RE: Regarding The Flap Over Confederate Statues
September 13, 2017 at 2:27 pm
(This post was last modified: September 13, 2017 at 2:33 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 13, 2017 at 1:11 pm)bennyboy Wrote:I was referring to the boring racists in suits who's script you're parroting - not the superfans in hoods. The normalizing arm of racism.(September 13, 2017 at 11:50 am)Khemikal Wrote: I'll repeat my previous comments in the form of a question. Do you think that it's possible that advocates of racism have managed to steer some narratives to a point of advantage for their ideologies? Do you think that it;s possible that one, or some, of these narratives have influenced your appraisal of the situation regarding statue enthusiasm?
I doubt it. My assessment of them is that they are a bunch of wingnuts in Halloween costumes.
Is it your opinion, then, that both you and the boring racists find yourselves saying the same things by coincidence? Or is it that you feel that the boring racists have competently argued their case, insomuch as statue enthusiasm is concerned......and you agree?
Any answer to this question would answer the implied question of why you're being mistaken for a kkk guy (or why you have the self conscious apprehension as such, anyway). You would either approve of or condone some specific action they would for entirely different reasons than they offer. Such as the maintenance of jim crow monuments for the sake of a controversy manufactured by their respectable selves. Or you find some ideological agreement with racists.
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