Black History Month
Do you have the ability to set aside your presuppositions and watch with an open mind?
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Once Again… More Proof!
Folks, check out this news story. Yet another one of those politicians with a “D” next to their name have “let the slip show,” so to speak.
Listen to the story and you decide.
In my opinion the Democratic party IS the party of division, slavery, racism and hatred. It has been throughout its history! It was the party that was against freeing slaves, civil rights, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of worship.
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Divisive times
I forwarded an email I got that had material from Pat Buchanan. http://buchanan.org/blog/pjb-a-brief-for-whitey-969
The email was the second half of his post. Taken by itself it probably sounds like a rant by some white racist. If you read the whole post you see what is really being said, which is “stop playing the race card – we really do not care about race. If you insist on playing the race card, be honest about it.”
The vast majority of Americans are not racist, could not care less about the color of your skin. If somebody of a race different from yours is rude to you, before you throw the race card stop and consider the possibility that person is just a rude jerk. Maybe he is having a bad day. Maybe you did something that just ticked him off. Exhaust the possibilities before throwing the race card.
I am a white middle class conservative Christian that has worked hard his whole life and always tried to treat people fairly. I have been discriminated against by people of all persuasions including government and employers. I lost one job because I was a Christian. Someone in power in the company went to some new age church that believes in astrology and other things that the bible says is bad. I would not go to his church so he got me fired.
I recently lost a job because i am “old”. I guess for a programmer 51 is ancient. I have had feminists, gays, blacks, hispanics, etc accuse me of being sexist and racist. When I talked later to my gay black hispanic friends about it they told me “that guy is just a jerk. ignore him.” They know me and know that I am getting tired of people whose only conflict resolution technique is to throw the race/sex/creed/whatever card.
I did not oppress anybody. I never owned any slaves. I never lynched anybody. I never deliberately treated anyone unfairly because “he is one of THOSE people.” Frankly, I am getting tired of racist people telling me I am a racist. I may be a jerk sometimes, impatient, tired, just snap at someone, but that does not make me a racist.
That sentiment applies to the vast majority of Americans as well. If it was not for demagogues like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Rev. Wright stirring the pot there would be a lot more racial harmony. Yes, we have white racists too. I don’t know their names and don’t really care to. They are not important. For the most part they do not pop up on the news again and again and again, ad nauseum.
If people would stop telling others “those guys hate you!!!!” maybe the brainwashed would have a chance to reflect and think, consider that that guy that “dissed” you barely saw you; He was just hurrying to something that matters more to him than common courtesy.
Politicians, whether they work in government or just have a following, have always known how to use a crisis to their advantage. They also know how to create a crisis if there is not one just laying around waiting to be milked. They know if we are stirred up we will not stop and think about what a bunch of jerks the demagogues are.
Instead, maybe we will learn to work together and make this world better
Oh yeah. What prompted this post was the fact that someone I worked with for several years and got along with was offended and asked me to take him off my list. Sorry guy.
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