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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
If it is perceived by anyone is racist, then it is racist. At least that is the reasoning you've used in the past on several occasions involving race and also involving our discussion of "lady". Or is it that only what you perceive as racist really is so.
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Please do not twist the conversation around to try to fit some narrow perception you have of my opinions. It is one thing to talk about a single word and the potential history behind that word. Accusing someone of being a bigot is not a racist comment. It might be an inflammatory statement, but not a racist one. If we use your logic, no one can make an accusation of racism ever without holding racist views. Kind of funny when accusing someone of being racist does not show superiority for one race to another.
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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
The only cross burnings I've ever seen in my life have been on fictional TV and I can't say that I've even seen that more than a handful of times. I've never even heard of one in any community I've lived in (and I live in the south for over 20 years). Sure they happened in the past and probably still do happen on occassion....and should actually never happen. But, unless the official we're talking about participated in one, I don't see how that is relevant to the discussion.
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Well I have experienced cross-burnings in communities I have lived. There have also been cross-burnings in surrounding communities where I have lived as well. And these incidents did not happen 20 years ago, they happen less than 5 years ago. That does not include racist graffiti or spray painting on property that might belong to someone who is of color or of Jewish decent. I was called a derogatory name in a town which had a Klan rally earlier that year. Just because you have not experienced such things, does not mean it has still does not happen today.
Peace