Are Asians and the idea of libertarianism contrary to each other?

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[–]yabbit 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

why do white people call them asians? there are thousands of different cultures and countries that are "asian" grouping them together is retarded

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why do white people call them asians? there are thousands of different cultures and countries that are "asian" grouping them together is retarded

Because white people in America group themselves like this. Unlike in European countries where people have shared ancestry and history, we are a melting pot. American whites are often of very mixed heritage (me included), so their defining category comes to be 'continental' origin rather than 'country' origin.

Also Asians do share characteristics besides their continent. They all have epicanthal folds on their eyes, and speak dialects descending from chinese. Its really just the Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi's that are not actually 'Asian' in the way that most Americans understand the meaning of this term

Because we are such a melting pot, our categories in America just became more broad than elsewhere

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When people say asians, they mean the sneaky, smart yellow asians, not Indians dude.

[–]RichardsonDavis[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm Asian myself and I am not like the typical Asian that's seen in the West, you know East Asians but there is a common theme between us all in that we must respect our elders and by extension authority. I'm certain there are other ones that my culture and other Asian cultures have a similarity in.

When one says Asian, I think of the common denominator that all the Easterners have that the West would find, imo, abhorrent. A complete disregard for objective truth or the fact that many don't think there are rights that the government can take away. I do find it folly that the government can't take away rights that individuals do not believe exist.