What exactly is required for a internal conflict of a nation to be considered a civil war? Well the real questio is what problems do both sides face? What problems do a Usurper face when trying to over throw a king, and what problems do a king face against a usurper (besides loing ones kingdom and life?). Is a weaker king who loves his people harder or easier to overthrow a powerful king feared by his people?
'T'ain't just the South still fightin' 'bout it if a damned liberrul Yankee like you drops a line like that
Somewhat more seriously, I've (temporarily?) sworn off looking at video clips about politics so I have no idea what moment of discussion you're citing there because I can't read it. Even with that admitted ignorance, I'm still pretty confident in claiming that what you're reacting to is not a uniquely Southern problem, it is baggage spread across the entire nation that is just more painfully obvious when clumsy pols like McDonnell curry favor with outfits like the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
After all, the South might have a monopoly on sheer meanness, but racism and resisting the power of DC are traditions among different groups all across our half-melted nation. And that latter tradition isn't an entirely bad thing, at least on the non-violent side of the spreadsheet.
I would not put too much stock in what he says or posts, as he is an admitted racist from Detroit. I think he likes to show that he is not alone.
My whole point was that the rest of the world had already moved past that even at that time yet our founders went backwards on it and called us a free country....Which means in their dicks even by the standards for that time.
I did in fact grow up in Detroit and my parents were in fact racists as well as card carrying members of the John Birch Society, characteristics that seemingly went hand in hand.
However neither of those facts makes me a racist and if anything it's my rejection of everything my parents stood for that has formed the political and social outlook that I have to this day.
As I've said before I am NOT a racist. So I take great offense at being called a racist or I would if the source were the least bit credible.
Since the source is someone like you the offense carries a lot less weight however that still doesn't excuse you from direct personal attacks on someone's character by calling them racist.
Nope, you are. You stated on one of Draginol's blogs that you have never seen anything a Republican has done that you could support. Lincoln was republican and he did end slavery. So by extension, since you do not support the ending of slavery, you are a racist. You said it, no one else did.
In addition, on another of Draginol's blogs, you clearly stated the problems of Detroit was due to racism (white flight). You fled Detroit as well. YOU SAID IT, not me.
Kind of hurts when your own words are used to prove you a liar and racist.
I never mentioned your parents, do not know your parents, have never communicated with your parents. But given your propensity to lie, I would tend to believe them long before I would believe a racist liar like you.
The source is you. You never said you were forced to write those statements at gun point, and you do not appear ready to admit you are wrong now. So we can only conclude you are a liar and a racist.
Go peddle your hate elsewhere.
I never *admitted* to being a racist and I take great offense at being called a racist. YOU are the one full of hate.
Let's remember to be civil to each-other and not personally attack each-other.
Wow. That's the rudest, least-thoughtful thing I've noticed from you so far, Dr Guy. Mumble's posts are sometimes too hot under the collar for me these days, but he is still my friend and I believe him to be very deeply committed to pluralist democracy (even if he might not know the technical term).
I was just poking him again for more text links and less video because I sincerely believe that chattering heads on screens are the top reason politics has gotten so nasty in the past couple of decades. Reading and writing tend to be more conducive to civil discussions, but obviously the format is not immune to dyspeptic eruptions.
I know and Detriot put out a fatwa on you to prevent you from coming back, right? you are the one condemning others for leaving while exonerating yourself. That makes you a hypocrite as well as you calling yourself (by your actions since you labeled everyone who left Detroit a racists regardless of the reason they left it) a racist.
You admitted it by your admission of following the lead of those you called racists. no one forced you to paint such a broad brush, and indeed gave you numerous occasions to repudiate your racism and hatred. Your own arrogance prevented you from doing so. Don't blame everyone else for your actions. You are not a child (barely) any longer.
I do not hate you. That would mean I care about you, and that is not the case. I do not like you (I do not like racist hypocrites as a rule, but hate means I care, and that I do not).
I only told you to peddle your hate elsewhere, I did not tell you to carnal knowledge yourself or to die (which you have also told others here on these forums to do).
You're a bit off on the facts here; the US Constitution was ratified shortly before the first Europeans (the Danish) abandoned the slave trade. But I almost think it is more important to try to resist anachronistic thinking (projecting modern mindsets and values onto historical figures and events). Sub-Saharan Africans were at the bottom of a range of groups that the framers mostly considered unfit for participation in self-government. The early republic included indentured servants, a sort of 'voluntary' slave labor. Women were generally treated as the property of their fathers or husbands. White men who did not own sufficient property were not eligible to vote. But none of that made the elites who led our Revolution "dicks" any more than Alexander the Great's affection for sex with men made him "gay" or even "bi."
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