04-17-2015, 10:20 PM
(04-17-2015, 05:15 PM)kandrathe Wrote: It's probably not a surprise that I'm more in line with Rand Paul if he can distance himself from the racists.
Definitely interesting times we're living in, in the ancient Chinese curse sense of the word.
I live in Canada, and in a city where multi-culturalism and diversity is trumpeted. I like it in general, however. There is a danger I think, of becoming too smug in believing one's cause\way is the only true and just one, and becoming a palette swapped monster that one claims to be fighting.
Yes, Racism with a capital R is bad. Equally so I think, a culture of extreme political correctness where everything and everyone is seen through a lens of "am I offended by this, that sounds racist \ -ist, proceed to attack mode: YOU ARE A ----IST!".
TL;Dr.Pepper : I have read claims of Rand Paul's circle of people who are racist. Problem is if the current obsession with extreme identity politics continues, Rand or any other candidate's perceived or real racism problem, might not be perceived as much of a negative, a backlash generated by overly indiscriminate tarring by the PC mindset. And that's quite dangerous for obvious reasons.
See: The boy who cried "Wolf" one too many times. And his lesser known but equally idiotic brother, the boy who cried "Wolf" at everyone and everything.