High school locker rooms and transgender

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(09-10-2015, 09:33 AM)djs7685 Wrote: Here is a really, really, really simple example that you can hopefully understand. You keep dancing around the point and claiming that you don't insult people, yet you do. You don't even understand what a "personal attack" is. You seem to think the only way something can be considered a personal attack is if someone straight up says something like "you're an idiot!". That's not the ONLY type of attack, I really can't understand how you don't get that.

You are quoted saying that you "don't want anyone from the Middle East or Africa in our country" because they're "savages".

Now, if anyone on this board is from the Middle East or Africa, do you not realize that it means that you ARE personally insulting them?

Making broad, ridiculous, offensive generalizations can be considered a "personal attack". You said that you don't want anyone from those countries in the U.S. and that they're "savages". Hence, anyone that posts here from the Middle East has just been insulted by being called a "savage" by you. Comprehend? Or not?

I've poked fun at Lucie for his poor choice of words.
I agree that the opinion was over the top.
The thing is that I also think, given the context of his other discussions, that he believes that there are higher percentage of extremists in those areas and considers it far more dangerous to accept immigrants from those areas.
Having said that, I don't think he understands what a small percentage of those populations are extremists.
The shock value of the atrocities in the areas put blinders on many.
However... the common people in those areas, who have next to nothing, would gladly offer it all to any guest.
So, we have a perception and fear issue here.
While the above is a fair effort to illustrate the issue, I don't believe the perception will change until the he has a positive personal experience with people from those regions.