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posted by on Friday April 21 2017, @10:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the weird-sure,-but-extremist? dept.

USA Today reports:

"Russia's Supreme Court formally banned Jehovah's Witnesses as an extremist organization Thursday and ordered the state to seize its property in Russia, according to Russian news media."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/04/20/russian-court-bans-jehovahs-witnesses-extremist-group/100701524/


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Saturday April 22 2017, @02:19PM (4 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 22 2017, @02:19PM (#497911) Journal

    No, I'm most definitely non-Jewish. But, that's beside the point. I specified, very clearly, that in my own experience, the Jews that I have known personally have all been honest men and women, who always dealt with me fairly. If that happens to trigger you, not one fuck will I give.

    As much as I am chastised by SJW's here, for being a "racist", when I meet a person, I don't judge them by their religion, their language, their color, their gender, or whatever else you might use to judge character. I work with that person, or ride with that person (motorcycles) or go about whatever interest brought us together. I listen, I learn, I evaluate THAT PERSON. If he's a good person, he's a good person, and I don't give one flying fuck that he is Jewish, Black, or whatever. I will take the opportunity to learn more about that person's ethnic, cultural, religious, or whatever other background. As a result of my attitude, I have been fortunate enough to have had one Jew, and one Apache, and one Moro to be my mentors. Not so much academic mentors, but mentors all the same. I learned a lot from each of them.

    If I may suggest something to you: The next time you meet some off-the-wall unusual minority person, GET TO KNOW HIM!! Show him the respect necessary to get him to maybe respect you a little. Induce him to share his outlook on life with you. You might find that you are a better person for the experience. You certainly can't become a worse person.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @05:58PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @05:58PM (#497999)

    As much as I am chastised by SJW's here, for being a "racist", when I meet a person, I don't judge them by their religion, their language, their color, their gender, or whatever else you might use to judge character.

    That's the stand bigot's apologia — "I treat the people I know like actual people, funny it turns out that the people I know are all "good ones." Its the rest of them that are bad people."

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @06:12PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @06:12PM (#498008)

      Eh, I think Runaway is one of those people brought up with serious amounts of racism and he's fighting against his upbringing. A lot better than the conscious racist, just keep fighting against their bullshit when it starts leaking out.

    • (Score: 1) by charon on Saturday April 22 2017, @09:36PM

      by charon (5660) on Saturday April 22 2017, @09:36PM (#498078) Journal
      Everyone has unconscious biases. Some of us are able to tip the scales back towards equality, so to speak, when we notice those biases causing us to treat others poorly. I think that's the best any of us can hope to do: noticing and correcting unfairness in ourselves. Sounds like Runaway is able to do that. You, not so much, AC.
  • (Score: 2) by tfried on Saturday April 22 2017, @08:51PM

    by tfried (5534) on Saturday April 22 2017, @08:51PM (#498062)

    Russia doesn't waste time and effort on all the various fuck-tard groups, while giving lip service to inclusiveness, equal opportunity, diversity, and tons of other horse shit. Here, in the US, we tie ourselves in knots catering to special interest groups, pretending that those groups actually improve our way of life, or quality of life, or something or other.

    If I may suggest something to you: The next time you meet some off-the-wall unusual minority person, GET TO KNOW HIM!! Show him the respect necessary to get him to maybe respect you a little. Induce him to share his outlook on life with you. You might find that you are a better person for the experience. You certainly can't become a worse person.

    Correct on both counts, dear runaway, correct on both counts...