by Dimples » Wed May 16, 2018 2:35 pm
Rockstar wrote:Dimples wrote:Rockstar wrote:Dimples wrote:How can flying a flag - ANY flag - be racism?
Confederate flag
A flag is simply a piece of cloth attached to a stick. It is not, in itself, a problem.
The problem arises from stupid people who erroneously attach certain attributes to a piece of cloth, attached to a stick. It's not the flag - or even the act of flying it which is the issue - it's the manufactured underlying sentiment behind it which generates the problem. The flag does not possess these attributes itself - they are social constructs and as such, they can easily be de-constructed.
Racism is an irrational dislike or antipathy towards a particular group of people, based on inherited biological characteristics. That has nothing to do with any flags. Racists don't need flags in order to advertise the fact that they are racists.
Flag is a symbol.Take Swastika for example....Got to dash....
Yes, it certainly CAN be a symbol... but without the philosophy and doctrine which underpins it, the symbol itself should be considered to be perfectly innocuous.
As you well know, the swastika motif is present in Hindu and Buddhist iconography - as well as some other religions. Its misuse by the Nazis does not re-define its significance to those faiths which identify with it.
[quote="Rockstar"][quote="Dimples"][quote="Rockstar"][quote="Dimples"]How can flying a flag - ANY flag - be racism? :off head:[/quote]
Confederate flag :whistle:[/quote]
A flag is simply a piece of cloth attached to a stick. It is not, in itself, a problem.
The problem arises from stupid people who erroneously attach certain attributes to a piece of cloth, attached to a stick. It's not the flag - or even the act of flying it which is the issue - it's the manufactured underlying sentiment behind it which generates the problem. The flag does not possess these attributes itself - they are social constructs and as such, they can easily be de-constructed.
Racism is an irrational dislike or antipathy towards a particular group of people, based on inherited biological characteristics. That has nothing to do with any flags. Racists don't need flags in order to advertise the fact that they are racists. :thumbsup:[/quote]
Flag is a symbol.Take Swastika for example....Got to dash.... :Hiya:[/quote]
Yes, it certainly CAN be a symbol... but without the philosophy and doctrine which underpins it, the symbol itself should be considered to be perfectly innocuous.
As you well know, the swastika motif is present in Hindu and Buddhist iconography - as well as some other religions. Its misuse by the Nazis does not re-define its significance to those faiths which identify with it. :thumbsup:
