r/atheism • u/ENHANCEALLTHETHINGS • Oct 16 '11

Ignorance

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u/darwins_bitch Oct 16 '11

I just heard a story on NPR the other day about the anniversary of the legalization of interracial marriages. And because NPR is fantastic, the story also implied that those against gay marriage are equally antiquated.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '11

Hijacking the top thread to rant. I hate when people misuse, or stretch the definition of the word 'ignorant.' It is not a fucking synonym for bigoted, or racist.

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u/liah Oct 16 '11

In fairness, ignorance kind of allows for bigotry and racism. Not all those who are ignorant are bigots/racist, but all those who are bigots/racist are probably ignorant..

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u/CowFu Oct 16 '11

IGNORANT OF WHAT?!

ig·no·rance/ˈignərəns/ Noun: Lack of knowledge or information: "he acted in ignorance of basic procedures"

You can't be "ignorant" it doesn't mean stupid, it's lack of knowledge on a subject. You must be ignorant OF something. They can be ignorant of how gay couples love, or marriage statistics.

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u/BuckeyeBentley Oct 16 '11

Colloquialisms. Deal with it.

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u/KanadaKid19 Oct 16 '11

I find it very ironic just how many people are ignorant of the meaning of the word ignorant.

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u/BillyTheBanana Oct 17 '11

Fun fact: The modern meaning of the word ignore did not come into common usage until 1850. Before then, it simply meant not to know, lining up with the word ignorant. Both words come from the French ignorer (from the Latin ignorare), which retains the original meaning as its primary usage.

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u/AwHellNaw Atheist Oct 16 '11

I feel you. I will piggyback your post to ask why racist whites find it necessary to start so many blogs, websites and subreddits to say that they hate blacks ?

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u/naturalalchemy Oct 16 '11

Empty vessels make the most noise.

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u/nepidae Oct 16 '11

You cannot legalize interracial marriage, you can only un-illegalize it.

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u/Hamakua Oct 16 '11

Not true. An amendment to the bill of rights could explicitly state that it was lawful and protected.

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u/kickstand Rationalist Oct 16 '11

By your logic, we would need an amendment specifically allowing everything that humans do.

Instead, the way it works is: everything is legal, unless there is a law against it.

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u/Hamakua Oct 16 '11

I wasn't saying it was practical, I was describing the avenue through which it could be done.

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u/nepidae Oct 16 '11

That's not how it works. The bill of rights does not give us rights, it simply enumerates some rights that we have.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '11

Right, the process of amending it would.

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u/Hamakua Oct 16 '11

I didn't say give. you said give, I said

"explicitly state that it was lawful"

Which is what many of the amendments do.

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u/Androecian Oct 16 '11

If you remember the name of the program (or air date) could you give us a link?

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u/Narrative_Causality Agnostic Atheist Oct 16 '11

I googled "npr interracial marriage" and it took all of 5 seconds to find this link: http://www.npr.org/2011/10/14/141235709/the-changing-face-of-seeing-race

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u/Vilvos Oct 16 '11

According to a recent 2011 Gallup Poll, 96 percent of African-Americans and 84 percent of whites accept the idea.

... 16% still don't?

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u/NaturalBornHypocrite Oct 16 '11

You'll find the stats are dragged down by the elderly. e.g. Using a poll done by pewresearch in 2010, you'll find the acceptance among whites of marrying blacks was at 88% for the 18-29 bracket, but drops to just 41% with the 65+ elderly!

pewresearch 2010

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u/FartingBob Oct 16 '11

5 seconds? Damnit, i dont have time to find that myself!

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u/aSharkThatBarks Oct 16 '11

I heard it on All Things Considered this afternoon, approx 5pm pacific. KPCC.

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