Gays must be arrested to keep our kids safe

robbersdog49says...

>> ^EMPIRE:

Uganda... another country in the list of "mostly made up of ignorants"


No. Another country on the list of countries run by closed circles of people. We live in coutries with free press, where we get to hear the other point of view. Just think of how much of your world view is formed by what you see in the press. You now have a good idea of how things are in Uganda, but I'm betting you've never been there and seen it with your own eyes. Your view is from what you see/hear in your free press.

Now imagine you live in a country without a free press. How do you know it's not free? You're being told it is. Your world view is being shaped every step of the way. You're being told what to think, but here's the worst bit: You probably don't realise you're being told what to think.

The people in power are constantly shaping the way a nation thinks. It isn't fair to say the people are ignorant. They aren't given the chance to ignore anything. You make your comment because you don't like the way a group of people are being so obviously discriminated against. And yet your comment is discriminating against Ugandans who you've never met and who's views you don't know.

Discrimination like this is a bad thing, let's all stay away from it.

To be clear, I'm not saying this guy is right in any way at all. I'm just saying that all we know is that these are his views. You don't know what is going on in Uganda, so don't tar all Ugandans with the same brush.

EMPIREsays...

ig·no·rant/ˈignərənt/Adjective
1. Lacking knowledge or awareness in general;

It doesn't say "lacking knowledge by choice". An ignorant is still an ignorant, doesn't matter if forced to it or by choice. Uganda has a high illiteracy rate, which I'm sure says a lot about this.

Lack of education is at the root of all problems.


>> ^robbersdog49:

>> ^EMPIRE:
Uganda... another country in the list of "mostly made up of ignorants"

No. Another country on the list of countries run by closed circles of people. We live in coutries with free press, where we get to hear the other point of view. Just think of how much of your world view is formed by what you see in the press. You now have a good idea of how things are in Uganda, but I'm betting you've never been there and seen it with your own eyes. Your view is from what you see/hear in your free press.
Now imagine you live in a country without a free press. How do you know it's not free? You're being told it is. Your world view is being shaped every step of the way. You're being told what to think, but here's the worst bit: You probably don't realise you're being told what to think.
The people in power are constantly shaping the way a nation thinks. It isn't fair to say the people are ignorant. They aren't given the chance to ignore anything. You make your comment because you don't like the way a group of people are being so obviously discriminated against. And yet your comment is discriminating against Ugandans who you've never met and who's views you don't know.
Discrimination like this is a bad thing, let's all stay away from it.
To be clear, I'm not saying this guy is right in any way at all. I'm just saying that all we know is that these are his views. You don't know what is going on in Uganda, so don't tar all Ugandans with the same brush.

gwiz665says...

This time even I went, "dude..." but ended up just staying out of it.

When/where was the other time?
>> ^dannym3141:

>> ^GenjiKilpatrick:
So thaaaat's why you said all that awful dumb stuff before..

I remember that drama too, i was sort of on his side that time, though you can (and surely will?) defend anything with "satire".

GenjiKilpatricksays...

Some junk about how White Privilege doesn't exist because we're all one species and all our history is the same, winners and losers, blah blah..

Basically, denying racism exists [if I'm not mistaken]. Not entirely sure what he meant to say tho.

Tho that clearly isn't true as any brown black or dark toned person can attest to in nearly any/every country.

To make statements like those, you're either:
- completely ignorant of U.S. history between the years 1607 and 1964.
- sorta bigoted. a little bit. unintentionally maybe even. [not so much the case for g-man apparently]
>> ^gwiz665:

This time even I went, "dude..." but ended up just staying out of it.
When/where was the other time?
>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^GenjiKilpatrick:
So thaaaat's why you said all that awful dumb stuff before..

I remember that drama too, i was sort of on his side that time, though you can (and surely will?) defend anything with "satire".


Mazexsays...

Well done the catholic church, do the Ugandans not wonder that the people who spread the catholic religion to them are the people have committed a massive amount of crime against children, homosexual priests buggering children for centuries. The irony is insane.

robbersdog49says...

>> ^EMPIRE:

ig·no·rant/ˈignərənt/Adjective
1. Lacking knowledge or awareness in general;
It doesn't say "lacking knowledge by choice". An ignorant is still an ignorant, doesn't matter if forced to it or by choice. Uganda has a high illiteracy rate, which I'm sure says a lot about this.
Lack of education is at the root of all problems.

>> ^robbersdog49:
>> ^EMPIRE:
Uganda... another country in the list of "mostly made up of ignorants"

No. Another country on the list of countries run by closed circles of people. We live in coutries with free press, where we get to hear the other point of view. Just think of how much of your world view is formed by what you see in the press. You now have a good idea of how things are in Uganda, but I'm betting you've never been there and seen it with your own eyes. Your view is from what you see/hear in your free press.
Now imagine you live in a country without a free press. How do you know it's not free? You're being told it is. Your world view is being shaped every step of the way. You're being told what to think, but here's the worst bit: You probably don't realise you're being told what to think.
The people in power are constantly shaping the way a nation thinks. It isn't fair to say the people are ignorant. They aren't given the chance to ignore anything. You make your comment because you don't like the way a group of people are being so obviously discriminated against. And yet your comment is discriminating against Ugandans who you've never met and who's views you don't know.
Discrimination like this is a bad thing, let's all stay away from it.
To be clear, I'm not saying this guy is right in any way at all. I'm just saying that all we know is that these are his views. You don't know what is going on in Uganda, so don't tar all Ugandans with the same brush.



Ok, I mistook the feeling behind your original post. You should know though that in general use, ignorant is not a neutral term, it's derogative. It usually implies a negative feeling toward the person being described as ignorant. You are entirely correct that the dictionary definition you've found is right, but you must understand the context. Maybe you should explain yourself better in the future when using terms that could be misleading or give people the wrong idea.

Please don't claim you don't understand that the word ignorant is usually used as an insult, we're all cleverer than that here.

ryanbennittsays...

This is what happens when church and state hold hands: minorities get persecuted. He even uses democracy as one of the arguments to persecute a minority. Surely part of the duty of a free democracy is to protect its minorities.

xxovercastxxsays...

>> ^ryanbennitt:

This is what happens when church and state hold hands: minorities get persecuted. He even uses democracy as one of the arguments to persecute a minority. Surely part of the duty of a free democracy is to protect its minorities.


Democracy is really, really bad at protecting minorities; it's why the US has a bill of rights. Without it, Democracy is just mob-rule except the mob doesn't have to get their hands dirty, they can just vote for people to do it for them.

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