46% Young Americans Believe USA Is Racist, 44% believe Obama greater than George Washington

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  1. TheGreatSatan

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    So when democrats say it's their job to tell jews when to shut up they don't mean all jews? Are you one of the democrats in the crowd that clapped and cheered when that was said? How can you possibly support those people if racism matters to you?
     
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    It's not a friendly gesture, but a symbol that connects to lynching, which is part of the legacy of racism. You can't deny that legacy or symbolism any more than you can say a Swastika has no more meaning to a Jew than it does to a Hispanics.

    I said earlier that this stuff gets out of hand at times. However, we can't deny the reasons why people have issues with such things. Racial attitudes, whether intentional or not, don't cease to exist just because White folks say it no longer exists.
     
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    I have no idea what you're referring to. Link?
     
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    I was referring to the comment about evil teachers. No problem with homeschooling, or even with private schooling when it's purpose is other than profit.
     
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    I agree, except for the home schooling part. All have good and bad, so we have to be careful not to lump all into those good/bad categories. In my experience, some home-schooled kids who came to my classroom were way above the others. But I've also seen the opposite. I've talked to some former students who left for private schools and they've told me it was a joke. Others said it was the best move they ever made. I've taught in big city schools and small rural schools, and that's where I saw the biggest and most consistent difference. In my experience, parents made most of that difference.
     
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    So, you didn't watch the video? Read the transcript? The woman said her job was to tell those Democrats who are going to work for the party to shut up and listen to what she's saying. She's saying the same thing I am, so yes, I do agree with her.

    I strongly suggest you go back and watch the whole clip. You might agree with her when she says, yes, Democrats can be racist.
     
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    "I said earlier that this stuff gets out of hand at times."

    Yeah. Like at all times. Without exception.

    "we can't deny the reasons why people have issues with such things."

    Absolutely. It's because they're a freaking clown show. No exceptions.
     
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    "No exceptions"...That sounds like fingers stuck in the ears and hands over the eyes.
    I'm assuming you recognize that racial attitudes have not died out in this country. If that's the case, are you saying that we should simply ignore it because there should be no exceptions?
     
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    Where did you get some silly notion it's objective? In some instances it is objective.
    But in most of these issues, it's subjective. Like the over 70 generation using the N word because it had different meaning when they were youth. And how those less than 70 know not to use the N word, because the meaning of the word changed to something very racist.
    Or the Ky candidate who would be proud to go to a public hanging. Didn't occur racist to her, for its how the south operates. But to many not in the south, it was a racist thing to say. Entirely subjective.
     
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    Yes.

    The only reason the clown show continues is because we pander to it.

    Please don't confuse the issue. There is no chance that a sane person can legitimately believe that the wearing of hoop earrings, for example, is racist.

    The people that claim such nonsense should receive counseling, not be granted the slightest bit of legitimacy.
     
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    I didn't say in, I said near.
    And I called it, Palestinians are treated poorly as you admit. Which would be a racist thing. As for calling them all terrorists, well, that is just so one can feel better about treating them poorly.
    If Jew was a race and Palestinian was a race. But they aren't. Just to culture clashing that live in the same block.
    With 2 religions that goad each other, even though their religions are using the same god as their worship idol.
     
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    Yet, I've only seen a few RWers, not those from the LW side, say skin color is what determines how a person is. Most everyone I see of the LW side, say culture and perhaps money, have more determination of how a person is, regardless of skin color.

    In fact, didn't you claim that racism in America was basically gone? Until a black skin prez was elected?
    Which of course is completely false, for racism has never been gone in the USA. Just wasn't so public when it was easy to brush issues under the table.
    But AA has been around for a few decades, in response to the racism and sexism that exists in our country. Even before the black skin man became prez.
     
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    How about swastikas and christmas trees decorated with stereotypes found in the garbage? All just good clean fun?
     
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    You really must be in denial if you don't see the overt racial intention of hanging that trash on the tree.
     
  18. Thought Criminal

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    So, why are you falsly implying that the poster called all Palestinians 'terrorists'?

    Stop making stuff up.

    You're not a dummy. I've read many good postings that you've made. These frequent, fabrications of yours add nothing to discussions.
     
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    When I was young, I and some friends took a dead shrub into the common room and decorated it with condiment packets. Sorry for having been such an insensitive racist.

    Or, it's just junk on a tree.
     
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    Not nearly as much as the fact the sun never used to set on the British Empire, now it takes about an hour...
     
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    No comparison. Not even close.

    It wasn't just junk on a tree. Why would those people select the trash that represented stereotypes of Blacks? Why just that junk?
     
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    Where can I obtain the list of "black" stereotypes?

    I had no idea that Funyuns and Popeyes were symbols of "blackness". I liked Popeyes. It's a disappointment to learn that I am one of those "cultural appropriators".

    I need that list, NOW, so that I can begin my rehabilitation.
     
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    You think that Britain having had an empire was something to be proud of? The arrogance of Britain killing millions of people on the African and Asian continent is something to be ashamed of. As for the OP, yep, truth hurts, the young Americans are right
     
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    More proud to have the empire than to lose it, which you folks did. I can see why you'd want to distance yourself from your failures...
     
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    I never even tried Funyuns, so no problem. I don't drink beer; so again, no problem. I'm gonna miss Popeyes, though.
     
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