A thread for Ashliana

[Gelston]

So.. that's a concession, you realize, right?

Nope. He is an African Canadian American. And the richest one ever.

[Gelston]

Musk is South African. Utterly different than being African-American.

What is someone that is from Egypt that lives in America called?

[Parkbandit]

But wait, aren't my posts here entertaining -- so any deletion would contradict the goals of your earlier stated assertions. Were you wrong then, or wrong now?

It's almost like you don't think anything through, and pointing out your comically poor reasoning is child's play.

Your actual posts are neither entertaining or useful. Watching you be manipulated is where I personally get my entertainment from. You deleting your posts do nothing for how many posts you've actually made in this thread.

That number is actually 462... a mere 38 from my goal.

[Ashliana]

What is someone that is from Egypt that lives in America called?

An Egyptian-American. Similarly, Musk would be a South African-American, or some combination of Canadian/SA-American.

English has no authority or regulating body. Dictionaries, for example, are descriptive, rather than prescriptive. They describe the meaning of words as they're commonly used, since the point of language is to convey meaning.

You can say whatever you want. The reality, though, is that by referring to a white person as African-American, the average person will -- rightly -- look at you like you're from Mars, since you're using a word to convey something contrary to its commonly understood meaning, driven by intellectual dishonesty.

Your actual posts are neither entertaining or useful. Watching you be manipulated is where I personally get my entertainment from.

Oh, so you were wrong previously. Thanks for admitting that -- it's so rare you have the self-awareness to admit when you were incorrect.

You deleting your posts do nothing for how many posts you've actually made in this thread.

Translation: You were forced to abandon the method you were using in favor of another jury-rigged metric.

That number is actually 462... a mere 38 from my goal.

Marvelous. And what do you imagine happens then?

[Shaps]

Stop hating on African-Americans:

Like most ideologues they leave out parts that blow their "ideals" up:

https://www.census.gov/topics/popula...%20of%20Africa.

"The racial categories included in the census questionnaire generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country and not an attempt to define race biologically, anthropologically, or genetically. In addition, it is recognized that the categories of the race item include racial and national origin or sociocultural groups."

Stop being racist.

That's from my earlier post on this topic.

So yes - for you fuckers that only read part of the documentation - I highlighted and underlined it for you.

[Ashliana]

Stop hating on African-Americans:

Like most ideologues they leave out parts that blow their "ideals" up:

https://www.census.gov/topics/popula...%20of%20Africa.

"The racial categories included in the census questionnaire generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country and not an attempt to define race biologically, anthropologically, or genetically. In addition, it is recognized that the categories of the race item include racial and national origin or sociocultural groups."

Stop being racist.

That's from my earlier post on this topic.

So yes - for you fuckers that only read part of the documentation - I highlighted and underlined it for you.

Since you proved unable to read the reply the last time, here it is again:

Your own quote includes the part about the government using the term as socially defined, or in other words, descriptive versus prescriptive, which again, reflects common usage in America. Which pertains to Black Americans. Thanks for 1) doubling down on the racism (which is of surprise to no one), 2) demonstrating that you couldn't establish how criticism of Musk would be racist even if he were African-American.

In other words..

[Gelston]

An Egyptian-American. Similarly, Musk would be a South African-American, or some combination of Canadian/SA-American.

English has no authority or regulating body. Dictionaries, for example, are descriptive, rather than prescriptive. They describe the meaning of words as they're commonly used, since the point of language is to convey meaning.

You can say whatever you want. The reality, though, is that by referring to a white person as African-American, the average person will -- rightly -- look at you like you're from Mars, since you're using a word to convey something contrary to its commonly understood meaning, driven by intellectual dishonesty.

So, according to you, Egyptians can't be african Americans because they aren't black skinned. You sound pretty racist.

[Ashliana]

So, according to you, Egyptians can't be african Americans because they aren't black skinned. You sound pretty racist.

Putting aside the fact that you were just forced to invent a position which I didn't state, there's at least a decent argument for calling someone from Egypt an "African American," but it mostly depends on how they self-identify, which is why I asked you if you had any examples of Musk self-identifying as African American.

I believe you left that question unanswered. Why would that be?

[Parkbandit]

465

[Ashliana]

465

It's always great when you try to start arguing something, have your position utterly dismantled, then are unceremoniously forced to drop it. That's what this thread is perfect for.

Oh, and 466. Let's keep it going. Stop being lazy.