No shit. This is beyond f'ing ridiculous!
Instead of wasting time arguing about whether or not this is or is not racist - why not spend that time doing something positive and useful about it, if you feel this strongly about the issue?
What the hell is this accomplishing anyway? A Big Fat Nothing.
You're wrong in that it accomplishes nothing. Asking questions and pointing out prejudices publicly eventually makes it socially unacceptable to be prejudiced. How do you think the women's movement and gay movement came to be where they are now? It's because people started standing up and saying something when someone was being prejudiced. Silence is taken for agreement. If nobody ever questions prejudiced behaviours, attitudes, and language, then these attitudes will continue to exist.
Surely you can see this. Especially considering that you are a woman and a prostitute. When people make derogatory remarks about women or prostitutes, don't you feel compelled to say something? Granted, it wasn't derogatory in this particular case to say "Chinese", because "Chinese" isn't a bad word, or an offensive word in any way. However, when used in this context, the poster was implying that being "creepy" was somehow related to being "Chinese", which is completely inappropriate and prejudiced.
As such, the words "woman" and "prostitute" aren't derogatory, but when brought into situations where they have no relevance and are used to imply something negative about women in general or prostitutes in general, then it is completely insensitive and unacceptable, and we shouldn't allow it to continue.
I agree with you that there's no need to bicker, and that certainly wasn't my intent with my post. I meant to simply start a conversation. However, people's true feelings and attitudes are presenting themselves now, and it's very interesting to see how they unfold.
