Is browning your face racist?

[Carys]

Yo Earl. of Terencia

Such hostility in you my man. And using them emoji things is the refuge of losers.

Are you getting enough sleep? Theirs some good info on this site about insomnia.

Are you getting enough sunlight? Lack of sunlight can make you SAD.

Take care

Charlie

Hostility from Terry, are you for real ? He is literally the most patient and unhostile person on this forum, infact sometimes (in my opinion) way too patient and understanding with some people.

By the way, I will make comment about national stereotypes if I wish to - politicians they are fair game but I don't like hearing comments about a whole race of people.

[Carys]

I think it is only racist if the intention was to mock, if that wasn't the intention then it just becomes insensitive and inappropriate - which covers Trudeau here. I also think this is a lazy reason to jump on a politician and is really no different from actors 'whiteing up' or 'blacking up' as part of playing a character. However the question was 'is it offensive', and yes, if it offends a group then yes it is.

[pulisa]

I wonder how many people were tasked with the job of trawling through archives to find something to discredit Trudeau...Anything to cause an "outrage".It's very easy to cause an outrage now-people are queueing up to be outraged. But it's a very different matter when the group affected are genuinely offended and it's not all about discrediting a politician.

[lebonvin]

Hi Cary

Yeah I'm for real except when the voices tell me otherwise.

Terry's a decent chap, anyone can see that. I don't bear him any ill will

It's just that these political topics get kinda boring without inflammatory remarks to carry them along. Otherwise you just get the same three or four people's agreeing with each other.

What these topics are doing on a mental forum I don't worked out yet.

[Carys]

OK, but 'hostile', how so ?

[pulisa]

It's good that people can discuss other things rather than focusing on their mental health issues all the time.

It's not compulsory to try to wind people up just to make discussions more "interesting" though.

[AntsyVee]

It's good that people can discuss other things rather than focusing on their mental health issues all the time.

It's not compulsory to try to wind people up just to make discussions more "interesting" though.

Agreed. I think people on here are wound up and anxious enough. There are plenty of political forums out there just rife with controversy if you need more in your life. If it's legitimately how you feel, that's one thing, but don't just do it for shits and giggles, otherwise, doesn't that cross into troll behavior?

[Carys]

Yup.

[MyNameIsTerry]

Thanks Carys, Pulisa and Vee. I agree, there is a reason I wouldn't talk about these subjects in more general forums because those places attract some very unpleasant people who just want to wallow in negativity, fight and vent anger on others. They can be bullying echo chambers too. A few threads on here amongst people who understand the impacts of their words makes for a friendly exchange and one I know I learn from.

I'm happy to discuss things with anyone but anything more personal will just get ignored.

[lebonvin]

Hi Auntsy

Still no sign of your Canadian buddies flocking here to say We ain't really like that.

Your a schoolmistress right? Congratulations for choosing a socially good profession. If you was to work in an office, you'd be the woman all the menfolk avoided for fear of saying hello and getting reported for sexual harassment.

I can see yous and your multiethnic students standing round a campfire singing Cumbaya and We are the World. You have created an idealist kinda world the way it should be.

Unfortunately the world I live in ain't like that and I'm decent enough not to give any details to avoid upsetting people's here or bringing them down to my level. And we all know that self pity does a lotta harm to recovery from depressive illness.

Seems a shame this discussion if it can be called that has degeneration to personal disagreement on matters not connected to the title topic.

Have a nice day. Don't forget to grade them homework assignments. Teaching must be tough. Yous can't switch off from the job when you get home and don't get paid overtime. I respect teachers even though I got bad memories of some.

Charlie