Posted on 05/26/2003 2:39:22 AM PDT by oldconservative
What about an all-black beauty contest or something like a hispanic chamber of commerce? They have those here and no one points out the racism in those.
What would happen to all the magazines like that if they had to include an appropriate number of whites and others to match the ratio of the overall society? They would also have to include a fair number of articles in Spanish.
Creative thinking.
I forget where I read this: "'Not that bad' = 'Not that good'". I'm afraid that measuring O'Reilly against his competition is a false comparison - one dope vs. a bunch of Leftists. Back in 1999 or early 2000, when I heard him mindlessly repeating the Klingon administration's meaningless assertion that oil companies' profits were up 500% from the days of $10/barrel oil, he really turned me off. So I permanently returned the favor, and haven't missed him a bit. O'Reilly, Geraldo, Alan Colmes, and Regrettable Van Susteran are good evidence that Fox News is NOT a strictly conservative news channel.
This demonstrates to me beyond a shadow of doubt that Buchanen hates both Jews and Blacks, and probably gypsies and slovaks as well.
I'm not going to toss about the over-worked nazi label, because too many use it on non-socialists, and the heart of nazism is socialism (national socialism). I do NOT think Buchanen is a socialist, but I had no idea that Buchanen was such a hater.
To affirm the right of "association" is fine. But to claim that this white prom was not racially based is absurd. Segregation is the heart of racism. And I hate it for the way it twists the minds of our young.
Asbestos suit in place. Flame away.
It may not be hatred, but if by "one's own," you mean one's own race, then one is a racist.
My preference is for socializing with Conservatives who may be of various colors.
Pat continues to expose himself and it's not a pretty sight.
This demonstrates to me beyond a shadow of doubt that Buchanen hates both Jews and Blacks, and probably gypsies and slovaks as well.
Pat Buchanan pointed out that religious groups have often restricted their activities to their own membership and that this action doesn't represent hatred. He makes a valid point, and you are trying to twist his making of that point into claiming that he hates blacks and Jews. Your little rant about the Roma and slovaks only shows your own prejudice against Mr. Buchanan. (Many of the Roma consider "gypsy" to be a racial slur against them. If you are going to play the racial sensitivity game, you need to avoid the use of racial slurs.) He says nothing that suggests a hatred towards anyone. His contempt is for the racism of political correctness and those who support it. From other comments that he's made in other places, I think he has an irrational dislike of the nation of Israel, but generalizing that flaw to a hatred of Jews is a stretch.
We don't know the racial make-up of this school or how their public prom was handled. If the entire public prom was done in a way that gave preferential treatment to blacks, I can understand some people wanting to hold a separate prom with more traditional themes. Rather than openly restrict the prom to whites only, I think they should have set the theme and made clear that they would tolerate no change to their choices in music, decoration, and other details. If blacks wanted to enjoy that kind of prom, they'd be welcome as well. However, if these people had tried and tried to reach reasonable compromises and received nothing but grief in return, I can understand their wanting simply to avoid the source of conflict. The truth is that we don't who did what or who was being unreasonable in this situation. Any guess we make on either side is just a guess based on our own prejudices.
Segregation is the heart of racism. And I hate it for the way it twists the minds of our young.
Again, you have it exactly backwards. Racism is the hatred and contempt that is one cause of people segregating. The separation doesn't cause the racism. The racism is one cause of segregation. Again, I don't think that all segregation is driven by racism. I've been romantically involved with a woman who was black, but I think most people are going to be predisposed to romantic relationships within their own race. Generally, that's my preference as well. I don't think this predisposition is evil or racist. I think people may segregate along racial lines when they feel that they are misunderstood by those outside their race. I don't think that all blacks who eat dinner only with other blacks at a school or work environment have hatred or animosity towards whites. Some do, but others are just gravitating towards their own. In a predominantly black school, I would guess that whites often do the same thing for the same reason. That segregation is not a cause of racism.
Like you, I hate racism for the way that it twists people's minds, but racism is only one of many lies that I hate for the same reason. Politicaly correctness is a similar lie that twists people's minds and needs to be opposed.
WFTR
Bill
He found out just how far he'd stuck his foot in it when the poll he had on his wedsite showed that most people think the white kids had every right to have their own prom outside of the school. He tried to blame it on an attack by a neo-Nazi group. The poll was locked, and he said he would try to get it back up by the upcoming weekend so the polling could go on, but he never did. For a supposedly no-spin zone, Bill was spinning like crazy that night.
LOL! That was my thought, exactly.
Now that's hysterical.
But unless it manifests itself in violence or descriminatory acts by the authorities government has no business intervening.
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