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Newest Michigan museum showcases racist artifacts [W:103]

apdst said:
That's your evidence? :lamo
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Is this better?

Sterilized and scientific as are the terms by which Kevin Phillips plots the emergine Republican majority, it's common denominator is hostility to blacks and browns among slipping Democrats and abandonment of the Democratic party because of it's identification with the colored minorities.
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That's about the middle of 5th column, PDF pg 4/5, but read all of it - it's quite enlightening. :)

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/books/phillips-southern.pdf
(May 17, 1970)
 
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Harshaw said:
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That's superbly weak.
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It wasn't a counter, simply making sure we had our terms correct. A southern Democrat would be any Democrat from a southern state. A Southern (capital 'S') Democrat is more commonly referred to as a "Dixiecrat". Considering the time-frame we're discussing it was unclear to which you were referring.
 
MoSurveyor said:
It wasn't a counter, simply making sure we had our terms correct. A southern Democrat would be any Democrat from a southern state. A Southern (capital 'S') Democrat is more commonly referred to as a "Dixiecrat". Considering the time-frame we're discussing it was unclear to which you were referring.
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No, I don't buy into that at all.
 
Thunder said:
you are being dishonest, as NO ONE made that claim.
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No one?


Thunder said:
yes, Southern racist Democrats, aka Dixiecrats...who refused to allow blacks join them and bolted to the Republican Party after the Voting Rights and Civil Rights Acts,

and the GOP welcomed them with open arms. This was known as the Southern Strategy...and it lost the South for the Democrats for a generation....or 4.

but it was worth it...if that's what was needed to get rid of all those racists.
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clearly, some Republicans are racist. That's why they had a strategy to lure dissaffected Southern Democrats to their party after the Civil Rights and Votings Rights Acts.
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Clearly some Democrats are racists, too.

Ever hear of Robert Byrd?
 
MoSurveyor said:
Did I say it was an "excuse"? You asked "why", I answered.

If 80% of the population is white, and if racism is more or less equal throughout the various races as we classify them, then it stands to reason that 80% of the incidents of racism is from whites. It also stands to reason that some people, apparently including yourself, would interpret that over-abundance of incidents as what we 'only' hear or what 'only' exists.
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IOW, all whites are racist?
 
apdst said:
No one?

Clearly some Democrats are racists, too.

Ever hear of Robert Byrd?
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did I ever say there are no racist Democrats?

no, I never have.

did I ever say that ALL Republicans are or were racists?

no, I never have.

have I ever heard of Robert Byrd?

I went to West Virginia University, so what do you think?
 
apdst said:
IOW, all whites are racist?
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No, not at all, he's claiming that since there are elements of racism in all ethnicities the number of "racist actions" from any particular subset would be somewhat proportional to the size of the group relative to the total population.
 
Thunder said:
takes a sick mind to use the word "nigger", sarcastically.
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But, cracker is fine. IOW, some racism is bad, but other racism is acceptable.

Now we know. Thank you for coming clean.
 
apdst said:
But, cracker is fine. IOW, some racism is bad, but other racism is acceptable.

Now we know. Thank you for coming clean.
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"Cracker", just doesn't have the same effect as calling a black person "nigger".

sorry, but its the truth. And you know it is.
 
Hare said:
No, not at all, he's claiming that since there are elements of racism in all ethnicities the number of "racist actions" from any particular subset would be somewhat proportional to the size of the group relative to the total population.
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The only way for 80% of racist incidents to come from white folks, is for all white folks to be racist.
 
Thunder said:
"Cracker", just doesn't have the same effect as calling a black person "nigger".

sorry, but its the truth. And you know it is.
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A racial slur, is a racial slur, but...hey...I get it, dude! :rofl

We all get it. ;)
 
Luna Tick said:
My biggest disappointment is that the artifacts aren't all from the 1950s and earlier. There are some recent additions, including bigoted things against Barack Obama.
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Or the people who voted for him because he is partially black. or the attacks on innocent white people by racist black thugs trying to get even for the Martin shooting in Florida
 
apdst said:
The only way for 80% of racist incidents to come from white folks, is for all white folks to be racist.
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That makes about as much sense as saying that the only way for 80% of murders to come from X group of people is for all person in that group to be murderers. It's like you've never picked up a book on statistics. Ever. It's depressing to watch you continually fail at gathering simple facts together and creating a concise and well thought out conclusion out of them.
 
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apdst said:
That's exactly what you said.
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No, it isn't.
Hatuey said:
apdst said:
The only way for 80% of racist incidents to come from white folks, is for all white folks to be racist.
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That makes about as much sense as saying that the only way for 80% of murders to come from X group of people is for all person in that group to be murderers. It's like you've never picked up a book on statistics. Ever. It's depressing to watch you continually fail at gathering simple facts together and creating a concise and well thought out conclusion out of them.
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Some people just have a LOT of problems with simple arithmetic. *shakes head* :peace
 
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Luna Tick said:
Thanks, Thunder. I wish I could vote for your post as post of the year. It's spot-on. J-mac's post is both politicized and inaccurate.
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And, of course, Thunder has not politicized the thread at all. LOL
 
MoSurveyor said:
No, it isn't. Some people just have a LOT of problems with simple arithmetic. *shakes head* :peace
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And other folks have a LOT of problems with common sense.
 
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