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windowdressing said:
perception, unfortunately, can be everything, meaning it becomes reality ..
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No, it never becomes reality to intellectually honest people.

For example, many people in the south in the early 1900s believed in the biological inferiority of blacks and that helped to justify the thousands of lynchings that took place in the south between the late 1800s and early 1900s. The reality was not that they were inferior (there was no scientific evidence for that), but the lynchings were real, that was the reality. As W.I, Thomas once said, "If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences."
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That men can commit horrible acts is not unknown, but these acts are based on ignorance and have no basis in reality.

my reference to politico is that your claim about Dems being the true racists was something started a couple of years ago by Rove and others in response to accusations against their party of racism ... it gets old and you look silly ...
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Just two years ago? It should have been taught in classrooms for the past 150 years!
 
windowdressing said:
LOL ... And when will that rude awakening take place? 2016? 2020? 2024? word of advice ... hate has the way of eating a person's insides ...anyway, good night .. see ya all laytah ...
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That awakening can't come soon enough for Black people, or the USA.
 
Grant said:
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No, it never becomes reality to intellectually honest people.



That men can commit horrible acts is not unknown, but these acts are based on ignorance and have no basis in reality.



Just two years ago? It should have been taught in classrooms for the past 150 years!
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Grant, you're hopeless ... I've run out of ways to explain it to you ... sorry ...
 
Grant said:
That awakening can't come soon enough for Black people, or the USA.
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hmmmm ... sounds like it'll take a while, huh? in thsat case, I'll go to sleep and not worry about missing it ...
 
windowdressing said:
only because you guys are always at war ... if it's not against women, it's against gays, or the poor, immigrants, blacks, Latinos ... ya gotta be in good shape and robust for that ...
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You do realize that your talking points are nothing more than the Left's propaganda, don't you?

Maybe you don't.
 
windowdressing said:
good point ... and thanks ... I was wondering why Romney, McCain, and Bush got over or close to 90% of the black vote ... this explains it, doesn't it? (BTW, if you're going to give me the "black people are too dumb and are easily fooled" explanation, please don't bother.)
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How would you explain it?
 
windowdressing said:
your last paragraph is especially on the mark, and explains this racist backlash (exemplified on this thread by Grant) we're seeing from the GOP ... they're scared ... between 2000 and 2010, Latinos accounted for over 50% of the population growth in the U.S. ... the median ages of Latinos (71% for Obama), Blacks (93% for Obama), and Asians (72% for Obama) are all lower than that of whites ... last year, I believe it was, was the first time that there were more white deaths than white births - that was the case only for whites ... yet, the GOP, and clowns like Grant, keep alienating these groups (and let's not even talk about their war against women -- especially YOUNGER women) ... Did you hear what Steve King, one of the GOP's most prominent members said, about Mexican immigrants? if not, check out this gem ...

The controversial comments focused specifically on so-called DREAMers, advocates for a path to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants, especially those with strong school records, who were brought to the United States by their parents. King acknowledged that there are undocumented immigrants for whom he has sympathy, with strong connections to the community and exemplary school performance.

"But they aren't all valedictorians, they weren't all brought by their parents," King said.

"For everyone who's a valedictorian there's another 100 out there that, they weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert. Those people would be legalized with the same act."
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In your opinion should temporary politicians be allowed to change the demographics of the country for their benefit and against the will of the people?
 
windowdressing said:
perception, unfortunately, can be everything, meaning it becomes reality ... For example, many people in the south in the early 1900s believed in the biological inferiority of blacks and that helped to justify the thousands of lynchings that took place in the south between the late 1800s and early 1900s. The reality was not that they were inferior (there was no scientific evidence for that), but the lynchings were real, that was the reality. As W.I, Thomas once said, "If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences."

my reference to politico is that your claim about Dems being the true racists was something started a couple of years ago by Rove and others in response to accusations against their party of racism ... it gets old and you look silly ...
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Actually, Democrat racism is entrenched in history. There is no denying it. Welfare is an extension of that exploitation of the poor and disenfranchised.
 
Misterveritis said:
How would you explain it?
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How would you explain Clinton, Gore, and Kerry getting close to or over 90% of the black vote? Does that help? When you have Rand Paul going around saying that a restaurant owner should be able to deny someone sevice just because he's black, that doesn't help you guys. Or Steve King's recent comments on Mexican immigrants. Or cuts in programs for the poor (and blacks are disproportionately poor). Or questioning whether Obama was born here or is a real American? Mister, did you really have to ask?
 
Misterveritis said:
In your opinion should temporary politicians be allowed to change the demographics of the country for their benefit and against the will of the people?
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If you're talking about immigration, you have absolutely no idea how immigration works ... Do you think businesses in this country like having access to cheap immigrant labor? Clue, when they can, they outsource labor ...
 
mac said:
Actually, Democrat racism is entrenched in history. There is no denying it. Welfare is an extension of that exploitation of the poor and disenfranchised.
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Good for you ... now go with that and convince blacks et al. that the GOP is the party they should be supporting ...
 
Grant said:
Democrats are now citing illegals as being a part of voter demographics? Of course working against voter I.D. also helps that lock.
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No. Only citizens can vote. However, we have many, and they're growing more rapidly than non-Hispanic voters, who feel threatened by all the anti-immigrant crap that the GOP is pushing through. They can get hassled, too, when Hispanics are targeted, as they are in AZ. So these voters are abandoning the GOP and making Presidential Elections a cake walk for Dem candidates.

In short, racism is stupid, and not without certain drawbacks, as the GOP is now learning, the hard way.
 
Misterveritis said:
What are minority issues?
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Poverty (effects) abatement, since Minorities are more poverty-afflicted on average.

College assistance, since Minorities often cannot afford to put their kids through college, both due to lower wages, on average, and the lack of generational wealth accumulation which Whites have more of due to having had an advantage, here, for centuries.

Affirmative Action, which has put millions of Minorities into the middle and upper middle classes.

Immigration reform / amnesty, since many Minorities have been here one or two generations and would like to bring family members here, too.

Minimum wage increases, since Minorities are more-affected by wage minimums.

Judicial / sentencing reforms, since Minorities have higher arrest rates and conviction rates, for the same crimes, compared to White Americans.

Many others, but you get the idea.
 
windowdressing said:
Good for you ... now go with that and convince blacks et al. that the GOP is the party they should be supporting ...
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Many of us are convinced, and that number seems to be growing.
 
Sisyphus said:
Poverty (effects) abatement, since Minorities are more poverty-afflicted on average.

College assistance, since Minorities often cannot afford to put their kids through college, both due to lower wages, on average, and the lack of generational wealth accumulation which Whites have more of due to having had an advantage, here, for centuries.

Affirmative Action, which has put millions of Minorities into the middle and upper middle classes.

Immigration reform / amnesty, since many Minorities have been here one or two generations and would like to bring family members here, too.

Minimum wage increases, since Minorities are more-affected by wage minimums.

Judicial / sentencing reforms, since Minorities have higher arrest rates and conviction rates, for the same crimes, compared to White Americans.

Many others, but you get the idea.
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How about posting some facts to back all this up?
 
mac said:
How about posting some facts to back all this up?
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I hope the poster doesn't respond to you ... this is common knowledge ... Does someone really have to give you stats to prove that blacks are disproportionately poor? Really? You're not sure about that? you belie your "moderate" label ... if you're going to engage in this crap, at least change it to conservative ...
 
Sisyphus said:
Which do you disagree with? (they're all facts)
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lets talk about the fact that the city of DC doesn't pay all its employees the so called living wage. So how in the hell can that call out a company for not doing it when themselves don't. Just another example on the mile long list of liberal hypocrisy
 
Sisyphus said:
Which do you disagree with? (they're all facts)
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your call of course, but I just responded to mac and said that I hoped that you didn't bother to respond to him ... these little stupid games by cons, including ones masquerading as moderates, get old ...
 
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