(07-17-2020, 08:13 AM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(07-17-2020, 08:10 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I don't know why they would be offended.  Just because something is an aspect of one culture doesn't mean they are not aspects of some other culture.  

The article linked by Drifter is just another example of people getting offended for the sake of being offended.

Am I wrong for believing this poster implies these aspects are characteristic of only white people?

I would say yes, you are absolutely wrong to think that.  There is no one who would say that aspects of culture cannot be adopted by anyone regardless of race or national origin.  Just because we say "Germans are hard working people" doesn't mean no one else is hard working, for example.  Or if we say, "Part of American culture is Christianity" does that mean that there are no other Christians in the world than Americans?  

The poster just says these are characteristics of white culture.  Now, you can argue with that.  But what the poster does not say is, there are no other cultures that have these characteristics.

If I accept your standard, that defining white culture means no other cultures have these characteristics, then we can't define anything, because according to that standard, the thing being defined would monopolize every aspect of that definition.  We can't say, "this table is flat" because that would imply that the only flat things are tables.  I suppose then we could be offended on behalf of the floor, because the floor is also flat, but seriously... really?

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