[cvq3842]

Maybe the people who want forgiveness feel they have done something to be forgiven for. I would guess that maybe deep down these liberals have personal animus or some negative feelings towards blacks that makes them feel guilty.

[dumpthelibs]

Slavery is wrong. I had nothing to do with slavery. Ask the people wanting reparations if they are better off here in the US or back where their ancestors were from. Betcha I know the correct answer. They ought to be paying us for the chance to have a future versus (pick one) live in hunger and squalor or die young from atrocities or the hands of Muslim extremists. Africans sold Africans into slavery. You didn't suffer, they did, so drop the con game.

[Scanian]

Count on it! As I commented the other day, some of the most vile-mouthed racists I’ve ever run into were self-proclaimed liberals. In private they use slur words, mock minorities, and speak in a paternalistic manner about non-whites. But because of their political affiliations, they think they are innoculated against criticism.

If I were them I’d feel mighty guilty.

[redhead]

"...maybe deep down these liberals have personal animus or some negative feelings towards blacks that makes them feel guilty."

I think this is the real kernel of the problem. Overcompensating for one's own secret racism would explain a lot of this. And it doesn't take a psychiatrist to figure it out, either.

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Sincerely;
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