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To: MarvinStinson
Notes to British press and British liberals:

1. You are not smarter, more sophisticated, more socially aware, or more caring and tolerant than the average American. Not even close.

2. In many, many cases it is the children and grandchildren of those who bailed out your country by putting their lives on the line in WWII who you are dismissing as stupid, unsophisticated, and even racist Americans. To do so, especially with the incredibly limited amount of knowledge and understanding that you have, is vulgar, ungrateful, and put in the nicest way possible - uninformed.

3. The United States is one of the most tolerant and accepting nations on Earth, and it will take a lot of effort for England to get to this level. British society is one of the most hierarchical one can find in the West. It is also quite sexist. Your divisions are not socioeconomic as much as they are class based - and you have so many ways of defining ones class in British society (family background, where you went to secondary school and what university you attended, if you are ‘pure’ British, what one’s diction is -and whether or not you have the wrong kind of accent, etc.). In America we have much, much more class mobility than you have in Britain, and this is why you reflexively attack as ‘uneducated’ and unsophisticated those who you don't agree with over here. It is because this is the way you divide your society. You should remember that you can be ‘proper’ and still be quite wrong. Lord Chamberlain was clearly not as intemperate or ‘vulgar’ as Churchill, but Churchill was right and he was wrong.

4. Racism has been a problem around the globe, and anyone who follows European football/soccer knows this. Incidents of racism aren't generally seen in American sports, but they are unfortunately not uncommon enough in Europe. Take the plank out of your own eye. Obama could not have won the Presidency without whites in America voting for him. Voting for the party of Abraham Lincoln (Republicans) is not an act of racism, but writing articles in which you assign the worst intentions and characterizations of ‘whites’ as a group is beyond the pale and racist, in addition to being entirely incorrect and frankly unintellectual. Just like antisemitism has again become tolerated in Europe, making egregious statements about ‘whites’ is also socially acceptable these days. Disgusting, misguided, and hurtful. Again, take the plank out of your own eye. We are working to get beyond color, not using it as a political tool.

This could go on and on, and each one of your ‘points’ is easily discardable. You should think a bit more before you write.

15 posted on 03/07/2016 6:58:21 AM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

“Just like antisemitism has again become tolerated in Europe, making egregious statements about ‘whites’ is also socially acceptable these days. Disgusting, misguided, and hurtful. Again, take the plank out of your own eye. We are working to get beyond color, not using it as a political tool.”

Worth repeating over and over again ! !


19 posted on 03/07/2016 7:52:56 AM PST by aloppoct (stucnsf)
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