Intrepid wrote:J_B wrote:Intrepid wrote:I am still trying to figure out why a friend would laugh. I am still trying to figure out why people who get worked up over the word are the same ones to loot. I am still trying to figure out why this thread is still alive.
Because people keep making sweeping statements such as your middle thought. Your assumption that someone who gets worked up over the use of the word Negro would also loot is insulting. This is right up there with the idea of people not being influenced by their surroundings, culture, or upbringing. These things are
exactly why we need to keep this discussion going. Prejudice and bigotry are not limited to overt acts of aggression. There are also witnessed in our everyday thoughts and statements.
I was merely wondering why Lash made those particular comments as I did not understand them. I don't like bigotry, racism, prejudice or anything associated with it. I didn't understand why Lash thought it was ok for friends to laugh at the word negro and what Lash was referring to regarding the same people who loot etc.
That "sweeping" statement was Lash's....not mine.
Good God. Use a few key words from the no-no list, and some people seem unable to think past what they are conditioned to expect surrounding those words.
The friends who laughed were black. We were very close. I had been to their homes and knew their children and some of their mothers. We worked together in extraordinary circumstances that tend to bring people close to one another. The reason I'm not "afraid" of the ******* word is that it doesn't trump how you've lived your life and what your true sentiments are---except here, of course. Kudos!
I despise even giving this information. I shouldn't have to. It infuriates me----and not for how it reflects on me---but that anyone shuts off their already marginal exertion in noticing how people treat other people--and lazily use certain words to decide whether or not someone is a racist. You don't have to think that way---and all some sheet wearing, Negro- hating hypocrite has to do is avoid saying certain words. They'll be the pinnacle of racial propriety to you.
This is the reason I despise PC. Not because I want the stamp of approval to go about saying Negro. I obviously don't want the stamp of approval. It's not about me--it's about those who USE the lemming approach to determining who is racist to fool you. They follow your PC rules, and snicker with their friends about nigger jokes.
Those of you who prefer that method of getting through life--go in peace, but know you suck. I'm confident in my efforts to treat everyone justly and without preconceived opinions. I think it's those who feel guilty and cowardly about their own racism are the ones who trumpet bullshit like this without any effort to know what they are talking about.
Anyway, this happens every six months.
For clarification, in case anyone of substance wanders over here and sees my words so outrageously mischaracterized, I said the same people who got all bent out of shape over the use of a mild word like Negro was also the same type of person who would use a disaster to go on a nutty rampage of burning stuff and looting. Similar
INTERNALLY.
Momma--
Don't worry about disagreeing with me. I actually sort of hate for someone to try to defend me. It makes me feel obligated. Thanks anyway, though.
