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I'm really looking forward to this years US Open.

Wed, Jan 17 2018 9:19 AM (35 replies)
  • TopShelf2010
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    Tue, Jan 16 2018 4:09 AM

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  • ItsTooSweet
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    Tue, Jan 16 2018 7:07 AM

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  • mkrizan86
    1,866 Posts
    Tue, Jan 16 2018 10:04 AM

    Robert1893:

    ItsTooSweet:
    Racism has no place here at WGT.


    I agree. 

    But I think the person just got a bit carried away with the hyperbole. I don't believe it's motivated by any real racist thoughts or intentions. 

    Not to mention the fact that hating westerners definitely can't be called racism, maybe continentalism (at best), if such a thing existed ;-)

  • mkg335
    5,491 Posts
    Tue, Jan 16 2018 10:24 AM
    The term for hating westerners is anticolonialism.
  • mkrizan86
    1,866 Posts
    Tue, Jan 16 2018 10:26 AM

    Thank you Mark, I knew there had to be a term for that ;-)

  • mkg335
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    Tue, Jan 16 2018 10:39 AM
    Jure, when I was posting it I thought I'd made it up, so googled it...and sure enough, it's a legitimate term...and historically accurate, I might add.
  • ItsTooSweet
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    Tue, Jan 16 2018 10:41 AM

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  • mkg335
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    Tue, Jan 16 2018 12:16 PM
    It's more than a little misguided to characterize a dominant culture as somehow being victimized by hate speech.
  • ItsTooSweet
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    Tue, Jan 16 2018 12:52 PM

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  • mkg335
    5,491 Posts
    Tue, Jan 16 2018 1:48 PM

    You mentioned "blatant racism" in an earlier post.  A couple of us merely pointed out the inaccuracy of that term in this particular situation.

    As far as children on the site, the minimum age for playing wgt is 13 as far as I know.  I admit the OP's blog language is a bit saucy, but certainly nothing that isn't fairly commonly used and/or heard by a teenager.

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