This mayor won’t stop posting racist memes. He won’t resign, either.

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As I said, the constant cries of 'racism' is something I don't concern myself with.......The word is so over used for every perceived wrong and slight it has lost virtually all meaning from my perspective. I no longer concern myself with it......
Again, this is a shallow attempt to ignore racism then argue racism does not exist. You attempt to ignore history to make an argument that has no foundation or weight.

If you understood the cartoon you would not have posted it as it undercuts your position.....and no, it is not racist.....
Ah yes, the racist sambo caricature is not racist. The buck toothed Asian caricature is also not racist.
 
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Again, this is a shallow attempt to ignore racism then argue racism does not exist. You attempt to ignore history to make an argument that has no foundation or weight.

Ah yes, the racist sambo caricature is not racist. The buck toothed Asian caricature is also not racist.

You're wasting your time. We've already had someone state that the picture of the noose and Clint Eastwood wasn't racist because in his movies he only hung whites, even though he hates Obama and has publicly said disparaging remarks about him and argued with the empty chair at the convention that one year, and even with the history of lynching in this country. I thought as Christians we were taught to pursue truth and shine a light on the darkness, but I'm seeing little evidence that that lesson has been well learned as several have gone through all sorts of contortions to deny that those facebook posts were problematic and tinged with racist undertones.

I'm sure there are excuses for these guys also:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...mocking-MLK-Jr-targeting-black-motorists.html

Or as one of them stated:
'It was just a joke, we all do it.'

And since I'm sure someone will take issue with the source they can always google Brant Gaither and Jeremy Owens.
 
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You're wasting your time. We've already had someone state that the picture of the noose and Clint Eastwood wasn't racist because in his movies he only hung whites, even though he hates Obama and has publicly said disparaging remarks about him and argued with the empty chair at the convention that one year, and even with the history of lynching in this country. I thought as Christians we were taught to pursue truth and shine a light on the darkness, but I'm seeing little evidence that that lesson has been well learned as several have gone through all sorts of contortions to deny that those facebook posts were problematic and tinged with racist undertones.

I'm sure there are excuses for these guys also:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...mocking-MLK-Jr-targeting-black-motorists.html

Or as one of them stated:
'It was just a joke, we all do it.'

And since I'm sure someone will take issue with the source they can always google Brant Gaither and Jeremy Owens.
 
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As I said, the constant cries of 'racism' is something I don't concern myself with.......
Of course you don't. What would you know about racism?

I no longer concern myself with it......
When have you ever had to?
 
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The THEORY of evolution that libs will defend to their dying breath and demand that it is put into textbooks and taught in PUBLIC schools clearly states we “evolved” from monkeys. But monkeys are racist. What is it libs? Huh? You want us to be ancestors of monkeys when it suits you but not when it applies to one president but not another.
 
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The THEORY of evolution that libs will defend to their dying breath and demand that it is put into textbooks and taught in PUBLIC schools clearly states we “evolved” from monkeys. But monkeys are racist. What is it libs? Huh? You want us to be ancestors of monkeys when it suits you but not when it applies to one president but not another.
First, the theory of evolution does not claim that we decended from monkeys, it claims, based on evidence, that humans and apes have a common ancestry.

Second, depictions of black people as apes or monkeys have been around for decades. It was to portray black people as being less evolved and therefore not equal to white people. That same imagery for black people has the same racist meaning today.
 
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Again, this is a shallow attempt to ignore racism then argue racism does not exist. You attempt to ignore history to make an argument that has no foundation or weight.

Overusing the racist card diminishes its credibility. Don't like Obama? You're racist! Think white people and black people should have equal rights? You're racist! Want a Republican as president? You're racist!

At some point, people learn to stop listening to those who use the race card.
 
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Overusing the racist card diminishes its credibility. Don't like Obama? You're racist! Think white people and black people should have equal rights? You're racist! Want a Republican as president? You're racist!

At some point, people learn to stop listening to those who use the race card.
Also, I think if one race is given the exclusive to be targeted by racists, it becomes a matter of thought processing. The only racism is that which is exhibited toward X .
Then when other races are targeted and by those in column X the prior exclusive affords a two prong righteousness/rightness and defense for itself. 1.)Exclusive targeting by racists precludes victims from exhibiting themselves the offensive racist demeanor toward others.2.) Because they are the minority class outnumbered and overwhelmed.

I met professor once who was about to undertake his sabbatical and go on a media talking tour to promote his new thesis. That there can be no such thing as black racism. Because a minority class cannot overwhelm, or impact the social and economic status of a majority that itself displays racist behaviors toward an adjudged lesser class.

I.E blacks can't be racist because they're a minority beholding to whites.

As long as there's something to gain from pushing the divide, it will always widen. Because true solidarity makes the 99% very dangerous to the 1.2% of masters.
 
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I met professor once who was about to undertake his sabbatical and go on a media talking tour to promote his new thesis. That there can be no such thing as black racism. Because a minority class cannot overwhelm, or impact the social and economic status of a majority that itself displays racist behaviors toward an adjudged lesser class.

I.E blacks can't be racist because they're a minority beholding to whites.

So not only do they play the race card, they play the victim card at the same time.

As long as there's something to gain from pushing the divide, it will always widen. Because true solidarity makes the 99% very dangerous to the 1.2% of masters.

It's the double-talk of the liberals. They talk about bringing us together while causing more divisions. That way they can stay in office by saying "there's still more that needs to be done".
 
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So not only do they play the race card, they play the victim card at the same time.
Sure.
I knew someone awhile ago who have since moved on in their life, thank God. They were as racist as I've ever seen. They hated white people. But to their face if they needed to work that person they were sweet as honey.
One day when I witnessed this first hand having only presumed the case from listening to them speak about white people, I asked them why they hated whites so much. And how they think it is right to be two faced when dealing with them. (Because if you think about it duplicity hurts you too for compromising what you claim as your sense of right-eous character. )
Because they owe us! We have a lot of making up to do and payback to get.

That was her answer.
We had a pretty good talk about that and her perspective. That was the last time I saw her.
I could feel something when I was in her presence before that day. Something like she was wearing this really thick wool coat and I was just shy of rubbing against the sleeve of it. Even if she was across the room I felt pressed against.
Haven't felt that since the last time we spoke.

It could be me, but I think that people that are so full of hate and all its kindred, like rage, hurt, suffering, abandonment, and on and on, get so full they're like a pressure cooker rising in temperature and losing that valuable space for reason and goodness. The hate darkens it out.

And I think when a bunch of those type hateful pressure cookers find one another and a match walks in the middle and starts firing off all those little ingredients that fill those cookers, that eventually something pops off. Rage and all its relatives, explode. Let off the pressure because they have to blame all that build up on the object of their hate.

Taking no responsibility for holding the hate in. Instead giving away their personal power to the object of their hate.
This makes them a victim and a vindicator.

And when was the last time waging peace made special interests that grow fat from war richer in the midst of the quiet?



It's the double-talk of the liberals. They talk about bringing us together while causing more divisions. That way they can stay in office by saying "there's still more that needs to be done".
Both sides I believe do that for their own benefit. It's the same formula. $eed the problem, then rain down the $olution. Manufactured dramas make big money for the fixers.
 
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Overusing the racist card diminishes its credibility. Don't like Obama? You're racist! Think white people and black people should have equal rights? You're racist! Want a Republican as president? You're racist!

At some point, people learn to stop listening to those who use the race card.
You are relying on inventing statements that were never made to make an argument. A mayor in Pennsylvania portrayed the president and his family in a racist manner, that's racism. This is not someone simply saying they do not like Obama; this is not someone arguing for equal rights (we won't even explore the distortion here); this is not about someone wanting a Republican president. This is a mayor posting racist material online and people calling out that racism.

Everything you've just posted means you are attempting to change the subject or you're making something up to justify the actions of this racist mayor.
 
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You are relying on inventing statements that were never made to make an argument. A mayor in Pennsylvania portrayed the president and his family in a racist manner, that's racism. This is not someone simply saying they do not like Obama; this is not someone arguing for equal rights (we won't even explore the distortion here); this is not about someone wanting a Republican president. This is a mayor posting racist material online and people calling out that racism.

Everything you've just posted means you are attempting to change the subject or you're making something up to justify the actions of this racist mayor.

People also say it's racist to vote for Trump too.
 
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What does that have to do with this mayor?

Oh, so you want me to only say things about the Mayor? Ok. Well, if he wants to resign, let him. If he doesn't, then do something about it. Can't? Then there's no use in complaining about it.
 
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The THEORY of evolution that libs will defend to their dying breath and demand that it is put into textbooks and taught in PUBLIC schools clearly states we “evolved” from monkeys. But monkeys are racist. What is it libs? Huh? You want us to be ancestors of monkeys when it suits you but not when it applies to one president but not another.

Why don't you just tell us all what you think about black folks? And Jews, too.
 
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The THEORY of evolution that libs will defend to their dying breath and demand that it is put into textbooks and taught in PUBLIC schools clearly states we “evolved” from monkeys. But monkeys are racist. What is it libs? Huh? You want us to be ancestors of monkeys when it suits you but not when it applies to one president but not another.
That's a unique perspective.
People that believe humans evolved from monkeys, are related though an ancestor that began with monkeys, can't call it racist when someone points to a particular human or group of humans and calls them monkeys.

^_^ Do you think Richard Dawkins just spit out his tea?
 
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