                "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

                                "Good news! We have a delivery." Professor Farnsworth

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