Extracting the Poison From White Racism: How to defuse white nationalism's growing appeal

New York Times ^ | 12-14-02 | Felecia R. Lee

[Sabertooth]

If you are around L.A. look around you. It is true.

Oh, I'm in L.A., and you're correct, we're certainly well down the balkanization path.
However, we're also Gore Country, and I was speaking nationally.

[Billy_bob_bob]

You only have to look at Zimbabwe to see what our future will be, given current trends. However, I have a feeling that there will be a violent reaction to this trend, as the author of this book points out it is a real possibility. Once that genie is out of the bottle who knows what will happen. However, I'd be inclined to not bet against people who have invented technologies like the atomic bomb and the "gene machine".

[Blue Collar Christian]

So true. How many people can you get in a lifeboat before it sinks and everyone drowns? It's way past time to start throwing some swimmers back in the drink. Who has time for people who are hyphonated Americans. Be an unhyphonated American, or back to the place from whence you came! I am
white, though some of my relatives want to be Scottish-Americans. If they want to be Scottish first, I can help them with the tickets. My wife's mother is from Japan, but she is an American. My wife's daddy was an American, even though his mother was born of Mexican farm laborers and his father was an immigrant from Ireland. And guess what, my wife is an American, with no freakin' hyphons.
I don't care if the white race becomes a minority, I am concerned that unhyphonated Americans are becoming a minority.
BTW, if this offends anyone, TOUGH!

[Sabertooth]

How bad is bad?

Los Angeles is swirling in the bowl.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

White nationalism is the same as racism.

[sauropod]

Bull.

[sauropod]

Bull, counselor. You define nationalism the same way that the Left defines fascism (as equivalent to each other).

[sauropod]

There is nothing wrong with self-determination and pride in and of themselves. When they threaten what it means to be American, then it becomes an issue. 'Pod

[sauropod]

Missed that one. Sorry.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Ask yourself this - do you want to hang around with people of a tribal ethnicity because you have more things in common than skin color and similar sounding last names? If so, then thats OK. If not, then you have a problem.

[Cacique]

btt

[liberallarry]

Best statement of this position I'v ever seen.

[sauropod]

I read your post and it appears that you are flip-flopping here.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

No, I'm not. It has to do with the why of it.

[liberallarry]

There are great historical forces at work here By the way, no one on this thread has related these forces to environmental limits. If they exist, the resulting collisions won't be pleasant.