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Originally Posted by jms62
Many a truth is said in jest. [I'll now use one of my nauseating Rupert disclamers]. I don't claim to be an expert on this topic nor do I claim to be wearing the same rose colored glasses as you likewise I dont claim to be locked up in my house with Fox News and Derby Trail political forum as my only view to the real world. I also dont claim to be suffering from any CTE but if you ask my wife it may be debatable. For someone who focuses so much of their energy on racially themed postings whose conclusion is that racism in this country is at insignificant levels is a real head scratcher. If it is so insignificant than why all the energy? Why not simply post on other topics that you know absolutely ****ing nothing about? I say that with Peace and Love since by your nauseating use of disclamers you are telling us that yourself in all your postings. Racism is a huge problem and continues to be such in this country. And it isnt just whites being racisit against blacks. Try reading the comments of any article on CNN or any other news site sometimes to see that withing 5 posts it denigrates into someone hurling a racial epithet.
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First of all, I don't watch a lot of Fox News. I do watch it sometimes. After the Dallas shooting last week, I watched plenty of Fox News and some CNN. But in general I do not watch a lot of Fox News. I read tons of news stories on-line from every viewpoint you can think of.
My opinions are always my own opinions. I never parrot anyone. I'm an original thinker and I always have been. As you know, I'm pretty much anti-hunting unless it's for food. I'm totally against hunting for sport. Did I get that from Fox News? I am actually totally in favor of trying to get the minimum wage up to $15 over the next few years. I think there is a huge problem in this country between the halves and have nots. I think raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour could make a significant impact on this issue. Did I get that from Fox News?
With regards to race, there is no contradiction with my thinking that race is not a big issue, while also being bothered by the false claims of BLM. It annoys me that this group gets all kinds of media time when their whole narrative is a lie. By the way, BLM does not speak for most black people: "Only 31 percent of black people surveyed said that the statement 'black lives matter' most closely comports to their own beliefs, compared to 64 percent who chose 'all lives matter'.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...l-lives-matter
What we have is a vocal minority (who do not speak for most black people), making all of these false claims of racism.
By the way, I definitely am an expert on the city of Los Angeles. I have lived here my whole life. I will tell you unequivocally that if you have a person of color who is intelligent and they go to law school or medical school and they do well, their race will not be a detriment to their success. Are you claiming that their race would be a detriment to their success?
With regard to your point about comment sections of articles, I agree that you will see some racism on there. And as you said, it will come from both directions. I will read some racist comments from whites and also some racist comments from blacks. By the way, calling out BLM on their bs, is not racist in the least bit in my opinion. Sometimes you will see flat out racism, such as someone calling a black person the "N" word. And you see plenty of racism from black people too. I never said that there was zero racism in this country. I said that it is minimal and it will not have a big effect on the vast majority of people's lives.
I would say the same with regard to anti-semitism in this country. I read some Jew-bashing in the comment sections of articles. There is some anti-semitism out there. But it's not a major problem. I am 3/4 Jewish by blood. What effect does it have on my life if some jackball on the internet makes some derogatory comment about Jewish people? It doesn't have any effect on my life. So to me, even though there is some anti-semitism out there, it doesn't really have a significant effect on most Jewish people.
07-12-2016, 06:20 AM
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