[Rhodes22-list] food for thought

[Herb Parsons]

It came from long term back and forth with Pete. I thought the "cleverly 
worded contrast" was just that, a cleverly worded contrast, but really 
not worth much of a comment, even though I think I did eventually 
respond (in my own way, of course) much the same as you did below.

The "outburst" was not over the cleverly worded contrast. It was over 
this piece of tripe:

"excellent post. racism is subtle. you have to be smart about racism and 
codify the message to 'he's not like us', 'he's not one of us', 'he's 
un-american', 'he's different', 'who is he really'."

Sorry Ben, there's nothing "clever" there, there is nothing 
"intelligent" there, nor is there anything worthy of discussion there, 
other than the types of "discussion" that it brought on.

It's tripe, bullshit, nonsense, vomit spewing forth; whatever despicable 
description one feels best fits (and I believe they all do) to imply 
that because one doesn't like a black man (or a white man, or any other 
color man), it MUST be because of his race, and all of the legitimate 
reasons are really just covers for racism.

I would have said that Pete's tripe, bullshit, nonsense, vomit spewing 
forth was a discredit to him, but I think it really is probably the best 
he can do.

And, it was fun to respond. I like putting bigots in their place.

Ask the guy how he feels about people of faith.


ben wrote:
> Golly Herb, where did that outburst come from?  I don't understand the anger
> -- this is just an email list among people you will likely never meet and
> never persuade.  Let's remember that this is for fun, hunh?
>
> Obviously, we have a cleverly-crafted argument that contrasts the best
> aspects of Obama with the worst of McCain and claims racism is the
> difference.  A worthwhile endeavor to make you think, perhaps, but if you
> ponder it for a minute or two, you will easily realize that if you list
> McCain's positives and Obamas negatives on the list as well, then the
> closeness of the race is easily explained.
>
> You could have pointed that out and come across as the more intelligent one
> here.  Your message was a discredit to you.
>
> Ben S.
>
>  
>
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Herb Parsons
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 10:53 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] food for thought
>
> What a friggin' joke you are Pete. So, if those of us that don't buy 
> into the bullshit argument below are racists?
>
> Bull.
>
> You're an idiot Pete. AND you're a racist. You keep bringing the color 
> of the candidates up, but that's YOU and YOURS. I don't care what color 
> Obama is, and your implications that I, and others like me, do is not 
> only wrong, it's a lie, and thus, you're a liar.
>
> Frankly, I would love to see Alan Keyes elected president, but I don't 
> believe it's going to happen. When a black man doesn't drink the liberal 
> kool-aid, he's suddenly an "uncle tom", or "no longer black", so he's 
> discounted by bigots like yourself.
>
> petelargo wrote:
>   
>> excellent post. racism is subtle. you have to be smart about racism and
>> codify the message to 'he's not like us', 'he's not one of us', 'he's
>> un-american', 'he's different', 'who is he really'.  
>>
>>
>> Peter Thorn wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> WHAT IF
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review?
>>>
>>> What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating
>>> class?
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said "I do" to?
>>>
>>> What if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she no
>>> longer
>>>
>>>
>>> measured up to his standards?
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to pain 
>>>
>>> killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?
>>>
>>> What if Cindy McCain graduated from Princeton?
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> What if Obama was one of the "Keating 5"?
>>>
>>> What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election 
>>>
>>> numbers would be as close as they are?  This is what racism does. It
>>> covers 
>>>
>>> up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and 
>>>
>>> emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color
>>>       
> difference.
>   
>>>  
>>>
>>> P.S. What if Obama had an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter? 
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>  
>>>
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