(October 10, 2017 at 4:44 pm)Divinity Wrote:(October 10, 2017 at 4:32 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: What serious claims of racism is he dismissing?
All of them, in the opening post. Of course you wouldn't see it. You either like to see the best in everyone, or at the very least in your fellow Christians. Something that can be an admirable trait, but sometimes you have to pull that curtain back.
He says in the opening post: "And they wonder why we do not take their charges of racism and bigotry seriously anymore..." Verbatim. His own words. Which implies that Racism is dead, or at the very least not a problem anymore. (He's also previously went on about how poor people have nothing to complain about anymore, because they have refrigerators. Which is equally ridiculous)
And of course he takes joy in dismissing claims of racism so casually, because of events so small that you have to look at them under a microscope.
It's a common tactic these days. Ignoring issues because people do something you disagree with. It's pure spite. And I see no reason to be spiteful toward an entire race of people, unless you are in fact racist against them.
I don't see where he dismissed any serious claim of racism. He was referring to the examples he listed as far as i can tell, which were not real racism. But perhaps he can come in here and clarify it for everyone else in the thread.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh