(November 11, 2017 at 6:44 pm)Aegon Wrote:(November 11, 2017 at 6:34 pm)wallym Wrote: Exactly. When a southerner displays the confederate flag, black people feeling offended are just being irrational. The only relevant thing is what the white guy with it painted on his pickup truck intends for it to mean.
What would be a reason to display the Confederate flag that shouldn't be offensive to the people the Confederacy wanted to keep enslaving?
I think he was being sarcastic to make a point.
"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
