Don't ya' love Joe America?

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Enigma

Oh, and just out of curiosity.....is there any difference between saying "Americans are _______" and...oh, I dont know, .."Black people are ________"?

Or, I guess what im asking is, ....is this thread somewhat prejudice or even racist?

Just asking.

The offending segment of the phrase is 'your stupid post'. As I stated before there is a difference between:

1. Americans are stupid.

and

2. Your post is stupid.

The first targets a largely faceless group of people. The second alienates an individual. Do understand that, although I do not find myself or other Americans, generally, to be any more or less foolish than any other nationality, they are not, in fact, a collective racial or ethnic group. Moreover, the United States is an amalgamation of races and ethnicities. As such, racial or ethnic slurs do not apply in this context. If anything, this is a case of the cultural bias of superiority, which the SubSim user agreement does not cover. Accordingly, I leave these type of statements alone.

It is my hope that this post has succeeded in answering your questions.