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Forum: Current events 10-02-2016, 11:20 AM
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Posted By donquixote99
In this we completely agree. I just say that...

In this we completely agree. I just say that this means we have work to do, to take further strides in countering this legacy, and redress the disparate impact.
Forum: Current events 10-01-2016, 10:28 AM
Replies: 61
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Posted By donquixote99
Burke is generally rewarding, when one looks into...

Burke is generally rewarding, when one looks into his thought.
Forum: Current events 10-01-2016, 10:27 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 2,593
Posted By donquixote99
I'm not really interested in word games. ...

I'm not really interested in word games. Sometimes it's right to resist emotional reactions prompted by others, and sometimes it isn't. Answer the question for yourself, to yourself. No need to...
Forum: Current events 10-01-2016, 09:22 AM
Replies: 61
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Posted By donquixote99
Guilt is the feeling that you did something you...

Guilt is the feeling that you did something you consider wrong. Shame is the feeling that others think you did something and regard you badly for it. If you feel these things they are yours. If...
Forum: Current events 09-30-2016, 09:44 PM
Replies: 61
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Posted By donquixote99
You feel some guilt is being thrown at you, don't...

You feel some guilt is being thrown at you, don't you? You're defending against that, no?
Forum: Current events 09-30-2016, 07:01 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 2,593
Posted By donquixote99
Defensive racial chauvinism, to put a little...

Defensive racial chauvinism, to put a little sosh-speak on it.
Forum: Current events 09-30-2016, 06:15 PM
Replies: 61
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Posted By donquixote99
Thank you for sharing your thinking on these...

Thank you for sharing your thinking on these matters.
Forum: Current events 09-30-2016, 05:41 PM
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Views: 2,593
Posted By donquixote99
A response that is very common, and always has...

A response that is very common, and always has been. And the legacy continues.
Forum: Current events 09-30-2016, 12:12 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 2,593
Posted By donquixote99
Accept some responsibility anyway. You've...

Accept some responsibility anyway. You've benefited.
Forum: Current events 09-29-2016, 05:56 PM
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Posted By donquixote99
The meme that blacks are niggers has been passed...

The meme that blacks are niggers has been passed down, from generation to generation. You learned it in your childhood, perhaps first in 'nigger jokes.' It passes from older kids to younger kids,...
Forum: Current events 09-29-2016, 09:42 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 2,593
Posted By donquixote99
Ah, they're to blame too! As I posted elsewhere,...

Ah, they're to blame too! As I posted elsewhere, shouldn't we blame the slaves?

And as I posted here already:
Forum: Current events 09-29-2016, 09:38 AM
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Views: 2,593
Posted By donquixote99
Well played!

Well played!
Forum: Current events 09-29-2016, 06:07 AM
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Views: 2,593
Posted By donquixote99
+1 to that, merrylander.

+1 to that, merrylander.
Forum: Current events 09-28-2016, 09:50 PM
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Views: 2,593
Posted By donquixote99
You need to read up on TANF. Welfare as you know...

You need to read up on TANF. Welfare as you know it ended, back in the Bill Clinton administration.
Forum: Current events 09-28-2016, 05:52 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 2,593
Posted By donquixote99
A simple handout would not be an effective...

A simple handout would not be an effective program to materially better anyone. It would be an tangible symbol of acceptance that harm has been done, but it would likely do more harm, overall, than...
Forum: Current events 09-28-2016, 05:42 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 2,593
Posted By donquixote99
'Everybody gets a check' is an ignorant idea, and...

'Everybody gets a check' is an ignorant idea, and the fact that everyone thinks that when reparations are brought up is one reason why it's a bad word.

Did you read? "The reparations could come...
Forum: Current events 09-28-2016, 05:20 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 2,593
Posted By donquixote99
If someone has a wound that is bleeding, no one...

If someone has a wound that is bleeding, no one complains about the futility of 'throwing bandages at the problem.' And if they need some stitching up, you get them that. And if they need some...
Forum: Current events 09-28-2016, 05:11 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 2,593
Posted By donquixote99
Reparations is a bad word. Pisses people off. ...

Reparations is a bad word. Pisses people off. People think the moral blame for slavery, and lynchings, is landing on them, and they haven't enslaved or lynched anyone.

But people are still...
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