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Mr. Rogers sued the KKK (2021)

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Re: Mr. Rogers sued the KKK (2021)

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post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

See what I mean about unproductive semantic debates? I recommend you just use the word the way everyone else does; that's what words are for, communicating What presumption! A few responses, are not indicative of the world, or even a majority opinion. They do not indicate "the way everyone else does", and in fact may be responses from people misusing the word! This seems more to be the case, for the responses either…

You introduced the word "hate" to the conversation. Yes, racism can exist without hatred. We can view an ancient dead civilization through a racist lens without hating the people we study. But, so what? This thread started from a specific example - segregated swimming pools. I don't know why you've written so much on this thread without actually discussing the issue. We know whites were angry about desegregating swim…

That's the context everyone else is addressing.

This is what I was referring to. I responded to a specific point, of a specific post, about a specific thing.

This happens all the time. It's how conversation works. Yet you continue to ignore context, continue to ignore what I was discussing, which I have reiterated in every single reply. Instead, you find fault that I was not discussing.. what? What you wanted to discuss?

I repeat again, and go back to my original reply, we must truly understand cause, to effect correction.

For some reason this appears to bother you greatly. All of your replies have been to posts of mine stating this. Apparently, you disagree?

Well, why even bother responding? You apparently don't care for cause, and get upset at targeted correction.

There's little else to say here.

Re: Mr. Rogers sued the KKK (2021)

#112
post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

See what I mean about unproductive semantic debates? I recommend you just use the word the way everyone else does; that's what words are for, communicating What presumption! A few responses, are not indicative of the world, or even a majority opinion. They do not indicate "the way everyone else does", and in fact may be responses from people misusing the word! This seems more to be the case, for the responses either…

Just because I think racism can exist without hatred [...] See above.

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Re: Mr. Rogers sued the KKK (2021)

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post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just because I think racism can exist without hatred [...] See above.

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What are you even talking about?

Are you sock puppeting

It is as if you have not read my posts, or this thread. Or even the post you are responding to.

None of these things are ok here so don't do them, please. They're explicitly listed in the site guidelines.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Mr. Rogers sued the KKK (2021)

#114
post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You introduced the word "hate" to the conversation. Yes, racism can exist without hatred. We can view an ancient dead civilization through a racist lens without hating the people we study. But, so what? This thread started from a specific example - segregated swimming pools. I don't know why you've written so much on this thread without actually discussing the issue. We know whites were angry about desegregating swim…

That's the context everyone else is addressing. This is what I was referring to. I responded to a specific point, of a specific post, about a specific thing. This happens all the time. It's how conversation works. Yet you continue to ignore context, continue to ignore what I was discussing, which I have reiterated in every single reply. Instead, you find fault that I was not discussing.. what? What you wanted to disc…

> I repeat again, and go back to my original reply, we must truly understand cause, to effect correction.

Which I have specifically addressed in my earlier reply. To wit:

reason for the belief = white supremacy

explanation of the anger = increasing desegregation overturned the status people regarded as their birthright

way out of it = showing beloved Mr. Rogers share a wading pool with his black friend, Officer Clemmons (anti-racism efforts)

> You apparently don't care for cause

Perhaps your frustration caused you to overlook my earlier summary of the cause, and overlook my comment at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32289951 where I link to additional resources about the cause.

Re: Mr. Rogers sued the KKK (2021)

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post #87

The guy had a dark side too, https://c.tenor.com/wW881hjc4swAAAAd/gif.gif .

Full context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmpz4uOGjGU

"Well, how are you today, sir? Very well, I...." what are they saying? Can't understand the lyrics.

Re: Mr. Rogers sued the KKK (2021)

#116
post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I put Mr Wizard into the same category

Yes! I didn't grow up watching Mr. Rogers (not sure why as it was the right era, but I think he wasn't on TV nationwide yet), but did grow up watching Mr. Wizard. For my 10th birthday my mom arranged for me to go meet Mr. Wizard in his studio lab which was a couple hours drive from where we lived. Really nice guy. Give me some books and some electric motors and showed me around. He invited me to be a guest on his sho…

Woah, that's great! I can't blame you, I may have done the same, given the age.
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