I’ve decided to be racist against Arabs now. The only thing is that I’ve never been racist before, so I’m not sure how to approach this. My first problem is that I’m not sure who’s technically an Arab. I keep hearing how this and that Muslim group in the Middle East are not really Arabs, so I’m really confused. How can I properly identify an Arab so I know to be racist against them? And are the Palestinians and the Saudis all Arabs? Because, if they aren’t, then screw it; I’ll just go back to being tolerant.
How about just decide to be racist against all Middle Eastern peoples? That way you cover Afghanistan, which is not Arab. This is what I would do because I’m too lazy to determine the racial nuances of the foreigners.
They should invent a word for hating people of a certain country regardless of their race (kinda like how Islamofascists hate Americans in general). They probably already have and I don’t know it.
The Palestinians and Saudis are Arabs, yes.
For me, I suppose if disliking people who want to kill me is racist–who happen to be Arab–then racist I am.
It’s easy – they’re speaking Arabic.
It’s a linguistic group, not a race.
Guys, guys, don’t wrack your brains about this. Just settle for misanthropy. It’s much easier, you’ll find.
I really don’t find myself intensely disliking any particular group…
Except for hippies. OOOOH, I hate hippies so much!!!
Nope, Russell, misanthropist has too many syllables. Damn hard being a bigot these days… waitadamminnit! There it is: Bigot! Yay, I’m a bigot!
Russell, I wish hippies were a race so I could be racist against them.
Anyway, this sounds even more complicated now. I think I’ll just hate everyone who’s not an American. I wish there were a good word for that.
That’s like being French. I think their word for it is chauvinisme…
If it’s a French concept, then forget it.
Andre Chauvin was a frenchie…
Uh, Frank? Sad to say, most hippies were American. So’s Gnome Chomsky and his fellow travellers, try as we might to disown them.
We need to have better standards about who can call themselves Americans.
You work up the first draft of the policy statement, then send it around for comments.
damn, i go online searching for information on french chauvinism and i find this…. do you have any idea what that can do to a man’s heart?