| Iran has banned the teaching of English in primary schools, a senior education official said, after Islamic leaders warned that early learning of the language opened the way to a Western “cultural invasion.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/07/world/middleeast/iran-english-schools.html which is more important preserving culture or better economy? if they choose better economy then no doubt they have to know english the language of free trade and globalization |
| Yeah, but if we ban arabian or whatever "muslim" language here in Europe, we would be called racists ... LeL |
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Swagernator said: Yeah, but if we ban arabian or whatever "muslim" language here in Europe, we would be called racists ... LeL Lol yeah, imagine if we tried banning Spanish here in the US, liberal riots for months on end and more burning of police cars for whatever reason. I'm mexican so it's kind of fun imaging this actually lol. I'd be more bummed about losing out on easy credit high school and college courses ahaha |
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Protaku said: Swagernator said: Yeah, but if we ban arabian or whatever "muslim" language here in Europe, we would be called racists ... LeL Lol yeah, imagine if we tried banning Spanish here in the US, liberal riots for months on end and more burning of police cars for whatever reason. I'm mexican so it's kind of fun imaging this actually lol. I'd be more bummed about losing out on easy credit high school and college courses ahaha how about banning all religions that means republicans will no longer practice christianity too just join the spiritual but not religious movement if you still want to believe in god |
isekai said: Protaku said: Lol yeah, imagine if we tried banning Spanish here in the US, liberal riots for months on end and more burning of police cars for whatever reason. I'm mexican so it's kind of fun imaging this actually lol. I'd be more bummed about losing out on easy credit high school and college courses ahaha how about banning all religions that means republicans will no longer practice christianity too just join the spiritual but not religious movement if you still want to believe in god US was founded on Christian beliefs so I don't think that's right. There is freedom of religion though it's a double edged sword tbh. |
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| The Muslim conquest of Persia occurred 642-651. They're almost 1 400 years too late Swagernator said: *PersianYeah, but if we ban arabian or whatever "muslim" language here in Europe, we would be called racists ... LeL |
 Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| I was going to make a joke about how some crazy xenophobic users will use this to complain about how it's a shame Westerners don't treat foreign languages the simlarly in their own country. Imagine being so scared of latinos/arabs/blacks or whatever that you'd actually look at Iran's xenophobia in envy. Absolute trash the lot of you. |
| emphatize w/ iranians missing out on many neat stuff bc baned langage w/ so much material wirtten w/ it |
Onii-chan said: What the flying fuck is Iranian goverment actually thinking? That's not the correct and the only way to prevent the Western invasion lol Muslims countries don't believe in logic because it's not in the Quran |
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Swagernator said: Yeah, but if we ban arabian or whatever "muslim" language here in Europe, we would be called racists ... LeL Didn't you know only white people can be racist? I remember reading a fucking essay about that on some shitty website. Lifeguard_wzrd said: Onii-chan said: What the flying fuck is Iranian goverment actually thinking? That's not the correct and the only way to prevent the Western invasion lol Muslims countries don't believe in logic because it's not in the Quran  |
Protaku said: Imagine holding the US to a higher standard of liberalism than Iran.Swagernator said: Lol yeah, imagine if we tried banning Spanish here in the US, liberal riots for months on end and more burning of police cars for whatever reason. Yeah, but if we ban arabian or whatever "muslim" language here in Europe, we would be called racists ... LeL I'm mexican so it's kind of fun imaging this actually lol. I'd be more bummed about losing out on easy credit high school and college courses ahaha wariowariowario said: Without knowing which essay you read, I can safely say you misunderstood it.Didn't you know only white people can be racist? I remember reading a fucking essay about that on some shitty website. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
Josh said: wariowariowario said: Without knowing which essay you read, I can safely say you misunderstood it.Didn't you know only white people can be racist? I remember reading a fucking essay about that on some shitty website. Please, tell me how I must have misunderstood it. |
| Just more fodder for a new Iranian revolution. |
| Iran doesn't like money then. There are two main languages for business English and Chinese (usually Mandarin or Cantonese). |
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wariowariowario said: It's out of the scope of this thread, so I will reply on your profile after this (if needed). Josh said: Please, tell me how I must have misunderstood it.Without knowing which essay you read, I can safely say you misunderstood it. Usually articles that are misinterpreted as saying "only white people can be racist" are arguing for the "prejudice plus power" conception of racism, where the focus is on what people can actually do (power), rather than what people think (prejudice). These articles are usually written from an American or other Western perspective, in which white people are relatively powerful/privileged compared to non-white people. Thus the focus is on how white people manifest prejudice in their societies and what the effects are. This type of analysis does not assume that there is anything inherently different or special about white people. You could do something similar in a Chinese context, with Han people as the relatively powerful/privileged group. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prejudice_plus_power Whether this conception of racism is coherent or useful is a separate issue. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
Josh said: Awesome. I've always wanted to go to China and beat up a Chinese bloke because of his skin color, I hope the p + p activists will defend me as white women like me have no power in China and I am merely a victim of circumstanceUsually articles that are misinterpreted as saying "only white people can be racist" are arguing for the "prejudice plus power" conception of racism, where the focus is on what people can actually do (power), rather than what people think (prejudice). These articles are usually written from an American or other Western perspective, in which white people are relatively powerful/privileged compared to non-white people. Thus the focus is on how white people manifest prejudice in their societies and what the effects are. This type of analysis does not assume that there is anything inherently different or special about white people. You could do something similar in a Chinese context, with Han people as the relatively powerful/privileged group. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prejudice_plus_power Whether this conception of racism is coherent or useful is a separate issue. |
Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| Oh come on. They are still stuck with that old mentality. A language has nothing to do with cultural invasion (at least, not on a mass scale). |
Comic_Sans said: Josh said: Awesome. I've always wanted to go to China and beat up a Chinese bloke because of his skin color, I hope the p + p activists will defend me as white women like me have no power in China and I am merely a victim of circumstanceUsually articles that are misinterpreted as saying "only white people can be racist" are arguing for the "prejudice plus power" conception of racism, where the focus is on what people can actually do (power), rather than what people think (prejudice). These articles are usually written from an American or other Western perspective, in which white people are relatively powerful/privileged compared to non-white people. Thus the focus is on how white people manifest prejudice in their societies and what the effects are. This type of analysis does not assume that there is anything inherently different or special about white people. You could do something similar in a Chinese context, with Han people as the relatively powerful/privileged group. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prejudice_plus_power Whether this conception of racism is coherent or useful is a separate issue. Is deliberately misunderstanding Josh like your thing now? Nothing in his post or the linked article mentioned anything about "p+p activists" condoning acts of violence based on racial prejudice. Like he literally just explained that wasn't the case and you just ignored it anyways. |
| I don't see how stopping primary school from teaching English is gonna change anything. Mostly because primary school doesn't teach you that much to begin with. |
| This is clearly a step in the right direction to prevent the vocal cord parasite that Skull Face is going to unleash to stop the Patriots. |
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NudeBear said: I have barely interacted with him so I don't see how it can "be my thing now" but okIs deliberately misunderstanding Josh like your thing now? Nothing in his post or the linked article mentioned anything about "p+p activists" condoning acts of violence based on racial prejudice. Like he literally just explained that wasn't the case and you just ignored it anyways I read both his post and the linked article, both of them talk about the new "trendy" definition of racism which is that a person that belongs to a minority group without power can't be racist because racism = power + racial prejudice. Thus if the Chinese media or whatever were to accuse me of racism the p + p activists shouldn't have any problems arguing against them as white women, like I said, have no power to speak of in China |
Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
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