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Old 04-21-2009, 07:54 PM
 
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I thought this would make for a good question. the new spokeswoman for the democrat party janeane garofalo has informed us that anyone who isn't a fan of our mixed race president is a racist. but I ask you, how do you define a racist. here is my definition.

anyone with an belief that they belong to a superior race.

what's your definition?
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Old 04-21-2009, 08:03 PM
 
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I thought this would make for a good question. the new spokeswoman for the democrat party janeane garofalo has informed us that anyone who isn't a fan of our mixed race president is a racist. but I ask you, how do you define a racist. here is my definition.

anyone with an belief that they belong to a superior race.

what's your definition?

Hmmmm. I'll bite.

My definition would be those that think there is an inherent(sp?) difference in races. Personally, I don't think there is and it is starting to p*ss me off greatly that the race baters keep shoveling their crap.
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Old 04-21-2009, 08:05 PM
 
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A racist can be several different things, but some can cause more problems than others.

Examples:

Self-hating whites like Garofalo who think that anytime a white person questions the motives of a black person, the white person must be a racist.

Blacks who blame whites for their failures and play the slavery card. There isn't a black person on this forum who has been a slave. There isn't a white person here who has owned one. It's time to let go of things that happened so long ago that nobody has ever met a person directly affected by it. Blacks who sit around blaming whites because of slavery are only holding themselves back.

If I think of any others I will post them.
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Old 04-21-2009, 08:05 PM
 
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I have no problem with racial slurs. I refer to myself as one all the time. I find it ironic that someone like garofalo, with as much hatred as she has, can label an entire group of individuals. I think there are guidelines to labeling someone a racist.
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Old 04-21-2009, 08:09 PM
 
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lately?
anything a liberal disagrees with.
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Old 04-21-2009, 08:14 PM
 
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A racist = an anti-individualist.
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Old 04-21-2009, 08:19 PM
 
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a racist is someone who did not vote for Obama simply because of he is African American and a racist is someone who voted for Obama simply because he is African American.
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Old 04-21-2009, 08:24 PM
 
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lately?
anything a liberal disagrees with.
Huh?
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Old 04-21-2009, 08:30 PM
 
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Racist: A term commonly used today to divide, diminish, or denigrate someone who has an opposing viewpoint.
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Old 04-21-2009, 08:32 PM
 
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Hmmmm. I'll bite.

My definition would be those that think there is an inherent(sp?) difference in races. Personally, I don't think there is and it is starting to p*ss me off greatly that the race baters keep shoveling their crap.
I believe that anyone who totally buys into evolutionary theory is inescapably racist (since it explicitly teaches automatic genetic adjustments to geography). Therefore I can never buy evolutionary theory totally. I believe we are one race created by God.
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