Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
Doc Dutch (01-17-2021)
How am I loud!?
I'm rather quiet in person.
I'm quite sure I'm more calm & calculated than you here.
You just do as you're told, you lack abstract reason.
You are told prejudices are only wrong against a few groups, so you follow those rules, otherwise you are prejudiced against groups you aren't told is wrong.
You are severely brainwashed.
Dividing people never works out for the best.
Obviously social awareness of a problem is crucial to resolving the problem. Any adult in the US who doesn't recognize there are racial disparities in our government is an idiot who is unlikely to change. The main disagreement isn't that racism exists, but how to solve it.
Democrats want to jam solutions down the throats of all Americans with one-size-fits-all solutions using the full weight of the Federal government. Republicans give lip-service to resolving racial issues but mainly want to protect their wallets and only respect people who are covered in plenty of Green.
Most people are caught in between these two extremes.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
It's lip-service showmanship. Can't eat a street or send one's kids to college on it.
Results count. I like Malcom X's viewpoints on the issue and have his picture on my refrigerator. I like the man he became after his Haj and feel he would have rivaled MLK as an American leader had the scumbag Farrakhan not had him murdered.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
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