[WilliamofCarmichael]

Good and concise thoughts. Thanks.

It reminded me of how some have explained it in terms of the dialectic. My recollection of events over the past 70+ years is yes.. it works that way. Especially from the late 1950s vis-a-vis race.

Many a time liberals screaming Racists! 24/7 had the conservatives slinking away looking back over their shoulders protesting, "We're not racists.. OK we'll yield [on this or that point]."

So point by point we got.. two Americas which will not change "until a crisis shall have been reached and passed."

[PapaBear3625]

Many a time liberals screaming Racists! 24/7 had the conservatives slinking away looking back over their shoulders protesting, "We're not racists.. OK we'll yield [on this or that point]."

Or we can just respond, in a bored tone, "If you say so, but you're still full of sh**".

We will not be free until we stop caring about whether somebody claims we're racist/sexist/homophobic, or whether somebody else is.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

Whenever a lib spouts off about racism I hit them with historical facts. They often sputter about how “their party changed” and I point out the late Sen Byrd (D), the Klansman who served until his death in 2010. They've had bigots in office spanning three separate centuries (late 1800s - 2010).