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To: Jeff Chandler
Emotional nothing. You are being an ass.

Your facile use of fake ebonic dialect was immature to say the least, and cowardly in its portrayal, since you don't own up to being the racist you are.

As far as the attitudes, yeah, they suck. Status blame is not what real conservatives or libertarians do - they look for the actions of the individual.

72 posted on 10/23/2002 2:37:31 PM PDT by Chancellor Palpatine
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To: Chancellor Palpatine
While it is not constructive to paint a whole race with generalized negatives, at a particular school with a concrete and observable population, it could very well be accurate to say that the majority of disrupters are of a certain race, if the observable behavior of said disrupters supports that conclusion.

Individual responsibility is a core value of conservatives, but verifiable statistics derive from individuals who choose to exhibit the defined behaviors. To turn a blind eye to bad behavior by large groups of individuals, just because it is unpalatable to acknowledge these individuals largely come from one racial group, is to do these same individuals a disservice. Anyone behaving badly needs to own up and change. If more of those are black than white, then so be it. Prettying it up with denial only perpetuates the problem.

75 posted on 10/23/2002 3:03:47 PM PDT by Inkie
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To: Chancellor Palpatine
You are being an ass.

That's your reasoned refutation?

Your facile use of fake ebonic dialect was immature to say the least, and cowardly in its portrayal, since you don't own up to being the racist you are.

It's easy to label someone a racist. Might as well add the rest of the typical terms: sexist, homophobe, Eurocentric, male chauvanist, mean-spirited, etc.. They're so overused as tactical weapons that they've become meaningless.

As for my use of ebonics, I was parodying ONE MAN: Chief Moose, not an entire race. I was giving evidence of a possible affirmative action hiring situation. What else is one to infer from the use of ebonics by a man in the position of top cop? And why is it acceptable for this police chief to mispronounce "them" and "with", and practically any other word with "th" in it, yet racist of me to point it out?

Status blame is not what real conservatives or libertarians do - they look for the actions of the individual.

I was refering to the actions of an individual: Moose. You know, if there were no such thing as affirmative action, we wouldn't be questioning whether or not this is a case of it. We would still be shaking our heads and asking ourselves how a man could obtain a P.H.D. without ever having mastered such simple words, though.

I really don't understand why you're so angry with me over my imitation of Moose. I'm just giving you a sneak preview of a future SNL skit!

76 posted on 10/23/2002 3:04:57 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler
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