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Interracial marriages on the rise, but social stigmas persist

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Because one bothers right-wing extremists for no justifiable reason and the other doesn't.

Some people never learn...

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You'd have to ask the people who conducted the poll or the people that answered yes, it's good for society

Well, I wasn't polled, but if I were, I would've answered yes as well.

What would you have answered?
 
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I've been part of an inter-racial couple for the better part of a decade now. I'll be the first to say: the notion that inter-racial couples are better than intra-racial couples is bigotry, plain and simple.

Who's been spreading that notion?
 
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Because one bothers right-wing extremists and the other doesn't.

It's worth noting: IF you get more of a warm, buzzing feeling at the idea of inter-racial marriage than intraracial THEN you are just as bigoted as the person who gets a bad feeling in the converse manner. Oikophobia is just as bad as xenophobia.
 
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It's worth noting: IF you get more of a warm, buzzing feeling at the idea of inter-racial marriage than intraracial THEN you are just as bigoted as the person who gets a bad feeling in the converse manner. Oikophobia is just as bad as xenophobia.

Good thing nobody's saying that, then.
 
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Mainly left wing extremists. Look through the thread, you'll find some of it.

Looked through it. Didn't see it.

Saw more than enough cowardice from people who don't even want to discuss it, however.
 
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It's worth noting: IF you get more of a warm, buzzing feeling at the idea of inter-racial marriage than intraracial THEN you are just as bigoted as the person who gets a bad feeling in the converse manner.

And again, you selectively ignore every. single. nonsensical. thing conservatives have said on this thread and target me and only me because I'm so mean and sarcastic. This is the third time now.

OK. Let's say the description you posted describes me. Would that make me just as bigoted and just as bad as the racial purists of the world? I'd argue absolutely not.

Because the people who get their fancies tickled at the thought of mixed relationships don't pass laws to make it so that ONLY mixed marriages are an option. They don't whine and moan and criticize their friends that do decide to marry within their race.

They don't vomit up nonsense about how, by deciding to marry within your race, you are destroying your unique culture somehow singlehandedly.

And they don't quote something that the Bible says about plants and their offspring and then interpret that to include mixed couples. Which, once again, I'm going to remind you that you, Cowboy, selectively ignored. Again.

The people who only date inside their race, because of feelings comfort or whatever, I don't care. Even if it could be considered racism or prejudice...I honestly don't care because they are just doing it to themselves.
So no. If you are a white man and white women get you hot and bothered and others don't, I don't care about that either.

Oikophobia is just as bad as xenophobia.
If you talk to an actual psychology person (and not to pseudo-intellectual right-wing British people butchering the actual definition into something they can simply throw at any and all people who like different cultures) then the psychologist will tell you it means aversion to home surroundings and interior. Can't exactly pass law to make sure that other people don't have home appliances and furniture.

Looked through it. Didn't see it.

Saw more than enough cowardice from people who don't even want to discuss it, however.

I'm guessing he's talking about my joke here:

I don't see the question as "is it good for America" but rather...is it good in the eyes of God. I say no, it is not.
Genesis 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

I imagine He's seen a fair amount of mixed couples hook up and thought. "Wow....that's even better!"
 
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"Fully 50 percent of Millennials say the trend toward more people of different races marrying each other is good for society."
This is considered a good thing not because they desire interracial marriage, but that they see nothing wrong with people of different races marrying. That is good for society because people are not looking at race as a barrier to mate selection.
 
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I guess that I'm a Boomer now? Anyway, mine is a mixed marriage. What do mixed marriages do for America? Whenever a marriage is a solid marriage - and the races and genders of the spouses are not of any importance here - then it's a good thing. That's the end of my thoughts. Maybe. But I haven't read the rest of the thread yet!
 
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