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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
I was reading the article about the guy with the swastika tattoo in Edmonton that went in and started shooting up the car dealership where he worked.
The comments are along the lines of "White people need to be more proud of their race. Of course killing people is wrong, but there is nothing wrong with being proud of your race otherwise". That has 206 thumbs up and 505 thumbs down.
"I'm proud of my heritage. I'm not a white supremacist. Just a guy that is proud of his race." 100 up, 55 down.
"I'm a white public servant that is being mistreated by visible minorities in my job. Yet nobody does anything when it's them mistreating us". 100 up, 93 down
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The problem is that there is a double standard, do you have a problem with phrases like "black power"? I personally don't, as long as there isn't any hatred behind it, much like someone being proud of being as white as blank paper in a snowstorm (I am a redhead, I can't help it). If there is no hatred behind their actions and they don't discriminate against other people, why not be proud of your background?
Obviously a guy with a swastika tattoo has a much different opinion than mine because that conveys a belief of superiority which is closely related to hatred.
The public service guy is likely is just a whiner who continually feels as though he is a victim.