Posted on 07/19/2002 7:41:17 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Edited on 05/07/2004 8:00:51 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
ITHACA -- About 130 local residents gathered Thursday for a candid and sometimes heated discussion about racism and a recently reported bias-related assault in Ithaca.
Of central concern to those who attended the Thursday night meeting at the Southside Community Center remained an Ithaca City Court decision that released three defendants without bail.
(Excerpt) Read more at theithacajournal.com ...
Halton said that as a white American, she had been conditioned to have racist views.
"There is no way to grow up white, and not be racist, that doesn't happen," she said.
Pure Racist Poppycock! I deny it!
I am white. I was born (1941) and raised in the South. "American by birth, Southern by the Grace of God!"
I am not a racist, and I am damn proud of the fact that I treat my fellow man as I would want to be treated. For those of us old enough to remember, it is called The Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do to you."
If I can grow up in the deep South and not be a bigot, Ms. Halton, surely you can grow up in the "Enlightened North" and not be a bigot!
My experience of life is that those who would hurl the "Racist" epithet at others are themselves racist bigots.
Life is just too damn short for us to put up with these type of low-life maggots. I say, "Break out the tar and feathers, and run 'em out of this country on a rail!"
I believe you, my friend, but you and I both know that the liberals like this woman will never think of you as anything but a bigot, since you are a white male FREEPER.
My point was more that this lib fool does not speak for America of any color.
I've experienced first hand the lib rage when debating them on the normal topics -you know, the government needs to step in make everyone equal, Constitution, the living document. They will eventually get to calling me privledged because I'm educated, male, employed and not of a 'protected species' as far as they can tell. I give them the 'bad news' that being Indian isn't a hippie lovefest and they go apoplectic with rage.
Excellent point. Plus, it is so much fun reading about these people getting worked up over the most ridiculous things!
Wait. Are you telling us that you are "native american" and yet called yourself an "Indian"? Can't be. Isn't that an offensive derogatory term? ;-)
Ithaca is the City of Evil.
UUUhhhhgg! hyphenated-American!!THAT is an insult!
being mistaken for a Left-O-Crat (tm) is also offensive.
Left-O-Crat is a registered trademark of the Communist Party of America- Serving the hyphenated community since 1955.
I suppose, if you're mom and dad are klan members. I grew up have my parents tell, time and again, that race and color didn't matter and watching them act on that principle. Of course, we're a family of Republicans. I bet that woman is a Democrat. Any takers?
Yeah. In Ithaca. Ri-i-i-i-i-ight.
I believe Ms. Halton is making a more subtle, and vastly more important, point.
***It takes a liberal to be a racist***
And she's making it quite effectively...
Rush: "Character counts."
Taxman: "I only hang out with the good guys 'n gals. No assholes (white, black, Asian, whatever) need apply to hang out with us. This is an asshole free zone."
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