Sanctioning the Era of Death - the "We...." Disease!!

[mrda]

So on BBC1's This Week program, a Muslim mother came onto the programme to argue against the tarring of all those of her creed as fanatical, frothing-at-the mouth suicide bombers

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[mein_eschaton]

ah...the "we" disease. something to be avoided. even when i was making that post about goth/industrial i tried to avoid saying "we". afterall, as you point out, what would be the purpose of dispelling one stereotype only to replace it with another? of course, that's assuming that people really do, as they so often claim, find stereotyping to be inherently wrong. however, i think we both know that it's more along the lines of people not likely any stereotype that is unflattering.
ex: the chinese are very focused on education.
vs.
the chinese are ambitious and crafty and will do your homework for you.

ex: mexicans are very hard workers.
vs.
mexicans are too dirty and too stupid to do anything other than farmwork, and they're stealing jobs from lower-class americans citizens.

ex: black people have had a challenging experience in america.
vs.
all black people are welfare abusers who are just too lazy to work so they are trying to rip off the government with affirmative action and slavery reperations.

people act like there is always some huge difference between a "nice" generalization and a nasty one. but really, the nice ones aren't as harmless as people imagine.