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Originally posted by Spanky
Do you disagree with what I said:
"I believe in individual responsiblity, not familial or racial responisibilty. Am I responsible for my father's sins? - no. Am I responsible for the sins other people of my race have committed? - no.
Racism cannot be justified because you have been a victim of racism (or that other people of your race have been victims). Racism or racial slurs are either wrong or they are not."
If yes, what part do you disagree with, and if not why are you defending TM's criticism of what I said?
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As broad general points, I agree with both those paragraphs. I _think_ TM and Pony Trekker (who you were initally responding to) would as well. And yet -- you fought with TM all day long.
A big part of the problem, which helped spark this whole hullabaloo (good word) is that your two paragraphs are completely nonresponsive to the broader discussion that you jumped into -- to the point that they are damn near non sequiturs.
You read a lot into what PT said which may not have been there, and (I think) missed the point of his statement (which was NOT that racism against whites is okey-dokey), and the ruckus began.
S_A_M
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