Comments on: Are you disgusted yet?

By: skeet

skeet — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:45:50 +0000

And my point, which I did not make very well, is that when someone is pubically spewing such vileness we should do our best to take away their availabliity to an audience. No, we don’t know what is in someone’s mind or heart if they keep it to themselves. I’m sure we all deal with private citizen-bigots all the time without a clue as to what they are actually like. If they choose to keep it to themselves, fine. If they choose to try to include me in it, they’ve lost me as a client, patient, customer or friend, and I will tell them why on my way out the door.

By: kat

kat — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:49:54 +0000

You’re right Skeet, we don’t have to listen to such stuff, but my point was, that there are people who think this way, hold these opinions, but are not saying them out loud.
The cashier may very well be a racist idiot, but not in front of you.
How do we know? We don’t.
That is what I was trying to say, we have no idea who in the non-hollywood world feels this way, but yet we still shop for groceries, get gas, etc.
We could be interacting with bigots and not even know, so the idea to boycott them, is kind of hard to do without actually knowing who is and who isn’t.

By: skeet

skeet — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:46:48 +0000

IB - Of course we all have prejudices, and we all need to serch ourselves and deal with them when they are recognized. I still stand by my assertion that it is wrong to continue to support anyone who chooses to be in the public eye and makes it clear that they embrace attitudes of hatred.

By: skeet

skeet — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:42:49 +0000

Kat, we can only know someone’s attitudes when they choose to expose themselves. Yes, I have changed doctors precisely because of this in the past, and I’d do it again with anyone who spewed blatant hatred. If it were a check-out clerk in the grocery store, I’d report to the manager. We don’t have to listen to such stuff.

By: InvestorBlogger

InvestorBlogger — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:28:36 +0000

Truth is, we are all somewhat bigoted in some ways. The difference is Hollywood and the media tend to reward bigots for speaking out, while we don’t get rewarded like that. They therefore have no incentive to change their views, when they are rewarded so handsomely for them. The challenge is for us to understand what attitudes we hold that are considered ‘bigoted’, and deal with them, their origin, their influence and their habits in our lives. Because bigotry is quite negative, it also tends to lead us to ‘negative thinking’ processes rather than positive ones. We all need to embrace more of the positive in our personal lives and in our political lives. As you can see, I’m something of fan of Steve Pavlina’s website (http://www.stevepavlina.com).

Just my 2c.

By: kat

kat — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:56:56 +0000

This stuff only makes news because of who they are. There are literally millions of people in this country, who hold the exact same opinions. As wrong as it is, it’s not a new thing. It’s nothing to be shocked over. It’s sadly, just the truth about what people really think.
For all any of us know, our own bosses, our neighbors, our doctors, lawyers, store cashiers, could all hold these very same opinions, they just aren’t saying them. In front of us.
I’m all for not giving my hard earned money to hollywood and other places who continue to hold these idiots in high regard, but am I supposed to stop shopping at my local grocery store because a cashier may think this way too?
What about my amazing surgeon? Should I stop seeing him because he might be a bigot but hasn’t come out and said it yet?

The logistics of truly not spending our money on people who hold these opinions, would blow your mind and leave you sick, hungry, and with no place to live.