tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post7324894332095151945..comments2023-09-11T02:30:21.736-07:00Comments on Just a Man with his Thoughts: Racism, What I Have Learned (Part 2)The Griperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00937560474548021334noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-52171462499171286642010-08-06T06:35:43.939-07:002010-08-06T06:35:43.939-07:00TOM said...
If 3 people watch a lynching, they ma...TOM said...<br /> If 3 people watch a lynching, they may be quiet, even hang their heads.<br />**********************************<br />Humm, I can’t seem to remember any such lynching’s happening in my lifetime. You must be pretty damn old with such thoughts.!<br /><br />BTW, I must be one of those racists you're talking about because I'm cheering for Andrew BreitbartConservativeWanderernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-84905092951623507512010-08-05T15:40:52.991-07:002010-08-05T15:40:52.991-07:00Can someone tell me when was the last time a white...Can someone tell me when was the last time a white horse won the Kentucky Derby? <br />Just funning. <br />The topic of racism will always be mixed bag of nuts with a mixed bag of answers. I look back at my youth, my first childhood best friend, David. He was black and the first black person I ever knew. We both knew we were different, hell we were. We were young,not blind. I moved away, not LandShark 5150https://www.blogger.com/profile/11625229822235020824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-45797677049759373762010-08-03T00:07:39.788-07:002010-08-03T00:07:39.788-07:00SJP,
he smiles at his good friend and whispers,
a...SJP,<br />he smiles at his good friend and whispers,<br /><br />and sometimes people can be too close to an issue to be objective in the discussion about it too.The Griperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937560474548021334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-53722599842282351182010-08-02T19:55:15.574-07:002010-08-02T19:55:15.574-07:00She smiles...shakes her head...and thinks that rac...She smiles...shakes her head...and thinks that race and racism continue to be a difficult discussion; albeit a needed discussion. But, she realizes from the post of her good friend and many of the comments, that a conversation regarding the impact of racism is difficult if not impossible to have for those who may not have ever experienced and or been victimized by it.SjPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03637955368291716153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-85921939530163915192010-08-02T15:43:58.572-07:002010-08-02T15:43:58.572-07:00Wow what a topic.. You are right though.. We may ...Wow what a topic.. You are right though.. We may dislike someone for there what ever but does everyone have to hate that one particular group because of it. Lots going on here my friend and I need to get some thoughts out one of these days on it..tweetey30https://www.blogger.com/profile/04780963604845788306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-33684487283889796632010-08-02T06:29:20.565-07:002010-08-02T06:29:20.565-07:00I guess all those court findings in "group&qu...I guess all those court findings in "group" cases were a myth.<br />When passing laws for minority rights, individuals were not mentioned. A group of minorities were (black, gay, women, etc.)TOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02464117691722213136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-5317082916834836182010-08-01T17:40:49.847-07:002010-08-01T17:40:49.847-07:00Tom, if I recall, our founding fathers felt that o...Tom, if I recall, our founding fathers felt that our rights were God-given, not group-given. Plus, I believe the courts have so far opined that those rights are for individuals.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-35165694262721059832010-08-01T11:37:46.662-07:002010-08-01T11:37:46.662-07:00you can have individuals, Tom, without having grou...you can have individuals, Tom, without having groups but you cannot have groups without individuals. when rights are acknowledged as belonging to individuals then by definition every individual possess that right therfore the group that those individual belong to possess the right as the total of individualsThe Griperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937560474548021334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-45579407897612705432010-08-01T10:34:48.253-07:002010-08-01T10:34:48.253-07:00We Americans (a group) declare certain rights for ...We Americans (a group) declare certain rights for all. That's group rights. The Constitution defines our rights as a group, as well as individuals.<br />The law says there are minority rights, and defines them.<br />You may disagree with the law, but the law proves your points to be wrong.TOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02464117691722213136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-84100545371983646422010-08-01T09:38:05.090-07:002010-08-01T09:38:05.090-07:00all rights begin with the right of "free will...all rights begin with the right of "free will". without the right to express "free will" there is no right to liberty.<br /><br />there is no such thing as minority rights. rights are bestowed upon individuals not groups.<br /><br />thinking along the lines of group rights is the first step towards the acceptance of a socialistic society.The Griperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937560474548021334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-37508661035723028282010-07-31T20:03:14.680-07:002010-07-31T20:03:14.680-07:00Can anyone explain why racism, if not manifested i...Can anyone explain why racism, if not manifested in name-calling and violence is considered anyone's business other than the person who is supposedly racist? Are we NOT ALLOWED to dislike someone for our own reasons, rational or otherwise? Should we really be forced to provide jobs or housing to someone we're suspicious of, or don't like? If we must hire a certain percentage of Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.com