Racism isn't hating someone based on an arbitrary difference. If that was true, we'd have almost no racism. I mean, under that definition, you're not racist if you think black people are no better than dogs. People like dogs.

Only a very, very few people actually hate black people simply because their skin color is black. Racists hate black people because of what they think the black skin color implies about them as a person....they're stupid, violent, criminal, etc.

Maybe we need a new word?

I don't think so. Democrats and Republicans have different colored skin. I'd rather come up with racial slurs for them than try to think of a new "ism" label. I'm leaning towards **** for Democrats, but I'm kinda stumped for Repugnicans.

I have an especial dislike for people who drive hybrids.

Care to elaborate? Not everyone who own ones is a tree hugging hippy. They do tend to get better gas mileage so this also makes them attractive to other people for financial reasons.

This has turned out to be less a thread about racism and more about raceism.

While that's true, most hybrid cars have far more instrumentation that gives you spontaneous feedback so you can improve your driving techniques.

I have been squeezing 50MPG out of a CR-Z on my way to work through the hills of Pennsylvania. Most of it is due to the new feedback.

And you couldn't possibly hate someone who drove this:



750hp, 76mpg, 3300 lbs.

I could hate them. Its a Porsche. Porsche drivers are all cocks.