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Yup, under Bush, the 1% captured a disproportionate share of the income gains from the Bush boom of 2002-2007. They got 65 cents of every dollar created in that boom, up 20 cents from when Clinton was President. Under Obama, the 1% got 93 cents of every dollar created in that boom. That’s not only more than under Bush, up 28 cents. In the transition from Bush to Obama, inequality got worse, faster, than under the transition from Clinton to Bush. Obama accelerated the growth of inequality. Growth of Income Inequality Is Worse Under Obama than Bush « naked capitalism
Not only is liberalism a racist ideology, but it likes to pit the haves from the have nots.
in an realier post, you made the comment that the left tries to put people into groups. I making the arguement that the right does the same thing. Isn't classifying someone as rich, middle class or poor putting people into groups?
I could care less about the right. They are idiots. Do you really want to look up them as role models? I remember when liberals used to stand for something instead of being anti (wanna-be) -Republicans.
Yeah, just blame Republicans instead of having your own thoughts. It is easier that way and I agree with you, they suck.
I am done here....come back when you can form your own thoughts.
Anyway, I grow tired of this thread. The central question is "why so many false accusations of racism," and all I get is constant sidestepping of the question and/or assertions such as 'your examples prove nothing' backed by zero facts and zero reasoning.
But first I'll offer my own theory on the answer to the question. At least one major reason for the false accusations is that they are so effective in promulgating racial division and hostility. Democrats are still seen by many as the party of civil rights and diversity, even though I don't think they any longer are. Ironically this means that the more racial division exists, the more they benefit politically. One thing about false accusations is that they always tend to inflame & divide. Those who are targeted are inflamed, and those who mistakenly believe the accusations are inflamed. And those who have genuine accusations find it much tougher to get them heard, due to a 'boy cries wolf' effect. Which of course works to build even more division and hostility.
The fomenting of racial division and hostility is a major reason, albeit not the only one, for the proliferation of false accusations of racism by Democrats.
Anyway, I grow tired of this thread. The central question is "why so many false accusations of racism," and all I get is constant sidestepping of the question and/or assertions such as 'your examples prove nothing' backed by zero facts and zero reasoning.
But first I'll offer my own theory on the answer to the question. At least one major reason for the false accusations is that they are so effective in promulgating racial division and hostility. Democrats are still seen by many as the party of civil rights and diversity, even though I don't think they any longer are. Ironically this means that the more racial division exists, the more they benefit politically. One thing about false accusations is that they always tend to inflame & divide. Those who are targeted are inflamed, and those who mistakenly believe the accusations are inflamed. And those who have genuine accusations find it much tougher to get them heard, due to a 'boy cries wolf' effect. Which of course works to build even more division and hostility.
The fomenting of racial division and hostility is a major reason, albeit not the only one, for the proliferation of false accusations of racism by Democrats.
I'm still trying to figure out why you are upset with false racial accusations, when republicans throw false accusations at liberals. Keep in mind, i'm not specifically talking about racial accusations, i'm talking about all accusations. Republicans throw accusations at the left all the time, just as liberals do it. The problem is the left has the racial accusations in their pocket and that is one accusation nobody wants to get tagged with, atleast in theory.
Nothing chaps my chapter worse than being accused of being a racist, as I recently was by a troll poster.
I hear you.
It's mostly ignorance and stupidity.
I'll arm you so you can fight the good fight.
The original term/word was "racialism."
That word first came into limited use in the 1920s, exclusively in the realm of Academia. The reason the word was coined was in an attempt to verbally express a certain specific type of prejudice based on real or alleged differences between the races.
Notice I said "races" (plural) as in Aboriginoid, Caucasoid, Mongoloid and Negroid. Thus "racialism" was not contextually Black/White or White/Black. It was all races.
Sometime in the 1950s, the word "racialism" is shortened to "racism."
The word is still almost exclusively still in the realm of Academia, meaning that mainstream media is not using the word, and neither are any groups. You'll have to read books written by doctors of sociology or psychology, political science, etc etc.
In the 1960s it starts to sporadically appear on television and radio news shows, usually in commentaries, and in editorials in magazines and newspapers.
It's important to understand the unique connotation associated with "racialism/racism." This is not merely garden variety prejudice, bigotry or discrimination. This is a specific type of of prejudice or bigotry that rises to the level of hatred or [physical] hostility.
So, accordingly, racism and prejudice cannot be used interchangeably, and racism and bigotry or racism and discrimination cannot be used interchangeably either.
It's a lot like kill, murder and slay, none of which can be used interchangeably, since each connotes something different. "To kill" means to take a life without malice, usually by accident or through negligence. "To murder" means to take a life with malice aforethought, often for greed or profit, or other personal gain, and is quite often premeditated
One other thing, and that is "racism" also connotes or conveys an attitude of superiority, based entirely on race or ethnicity. Hatred and superiority are not inherent in the meanings of prejudice, bigotry or discrimination.
One can hold prejudices that are not based on hatred or superiority.
No, i think republicans have a bad habit a phrasing their comments in a poor way.
You and other lefties would see it that way no matter how they phrased their comments and continue to take their words out of context.
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