(October 6, 2018 at 10:43 am)Grandizer Wrote:You talk about black people like they are an endangered species. They are citizens, accorded the same liberties and rights as other citizens. If they feel their rights aren't being fulfilled, then they can sue, or protest, or pick up arms against tyranny. And if you feel like supporting them in any of those endeavors, then I respect your right to do so.Quote:I believe that an egalitarian society should provide equal protections for all citizens without regard to the color of their skin. But while you and I both agree that racism is one of the forms of prejudice from which a citizen should be protected, you have expressly defined racism in such a way that some individuals will fall under protection from race-based prejudice, and some will not-- and this difference in protection you've predicated not on individual merit or abilities, but on skin color.
I do not endorse any political position which expresses intent to treat individual citizens differently based on their racial identity.
White people don't need protection from race-based prejudice, even if there are groups that hate white people.
But when you take it upon yourself to support a position by which unequal treatment of individual citizens is not only allowed but required, and this unequal treatment is predicated on race (real or apparent), then you are trying to get two wrongs to make a right.
You're wrong on this one, man. You're a racist using special pleading and tunnel-vision definitions to justify your racism. Don't do that. Repeat after me: "One law for all."
