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You just need to be straight about it and say you don't like poor people.
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He basically says as much every time he posts on this board.

What boggles my mind is that no one here seems bothered by the downright repulsive racist comment above...
 
blade_bltz said:
He basically says as much every time he posts on this board.

What boggles my mind is that no one here seems bothered by the downright repulsive racist comment above...
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It's not worth the battle. Everyone knows KMP is a racist. At least his posts are consistent and he doesn't flip-flop.
 
I thought I was pretty obviously calling him out on it. Guess I was suffering from a rare bout of subtlety.
 
^ Nah, I noticed. It just seemed like people overall have resigned to tolerate that kind of comment. I suppose data's approach is right though. Don't feed the troll.
 
I wouldn’t say racist in the sense that I hate all people of a certain race but rather I’d call it a well-deserved level of contempt and lack of respect, understanding and empathy for what constitutes a large part of black and Hispanic culture in the United States, the belief that one is owed something for nothing; entitlement, the mentality that one is entitled to live off the government dole because of some perceived grievance, whatever that may be. I won’t speculate. When my ancestors came here, they worked; initially the land, then the sea and ultimately engaged in manufacturing and commerce. They made their own way. Yes, they were probably better off than many of their peers, but the simple fact is they didn’t have a single thing handed to them as a large percentage of modern-day immigrants do and expect. In the old days when you wanted something, you either paid for it or you didn’t have it. Now there’s a grant or a program for everything, from sending lower-middle class underachievers to get a college education that is of little use to them and ultimately devalues the entire concept of a college education to free food allowances for mothers too stupid to figure out the concept of birth control.

And another thing, on poor people, I'm perfectly fine with them as long as they aspire not to be poor. It's the multi-generational, welfare dependent type of poverty that abounds within the black populace, that I will never find excusable.
 
Here you go, kmp1284!!

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Since you can't seem to stop digging a hole for yourself, I thought I'd help make things just a little easier for you. So, I got you this shovel!

You're welcome. :)
 
kmp1284 said:
I wouldn’t say racist in the sense that I hate all people of a certain race but rather I’d call it a well-deserved level of contempt and lack of respect, understanding and empathy for what constitutes a large part of black and Hispanic culture in the United States, the belief that one is owed something for nothing; entitlement, the mentality that one is entitled to live off the government dole because of some perceived grievance, whatever that may be. I won’t speculate. When my ancestors came here, they worked; initially the land, then the sea and ultimately engaged in manufacturing and commerce. They made their own way. Yes, they were probably better off than many of their peers, but the simple fact is they didn’t have a single thing handed to them as a large percentage of modern-day immigrants do and expect. In the old days when you wanted something, you either paid for it or you didn’t have it. Now there’s a grant or a program for everything, from sending lower-middle class underachievers to get a college education that is of little use to them and ultimately devalues the entire concept of a college education to free food allowances for mothers too stupid to figure out the concept of birth control.

And another thing, on poor people, I'm perfectly fine with them as long as they aspire not to be poor. It's the multi-generational, welfare dependent type of poverty that abounds within the black populace, that I will never find excusable.
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It's called a better standard of living. If you don't like it, why don't you move to an African country (or any poor developing nation around the world for that matter), where there is no entitlement just like the old days that your ancestor lived in.

Oh the irony huh?
 
KentXie said:
why don't you move to an African country (or any poor developing nation around the world for that matter), where there is no entitlement
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Actually most places do have that, or are hopelessly corrupt to the point of creating a client state via corruption. Hence why there are so many poor or 'developing' nations which never seem to cease being poor or 'developing' nations. This is something which is often exacerbated by external forces intending to capitalize on unstable environments for political or financial gain.

The sense of entitlement and resentment of the new homeland instilled in recent immigrants by welfare states, usually by the second generation, is a serious problem. Both here and abroad. Turning it into a racial issue does nothing but make it ugly and censored discussion of what is a serious problem.

See this book/review for a classist historian's take on this issue.
http://pjmedia.com/blog/roger-kimball-a-voice-in-the-cultural-wilderness/?singlepage=true
 
When your ancestors came here they were hardworking and made their own way?? I guess they weren't my Irish or Chinese ancestors then, because they were all a bunch of lazy drunks and crooks.*

*According to newspapers of the times.
 
Lurker said:
Actually most places do have that, or are hopelessly corrupt to the point of creating a client state via corruption. Hence why there are so many poor or 'developing' nations which never seem to cease being poor or 'developing' nations. This is something which is often exacerbated by external forces intending to capitalize on unstable environments for political or financial gain.

The sense of entitlement and resentment of the new homeland instilled in recent immigrants by welfare states, usually by the second generation, is a serious problem. Both here and abroad. Turning it into a racial issue does nothing but make it ugly and censored discussion of what is a serious problem.

See this book/review for a classist historian's take on this issue.
http://pjmedia.com/blog/roger-kimball-a-voice-in-the-cultural-wilderness/?singlepage=true
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Yes that is true. In fact there's a term for this called "Poverty Trap." I read "End of Poverty" by Jeffrey Sachs last year and unfortunately, entities like the IMF think that you can make the problem go away by just throwing gobs of money at it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_trap
 
So I rode on an Acela Express from BOS to PVD earlier today.

I do not care that its top speed is pedestrian compared to Euro HSR trains. I don't care that it needed to be insanely customized due to FRA rules.

That is the spiffiest train in America and I legitimately had fun riding it for the 33 minutes the trip took.
 
Commuting Boston Student said:
So I rode on an Acela Express from BOS to PVD earlier today.

I do not care that its top speed is pedestrian compared to Euro HSR trains. I don't care that it needed to be insanely customized due to FRA rules.

That is the spiffiest train in America and I legitimately had fun riding it for the 33 minutes the trip took.
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I love taking it to NYC. Really great and comfy accommodations. I prefer it over flying because JFK is such a troublesome airport (I only fly jetBlue). You spend longer on the runway than the flight to/from Boston and it's harder to access. Penn Sta is right in the heart of Manhattan, so your trip doesn't have to include commute time to and from your point of entry and exit. The last time I went to NYC, I ended up having an extra hour and a half to kill so I just went up Top of the Rock and killed time until it was time to board. Exploring/the trip would have ended much sooner if I was flying.
 
^ All the NYC airports suck, and getting to them is the worst (insane that JFK is a $50 cab ride of 1.5 hour subway odyssey...I have no idea how this is a world capital with such horrible airport access). Ground is the way to go unless you're dealing with long distance.

I like Acela but often wind up taking a bus because of timing and price. It's insane that the last trains to Boston seem to leave around 7-8pm (there's one at around 2:30AM now, but come on...and most times are, of course, for the regional) and that it can cost up to $200 for a marginal improvement (sometimes not even an improvement) on the time it takes to get in by bus.

The Acela is especially bad when its carriages become cattle cars for loud, drunk corporate douchebags. The Quiet Car is great, but seating is limited. The bus is somehow always quiet...
 
czsz said:
The Acela is especially bad when its carriages become cattle cars for loud, drunk corporate douchebags. The Quiet Car is great, but seating is limited. The bus is somehow always quiet...
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You sure have a weird way of spelling 'great.'

Those are some of the most interesting people you'll ever meet, especially if you can get them engaged in conversation with you.

(PS: That 2:30 AM is the overnight train. It leaves DC Union at 10 pm. Used to be called the Twilight Shoreliner and have sleeper cars attached. Even on the Acela you're in for a 3 hour trip to BOS - Regionals 4 - so I'm not sure why you'd want a train later than 7 or 8 pm anyway.)
 
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