04-18-2006, 08:24 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-18-2006, 08:25 PM by Chaerophon.)
There's no need for it to become a flamewar, Doc. The fact is, you're talking about a group who makes up far less than 1% of the white population, and extremist sentiments that are shared by, to be extremely generous to you, less than 5% of the white population, as though it is a dominant theme in our "behind the scenes" "white man" meetings. There are lots of people out there who hold racist sentiments to varying degrees. I have not personally met a single person where I live who would openly come up with what you just spouted off. It's simply not on the map. There are a few white supremacists around here, I know that, but it's just not as prevalent as you seem to think. There's no high-level conspiracy. White supremacists tend to be idiots: you know this.
As a white person who knows lots of other white people and has never personally encountered such an individual in my entire life, in school, athletics, politics, or social circles, I do find the generalization a tad offensive.
With that, I'll just shake my head and walk away.
As a white person who knows lots of other white people and has never personally encountered such an individual in my entire life, in school, athletics, politics, or social circles, I do find the generalization a tad offensive.
With that, I'll just shake my head and walk away.
But whate'er I be,
Nor I, nor any man that is,
With nothing shall be pleased till he be eased
With being nothing.
William Shakespeare - Richard II
Nor I, nor any man that is,
With nothing shall be pleased till he be eased
With being nothing.
William Shakespeare - Richard II