- What are the tea pots complaining about? (Remember my open question for tea partyists?)
- Taxes? That's the tangible negative impact this current administration and Congress have had? Maybe I'm not making my aforementioned question clear.
- And for the love of all that's good and holy, paying taxes is NOT like slavery (You'll have to scroll down and/or search the word "slave").
- It's a bit dismissive and racist to make that comparison anyway. Don't you think?
- Oh, crap. What was my first point? Conservative hysteria and paranoia.
- And how do they call themselves Christian?
- And why do they get all pissy when their racism is called out? Cause really. Complaining about spending now?
- What did Andrew Briebart just say?
- Dinesh D'Souza wrote what?!
- Of, forget it. My head hurts. What's up over at prometheus6/racismreview/timwise?
But in my constant search for the truth, I did come across another very important new study (h/t Tim Wise) titled, "In Blind Pursuit of Racial Equality?" Basically, being colorblind renders us impotent to dealing effectively with race. Sure, there're other studies that find the same basic thing. But, with all those people who just swear that talking about, thinking about, or even acknowledging race/ism only increases the division between racial groups, the more evidence, the better.
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This isn't too complicated. If you disagree with me, I'm more than happy to have an honest discussion. I'm quite open to learning new facts and ideas. I'm dying for a conservative to explain their ideas in a sensible way.
But, I do have rules, and they also apply to those who agree with me. They just get the benefit of my already knowing the fact they'll be referring to.
So, here're the comment thread rules:
1 - Use facts.
2 - Refer to policy.
3 - Don't rely on theories and conjectures. Show me how, for example, a public health insurance option will lead to "rationing" of health care.
4 - No unfounded attacks on any entity.
If you break those rules, I will edit your comment to my own whimsical satisfaction.
Lastly, perhaps most importantly, I'm not going to entertain too much pro-white/racism-denying discussion. I want this to be a space to discuss strategies to fight racism, not space where I have to fight racism. I want anti-racists to be able to come here for a mental respite. If what you're interested in doing is attempting to demonstrate the fallacy of anti-racism by repeating the same ole comments and questions and accusations we hear all the time, please do that somewhere else.