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Old 10-11-2009, 09:01 AM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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Welcome to the club.

What does that have to do with being a racist?
I think they were trying to say minorities are dangerous and they feel the need to protect themselves and their family from those dangerous minorities.

Just a guess.
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Old 10-11-2009, 09:03 AM
 
Location: somewhere in the woods
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who cares, it is not illegal to be a racist in the USA, yet.
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Old 10-11-2009, 09:10 AM
 
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who cares, it is not illegal to be a racist in the USA, yet.
Being a racist is not illegal, however, certain behaviors which are clearly motivated by racist beliefs can be very illegal.

I don't care if someone is a white nationalist all their life as long as they DO NOT take actions to hurt other people, or limit their rights, as a result of those beliefs.

Actually, I'm surprised that white nationalists deny that they are white nationalists so much of the time.
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Old 10-11-2009, 09:13 AM
 
Location: 38°14′45″N 122°37′53″W
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who cares, it is not illegal to be a racist in the USA, yet.

Reading your little nugget of 'wisdom" under your screen name: this really isn't all that surprising of a statement from you.

some people in this country are obsessed with the whole "us/them, good/evil, etc." which they attribute to race.
most of them, apparently, are here on C-D.
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Old 10-11-2009, 09:55 AM
 
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A good argument for self-segregation.
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Old 10-11-2009, 10:00 AM
 
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I'm a racist. The difference between you and me is that one of us is kidding ourselves. Can you guess which one?
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Old 10-11-2009, 11:08 AM
 
Location: Columbia, SC
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Me too, Joe.

I love NASCAR.
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Old 10-11-2009, 11:15 AM
 
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That word, racist, gets thrown around so much in here I believe everyone is tired of hearing it.

Lost its power, it seems.
BIG TIME
I'm a liberal and I'll admit that I'm a racist (technically)
I have biases when it comes to race. Isn't it human nature to have preferences?
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Old 10-11-2009, 01:30 PM
 
Location: Bella Vista, Ark
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BIG TIME
I'm a liberal and I'll admit that I'm a racist (technically)
I have biases when it comes to race. Isn't it human nature to have preferences?
Ozzie, everyone as I mentioned has prejudices but they are not always or maybe not at all directed to race. they may be religious, may be against a certain look, like skinny or fat, or a certain part of our country, but that is bigoted or prejudice, not racist.

Nita
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Old 10-11-2009, 09:17 PM
 
Location: somewhere in the woods
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Reading your little nugget of 'wisdom" under your screen name: this really isn't all that surprising of a statement from you.

some people in this country are obsessed with the whole "us/them, good/evil, etc." which they attribute to race.
most of them, apparently, are here on C-D.

I look at it this way, people will be racist if they so choose to be, it does not mean that I am.

no matter the race, there are bigots in each and every race in the USA. for the time being it is legal to be racist, but it sure does look like it is fast becoming illegal to be a racist unless you are not white.
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