Hate to say it, but most won't "speak up to save a stranger", especially in the U.S.! In fact, I would go as far as to say that "home of the brave" should be stricken from the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance. I get the sense that most human-beings these days are selfish opportunists who are absolutely scared shyteless of their own shadow!
You can even see it in the last few posts by Ascesis in the thread that Ascesis started, fear of the consequences for standing up for truth. Oooooohhhhh, the FEDS are going to shut us down because 90SRF is a "cat-torturing federal agent" and other such nonsense. Cowardly selfish morons!
Most human-beings are nothing more than SELFISH COWARDS!!! This is why Allah looses in the devil Yahweh's world more often than not! But, don't you know, they're all going to heaven! Yip, they'll all be sitting at Allah's side during the day of judgement!
Who are you talking about?
If we feel betrayed, then it's the fault of the betrayal
Sometimes politeness won't get the job done. Some people will ignore things that they don't want to hear, and polite words are brushed off. You tell them “no.” You do it bluntly if they continue to make plans for you.https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-etiquette-for-dealing-with-people-who-invite-themselves-to-your-events-and-you-really-dont-want-them-tagging-along
“This is not a good time for me to have guests in my home. I will keep you in mind when I plan something in the future.”
Walk away if possible or end the phone call after saying your answer.
There are people who if you tell them that your home isn't tidy enough for guests currently or another excuse will barrel straight through it by saying that they don't mind. Tell them that you do mind and are not having any guests over because you have too much to do. If they persist, you might try placing them into an awkward spot by asking, “Why are you so determined to get inside my home when I clearly do not want to entertain you there?”
Ultimately, if a person insists on showing up uninvited at your home, you do not have to allow the person inside. If you are not entertaining anyone, you can leave them standing at the door knocking until they go away. You could wrap a towel around your hair and only open the door on the chain if they persist in ringing the bell and say, “Why are you here? I'm busy.” Regardless of the excuse they give, you say that you're busy and need to go. Say “Goodbye.” Close and lock the door.
If you have invited other people over and do not want this one person to join you, you may have to go from polite excuse to their level of rudeness to get rid of them.
You: “What are you doing here?”
Them: “I heard that you are having a party.”
You: “I did not invite you to come to my home, and I'm busy with my guests. You showing up uninvited is unacceptable and rude. I will say this clearly one last time. I do not want to entertain you today. Since you just showed up uninvited, there will be no future invitations from me either. I do not want you in my home. Go away and do not come back. If you bother me again, I will call the police to report you. Leave now.” (Go back inside to your guests. Close the door in their face and lock it.)
It becomes more difficult if you are having a large party where someone else might answer your door or the uninvited person may walk around to your backyard and start helping themselves to your food and drink. Tell a handful of friends in advance about the unwanted person so they can let you know if the uninvited person turns up. Perhaps designate a few people to answer the door in case you are elsewhere, and tell them to leave that person on the porch and come to find you if he shows up. Be firm and tell them to leave if they manage to get inside. Have your backup group and a phone ready if you suspect that the person will not leave quietly.
It’s a question seemingly every mixed-race person and person of color has been asked before: “What are you?” (Or more innocuously, “Where are you from?”)
Ph.D. student Ayumi Matsuda-Rivero hears the question so often, she has become relatively deft at knowing how to respond.
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“If someone asks me ‘What are you?’ I respond with ‘I’m a person,’ because ‘what’ implies an object rather than a person, and too often mixed people are seen as ‘exotic’ collectibles.”
If someone asks, “Where you from?” Matsuda-Rivero will say the state of Virginia because that’s where she has spent most of her life.
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The problem is, often it feels like someone is trying to point out the otherness of someone else. Then there’s the frequent persistence in their line of questioning: Some won’t let up until the person of color offers up some “non-U.S.” origin story.
“White people would never persist in these types of questions with other white people, so why do they ask people of color?” said William Ming Liu, a professor of counseling psychology and department chair at the University of Maryland. (His research interests are in social class and classism, men and masculinity, and white supremacy and privilege.)
“Many white people have [the model] of a white racial person in mind in general, so when someone varies from that, they’re already primed, cognitively, to see the nonwhite person as a foreigner or non-American,” Liu told HuffPost.
People of color are considered “outsiders, interlopers, foreigners to that specific space,” the professor said.
Given how loaded the question is, Liu isn’t sure if there’s a nonclumsy way to ask it.
“The broader question for white people asking this is, why? What is the need to know? To identify the person of color as the ‘other’ in this space?” he said.
Anthony Hopkins celebrated a big milestone on Thursday as marked 47 years of sobriety. The Oscar-winning actor reflected on his battle with alcoholism in an inspiring video message and urged people to seek help if they are struggling. Hopkins, who turns 85 on Saturday, said getting sober saved his life.Entire article: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/anthony-hopkins-sobriety-alcoholism-birthday-message-172153972.html
"I'm celebrating 47 years today of sobriety," the acclaimed actor began. "This is a message not meant to be heavy, but I hope helpful. I am a recovering alcoholic. And to you out there — I know there are people struggling. In this day and age of cancel and hatred and non-compromise, children being bullied, I say... Be kind to yourself. Be kind. Stay out of the circle of toxicity with people, if they offend you. Live your life. Be proud of your life..."
Not that he is complaining. ''Hannibal,'' the sequel to ''The Silence of the Lambs,'' appeared well on its way to hitting $100 million at the box office this weekend, and the Lecter character, with its cannibalistic menace, has clearly struck a powerful minor-key chord with the public. But Sir Anthony is, admittedly, undeniably, understandably, burnt out on talking about the movie, defending the movie, on answering for Hannibal Lecter altogether.Entire article: https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/18/style/a-night-out-with-sir-anthony-hopkins-the-man-who-still-isn-t-hannibal-lecter.html
''I'm almost a vegetarian. I don't like meat. I like a bit of fish. Fish and pasta.''
Andrew Anglin
@WorldWarWang
I've gotten hundreds of messages like this.
Again, we can imagine the right-wing version of this, and I haven't seen anything remotely similar to that on this website.
The claims from the NYT and others about "hate speech" are simply false. They are lying on purpose.
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