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Stephen Jackson calls out Utah fans now.

Safetydan said:
I agree that most returned missionaries, in general, have been exposed to a single different culture for a two year span. The problem is that the majority of those missionaries are there to convert members of another culture to an American religion. That's fine but it doesn't lend itself well to breaking out of an ethnocentric mindset. I know from my experiences that very few of my fellow missionaries, in actuality, grew to fully respect and appreciate the culture they were immersed in. In fact, many of them were disrespectful of the culture and there was a strong sense of false superiority. Which is ironic and sadly hypocritical. This isn't an outlier. The attitude exists because the belief that other cultures need to convert to Mormonism to be saved exists and also because we're not actually immersed in the culture. We carry objectives and goals into their culture and the baggage prevents us, barely even adults, from learning the lessons we should be learning from exposure to different cultures. Instead of being an enlightened people, I think returned missionaries become more unconsciously entrenched in ethnocentric attitudes. They think they've learned to love and respect a separate culture and have convinced themselves of that but in reality have simply become convinced of their own culture's superiority.

This is all good for the Church because when a missionary actually does learn to appreciate and love a different culture the result is often a degree of inactivity.

I think the above is also tied directly to the implicit kind of unconscious racism of the area too. We're super convinced that we're not racist, like at all. How could we be? WE LIVED IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY FOR TWO YEARS AND WE TOTALLY LOVED THE PEOPLE THERE. PLEASE GET BAPTIZED!
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100% was my experience. I also heard a ton of missionaries from utah/idaho/california/arizona use the n-word super casually with each other all the time. But that's probably just an isolated thing I'm sure.
 
MeloTheJazzKiller said:
You're welcome.

I have to hand it to you, you took your diagnosis that you are clueless with great dignity. You may not be the brightest bulb on planet Earth, but at least you've got the good sense to accept it. Good for you.
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Again, thank you. I consider the source and respond accordingly. If you in bizarro world think I'm clueless, that must mean I'm Einstein level genius in the real world. From you it was the greatest of compliments and I am in full appreciation.

You also entertain with your tomtrollery, and there is a certain level of respect that must be given even if reluctantly.
 
Jazz Spazz said:
..I'm Einstein level genius in the real world.
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Well, you blew it. You should have crawled back to your closet and let your parents chain you back up. But instead you had to try to inflate your existence. "Einstein level"? Really?

I take back my "You're welcome." And I hope your parents never unchain you to let you have a few hours around the house again.
 
MeloTheJazzKiller said:
Well, you blew it. You should have crawled back to your closet and let your parents chain you back up. But instead you had to try to inflate your existence. "Einstein level"? Really?

I take back my "You're welcome." And I hope your parents never unchain you to let you have a few hours around the house again.
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It was really a compliment to the depths of your awesomeness. No need to be offended. If you were a poor mans MeloTheJazzKiller I would have compared it to a regular old doctor or something. You're welcome.
 
When watching Stephen Jackson on TV for your cable company, you get angry. When you hear Stephen Jackson proclaim JaVale McGee does more than Gobert you must blow-off steam. When you blow off steam, an accident occurs. When an accident happens, people think you are Stephen Jackson. When people think you are Stephen Jackson, they don't want to know Stephen Jackson. When people agree with Stephen Jackson, they wake up in a road-side ditch. Don't wake up in a roadside ditch, get rid of Stephen Jackson.

https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-stephen-jackson-says-javale-mcgee-does-more-than-rudy-gobert/
 
Jazz Spazz said:
Again, thank you. I consider the source and respond accordingly. If you in bizarro world think I'm clueless, that must mean I'm Einstein level genius in the real world. From you it was the greatest of compliments and I am in full appreciation.

You also entertain with your tomtrollery, and there is a certain level of respect that must be given even if reluctantly.
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Agreed. I never want to be so silly and petty that I understand the fake outrage that this "PC run amok, I must be offended by something at all times to show I'm woke and caring" trend is pushing. Such a joke it's become, and many just keep riding the outrage train...easier than looking at yourself.....smh
 
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