Sunday, March 16, 2008
Now it's getting scary
I know there are racists in this country. I know that a subtle symptom of deep-seated racism is thinking the other guy is racist but oneself is not. What I did not know very thoroughly, nor mentally prepare for, is the just-developing second stage reaction as Obama begins to establish into a secure lead ahead of Mrs.C.
What I mean is that seemingly intelligent and balanced people are starting to topple over all kinds of unexpected (to me) edges. I won't repeat the thoughts and statements I've been reading today. It would be as pointless and offensive as the endless airings of Rev. Wright's mostly ghastly diatribes.
The thing is, if there were no germs of anything at all true in wild remarks like Wright's, there would be no reason to feel disturbed.
What I mean is that seemingly intelligent and balanced people are starting to topple over all kinds of unexpected (to me) edges. I won't repeat the thoughts and statements I've been reading today. It would be as pointless and offensive as the endless airings of Rev. Wright's mostly ghastly diatribes.
The thing is, if there were no germs of anything at all true in wild remarks like Wright's, there would be no reason to feel disturbed.
Labels: 2008 election, people, politics, reflections
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| posted by jau at 2:33 PM
DADvocate — at 9:27 PM, March 19, 2008:
jau — at 9:59 AM, March 20, 2008:
| posted by jau at 2:33 PM
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DADvocate — at 9:27 PM, March 19, 2008:
Rev. Wright promotes racist myths that harm the blacks that hear and believe his message as well as perpetuate strife between the races. What does some black kid growing up listening to Rev. Wright think about white people? Probably not much good.
There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do do not want to lose their jobs. - Booker T. Washington
There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do do not want to lose their jobs. - Booker T. Washington
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jau — at 9:59 AM, March 20, 2008:
Tony, my point was that the distress Wright causes among whites is partly because some of what he says is true. The intense anger is understandable for slavery but I don't understand why some people find it necessary to think their country would do such vile things as create disease to eliminate a whole race of people. Why live here, if you think that??!
Dad, I almost hard a heart attack reading that quote from Brooker T. Washington before I realized it was a quote. Then I RE-read it and was amazed at how utterly clearly he described what these "black liberation theologists" are doing. Stirring up trouble so as to keep the anger stoked is very different from remembering history so as to keep from repeating it.
Thanks very much for sending that.
Dad, I almost hard a heart attack reading that quote from Brooker T. Washington before I realized it was a quote. Then I RE-read it and was amazed at how utterly clearly he described what these "black liberation theologists" are doing. Stirring up trouble so as to keep the anger stoked is very different from remembering history so as to keep from repeating it.
Thanks very much for sending that.
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So if people tell lies that millions take to be the truth or state idiocies that are taken as facts like Rosie O'Donnell saying that 9/11 must have been an inside job because everyone knows fire can't melt steel, there's no reason to feel disturbed?
I mean I know what you mean, any normal intelligent person wouldn't feel disturbed but we're dealing with the juvenile left here and there are enough of them to make it disturbing when idiots like Wright spout their hatred and stupidity. Seems like Obama took it seriously and he had a chance of becoming President.
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