06-15-2011, 10:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-15-2011, 10:42 PM by FireIceTalon.)
We all can write better than we post on a forum, because here grammar and typos arent so important as on a research paper that we have to fine-tune because our grade, and thus our future, depends on it 
I dont take the time out here to fine tune my posts so they are perfect, and I do not think anyone should really be expected to so long as their points are reasonably understood and conveyed, which mine are, as are pretty much everyone elses as well (whether you agree with them or not is beside the point).
My common sense arguments carry weight because they have historical evidence and FACT to back them up, yours do not. For example: you guys think everyone has equal opportunity for success, when historical evidence AND statistics show that various groups have been marginalized in society, such as African Americans, Latinos, women, gays, and the poor, among others. Thus, your version of common sense, is proven to be false. In general I try not to rely too much on anecdotal evidence because our personal experiences can displace us from reality and the overall big picture. I remember when Obama became president and it was either Oprah or Will Smith, I forget which, that said "black people dont have an excuse anymore!", and was just thinking to myself how ridiculous of a statement that is. Basically with that statement, they completely whitewashed and erased/disregarded the historical struggle that black people have faced (and still face today, though perhaps in different ways) and completely rejected all the young black men and women that didnt and still do not have the "luck" or fortunate circumstances that Obama did. Whether its because they lack the social and culture capital, but either way, my point stands.
If you dont find my discussions, or "preaching" as you so eloquently labeled them, interesting, no one is forcing you to read them
I dont take the time out here to fine tune my posts so they are perfect, and I do not think anyone should really be expected to so long as their points are reasonably understood and conveyed, which mine are, as are pretty much everyone elses as well (whether you agree with them or not is beside the point).My common sense arguments carry weight because they have historical evidence and FACT to back them up, yours do not. For example: you guys think everyone has equal opportunity for success, when historical evidence AND statistics show that various groups have been marginalized in society, such as African Americans, Latinos, women, gays, and the poor, among others. Thus, your version of common sense, is proven to be false. In general I try not to rely too much on anecdotal evidence because our personal experiences can displace us from reality and the overall big picture. I remember when Obama became president and it was either Oprah or Will Smith, I forget which, that said "black people dont have an excuse anymore!", and was just thinking to myself how ridiculous of a statement that is. Basically with that statement, they completely whitewashed and erased/disregarded the historical struggle that black people have faced (and still face today, though perhaps in different ways) and completely rejected all the young black men and women that didnt and still do not have the "luck" or fortunate circumstances that Obama did. Whether its because they lack the social and culture capital, but either way, my point stands.
If you dont find my discussions, or "preaching" as you so eloquently labeled them, interesting, no one is forcing you to read them
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"Your very ideas are but the outgrowth of conditions of your bourgeois production and bourgeois property, just as your jurisprudence is but the will of your class, made into law for all, a will whose essential character and direction are determined by the economic conditions of the existence of your class." - Marx (addressing the bourgeois)
"Your very ideas are but the outgrowth of conditions of your bourgeois production and bourgeois property, just as your jurisprudence is but the will of your class, made into law for all, a will whose essential character and direction are determined by the economic conditions of the existence of your class." - Marx (addressing the bourgeois)