Comment on The type of southern hospitality you receive depends on your skin color.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
I generally find most average people, no matter their race, religion, colour, creed or location to be very decent human beings.
It’s when you put those same people into groups that they all become a problem because they’ll be swayed by the loudest most obnoxious a-holes in the community.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 days ago
George Carlin said something similar. I may forget the exact quote, but paraphrasing goes something like this:
He had just spent 40 minutes in a routine where he mocks society and points out the deep fundamental issues he has with people. Then he says something along the lines of “It may surprise you to know this, but I’m a people person! No, I’m serious! I am! I LOVE people…just in small groups, preferably no larger than a group of 1, and even then only for 3-5 minutes. Depending on your personality of coarse. But I do! I love people. I love talking to people. People are so interesting when you single them out. Individually theres a lot of smart motherfuckers out there. Lots of smart motherfuckers, who instantly lose their minds when you put them in a group, and start talking about politics and religion. That’s when everything goes to shit. Now suddenly you got guys burning crosses and wearing red armbands. Something about putting people in a group setting makes them forget that they’re really smart by themselves. Thats what I can’t stand. I love people, but I can’t stand a crowd. Because in every crowd is some big ego motherfucker who thinks he’s better than everybody else, and suddenly the actual smart people are nowhere to be found. All those ideas go out the window when you get ideology involved.”
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
God I wish he were still here. The world was a lot more tolerable when I could hear what he had to say about it.