Posted on 11/08/2005 12:58:38 PM PST by day10
It's okay for the left to call conservative minorities names, didn't you know that? It's only racism if a conservative says something that the left can stretch all out of shape (e.g. what happened to Lott).
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I love South Park. And I am completely against hip-hop culture. Don't get me wrong on this: I would not hesitate to categorize it as evil and immoral, and screwing up a generation of youth. I am also against double standards. Nor am I assuming the girl to be a church-going A student. But I am not going to assume the worst about her without knowing anything about her.
My line in the sand is for everyone. Morality has its back to the wall these days, I think. It's time to start go medieval on everything crossing that line. Some things are just inappropriate. Like the KKK costumes. Or, like pretty much anything that comes out of Louis Farrakhan's filthy word-gutter. Or the race-baiting of David Duke, and the different style of race-baiting by Jesse Jackson (or those terrible Democrats who criticised Steele for being a "Simple Sambo" or "Uncle Tom").
I mean, do you want a laundry list of what's wrong with society these days? It could go on for pages, books. 11 year old girls dressing like hookers. Modern music, which is either about killing cops and disrespecting women, or just descending into a giant, never ending quest for pleasure (get drunk, get laid with some girl/guy you will forget in the morning, do drugs, etc.). Not facing one's problems and running from our enemies. Overreacting to problems and seeing enemies in our friends. Hating the Laws of G-d. Not telling the truth for fear of offending someone (political correctness). Redesigning (childproofing) society based on the lowest common denominator. Forgetting that with liberty comes responsibility. Forgetting that liberty needs to be defended. Confusing socialism for social justice. I could go on, and I am sure you can too.
And I don't think poorly of your intelligence. I just don't think it's right to assume some girl is part of a gang because she's black (and I don't think that's what you did, but I think you were using hyperbole to enhance your argument in a way that does not do the girl justice).
Only because 'many' of them were deceived as to the real aims of those groups. Once they became (become) aware, 'most' stuffed them like yesterday's garbage.
Do you not think that the KKK and the Third Reich were evil? Just because many people aspired to belong, or did belong, does not mean they were good. And I don't think many people are advocating killing, beating or exterminating blonde, blue eyed people. But if there are, they are racists and evil themselves.
And, actually, Winston Churchill was no longer anti-semitic by the time of the Second World War. He had friends who were Jewish by that point. Twenty years earlier, though, you would be correct in saying he frequently expressed anti-semitic ideas.
And the KKK does not at all exemplify "Jesus's love for mankind".
Exactly what MEGoody said.
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