if y'all label each and every thing as "racist", then the word loses it meaning.

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if y'all label each and every thing as "racist", then the word loses it meaning...
   
every other post here uses "racist" as the catch all, de facto reason for dismissing a republican argument.

am i the only person here that sees this argument as disingenuous and ultimately destructive?

if everything is considered "racist", then ultimately nothing is "racist". its just the way it is.

y'all are smart here. y'all get that right?

or am i just some "racist" pissing in the wind...

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Captain Hilts  (1000+ posts)      Fri Sep-11-09 08:11 AM
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18. Agree. Having lived in SC in the early '70s and seen racism at its worst and institutionalized to
 preserve economic and political disparities, I'm hesitant to use the term lightly.

Hell. Norfolk and VA Beach in the '70s had political systems designed to keep blacks and military people from gaining office. Racism and classism all over the joint. I remember how exciting it was when Bobby Scott got on the Norfolk City Council. Voting for Doug Wilder, etc.

A whole lot of the shit that Prez O is getting is the same shit Bubba got. Yes, some of it is certainly based on racism. The racial divide among the parties in the South shows you that.

But folks here won't acknowledge that the majority of R's just support the R's message of small govt. 

Confusious  (887 posts)        Sat Sep-12-09 05:16 AM
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181. o there's this pharmacy I go to
 
Have to go, get my anti-depressants, every 30 days. I've been going there 5 years now, probably more then once a month, 'cause I got high blood pressure and cholesterol ( Borderline, but with my family history ). Seen yellow, white, black, red there. never any problems. The people are helpful, and I get everything when they say, in the time they say. So I walk in one day, and a black lady comes walking by me, screaming "****ing white People!!". The same people I've know for 5 years are behind the counter, who I've seen help everyone. What am I suppose to think? Racism? maybe. But not on their part.

The point of the story is "attitude". Be nice, and most people will be nice in return. Be an asshole, take what you get. It don't matter, red, black, yellow, white.
 

 

[dandi]

Nice try. Of course, the Don't-Try-To-Shut-Me-Up-All-Republicans-Are-Racist-And-You're-An-Apologist shriekers soon showed up to shut down an otherwise logical argument.