I would say
that 'race' and 'racism' refer to external groups, and gingerism is an internal bigotry if you will, applied to random members of the populace rather than a (fairly) (okay, vaguely) well-defined group of outsiders. So gingerism isn't racism any more than homophobia is...oh, and it isn't anywhere near as widespread and vicious, either. And being ginger is optional. No, they don't get to play the racism card, even once you take out the fuzzy notion of what a race is in the first place.
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 10:36, 4 replies)

Damn =(

(Gritty, yet fluffy. kipperpillock is obsessed with me =), Mon 31 Oct 2011, 12:01, closed)

Oh dear...
"And being ginger is optional."
Suggest to a black guy that he should bleach his skin to avoid idiots treating him differently and see where that gets you.
( DukeEuphoria Comes highly reccomended, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 13:57, closed)

calm down, ginge.

( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 14:53, closed)

Why?
Dying your hair is a shitload easier, quicker, more common - one might even say standard practice for many - and reversibler. I'm not sure I see the comparison. Also, I'm not saying anyone *has* to dye their hair - just that they *do*. Y'know...because it's such a trivially easy thing to do.
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 18:23, closed)

Just watch who you're calling Fuzzy.

( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Mon 31 Oct 2011, 15:30, closed)

I disagree
Anti-Ginge feeling goes back to the celts being belittled and a bit dehumanised by whatever new invaders had shoved them a bit further and further to the far edges of the British Isles. It was aimed squarely at a specific group and I've always felt uneasy about it as a result cos...well, who wants to side with the overdogs?

I'm here all week, try the Grecian 2000.
(Chizomsk, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 23:53, closed)