First, I'm not a leftist. I don't care if you want to believe that, if it upsets your ordering and litmus,
And I'm not a racist, and I don't care if you want to believe that, if it upsets your ordering litmus.
opcorn:
just putting the record straight.
Me too.
Secondly, I think everyone is entitled to their own mind
Me too.
So the Klan can march right along with a Gay Pride parade and I don't have to participate or approve.
Or, you can participate or approve.
Supporting or participating isn't going to prove superiority or inferiority.
It's just going to be your preference.
But being entitled to express a position doesn't make the position expressed moral or intellectually defensible as choices go.
Who gets to decide which is "moral" or "intellectual"?
It certainly isn't the law because the law allows things that are immoral and stupid.
And choices that exclude by race have a pronounced history that without exception leads to something regrettable and, often enough, evil.
Ever wonder why GOD wanted His chosen people to not marry outside their own?
And not to filter in other customs of other people?
I actually think there is much more unity when folks are with those they are the most comfortable with.
And I don't see one darn thing wrong with that.
True for our treatment of Native Americans and blacks. True of the Germans and many Europeans in relation to Jews. And so on.
I don't think I have ever said that white people (or any others) have not done despicable things.
So past history of despicable things done (by any) is irrelevant
Rather, what I find intellectually bankrupt is the notion of white separateness and superiority.
It is separateness, but it is not superiority.
The two necessarily go hand in hand
No they don't.
or why would one want to be separate?
Preference.
Just because I prefer vanilla ice cream over chocolate doesn't mean I think vanilla is superior to chocolate.
Liking one thing better than another does not automatically imply superiority.
To find themselves in an inferior state/position? No. That's the mindset.
No, it's not the mindset.
One can choose a to be in a situation that is inferior on many levels, but done for principle.
I could have married a man that could have supported me financially better than the man I chose.
But I chose him over others because my preference for a husband went far beyond mere finances.
What may look superior or inferior on one side of the coin doesn't give an accurate picture of the whole coin.