When did the civil rights advances of the 20th Century become politically incorrect and an object of disdain?
Growing up during the second half of the 20th Century, living through the 50s, 60s, and 70s in particular, my heroes included Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Leonard Bernstein, Lenny Bruce, Gloria Steinem, John F. Kennedy and Sylvia Rivera. These were just some of the pioneers who changed America and put us on the road to defeating bigotry; at the very least to exiling bigotry to the dark obscure corners of bad taste and very wrong.…
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— go to most recent comments26 - JustOneMan
Sussman...I always had a hunch that you were a fool...thanks for the verification
27 - Phillip Winn
Funny stuff, Suss! A waste of time, I'm sure, but very funny.
28 - Matthew T. Sussman
JOM, send your kids to where I went to school. We cut math and science classes in lieu of an entire semester dedicated to Johnny Appleseed.
29 - Ruvy in Jerusalem
JOM,
[Edited]
There are two kinds of peace: there is the peace of the feeding cow who goes peaceably off to slaughter, and the peace of the hunting lion.
In America, the Jew has the peace of the feeding cow: here he has the peace of the hunting lion - with a whole bunch of fuckheads in Tel Aviv trying their best to turn us into feeding cows [Edited].
30 - Ruvy in Jerusalem
Well Chris, I see you woke up and are applying your editing pen again. Do check out comment #20 on this article. Your editing pen needs application there - either that or restore my remarks in comment #29.
If you cannot apply these rules in fairness, my only conclusion is that you do not know how to.
31 - Christopher Rose
Ruvy, when you are the comments editor, you can make the call. For now, it's me and I've done the bare minimum to maintain a little civility here.
JOM is just some anonymous commenter; you are a registered Blogcritic. As you already know what the rules are, why don't you simply follow them and save me the trouble of having to exercise my fine judgment..?
32 - Andy Marsh
fine judgement would be a matter of opinion...
33 - Christopher Rose
That's the wonderful thing about opinions, Andy, we all have our own. If you're really nice, one day I'll tell you some of mine ;-)
34 - JustOneMan
Ruvy...you really believe that you are some sort of "Desert Sage"...you cow stroy is pretty pathetic..."peace of the hunting lion" yes while you hide behind American money, weapons and personnell - enough of the propoaganda...as I said befor Israel is basically Florida...a place where NY Jews go on vacation and buy a winter home!
For you to say the Israel is a better place to raise a family...me thinks your yamkule is a little to tight...who would want to raise their family in a country with the religion and culture of - prejudice and arogance runs the country?
As much as you deny it you keep proving that you are an active participant on the "culture and financial enterprise of victimization"
35 - Scott Butki
I started out nodding here and there but when you asked when PC became a joke I stopped. The term PC itself was a label conservatives slapped on anything they didn't like.
The term was always a joke.
You may want to ask "when did it become funny to be racist?" But that's an entirely different question.
36 - Ruvy in Jerusalem
JOM,
If I didn't know I was right, I would not have made the sacrifice of moving here. Sometimes, you need to look beyond the obvious to see reality. Contented cows chewing their cud cannot. They're too busy chewing the cud.
The train of destiny is coming your way - and you are on the tracks. By the time you figure that out, it will be too late. That does not just apply to you, who basically supports what he thinks to be an incompetently run state, but to millions of other Jews in North America, as well.
So stick to your corned beef and pastrami delusions. They'll help you like a censer helps a dead man.
By the way, it is not "desert sage", it is "mountain sage"
37 - Richard Rothstein
Having stated an opinion in my original post, I've refrained from participating in the comments; however, one comment in particular deeply disturbed me because it came from a Jew representing an attitude that partly fuels anti-semitism in this country. I am fiercely proud of my Jewish heritage but do not practice the religion of Judaism. Nor do I feel some Biblical magnetism drawing me back to the "holy land." I am a 5th genertion American and New Yorker and very much of a patriot. I am a Jewish-American much in the same way that George W. Bush is Swedish-American. I will fight for my constitutionally defined rights here at home and very much resent any implication from a fellow American, a fellow Jewish-American or an Israeli that Israel is my "home."
38 - Ruvy in Jerusalem
Richard,
I gave you my advice, and you responded. I can ask for no more than that. The subject is closed on this article, so far as I'm concerned.
Shabbat Shalom
39 - JustOneMan
Richard..amen!
Until we in America accept the fact that we are "Americans First" their will always be a divide....Thank you for setting Ruvy straight..he hell bent on laying some sort of guilt trip on American Jews that if you dont move to Israel you are not a "real" Jew...
Dont let his inane illusions of self granduer get to you...as much as he pretends to be a "hunting lion"...he is more like a lion in the Bronx Zoo waiting for his zoo keeper - the US - to feed him and prop him up for the vistors....
While he beats his chest he still has his American Passport in his back pocket along with a bag packed just in case he has to "run home"
40 - pleasexcusetheinterruption12
Ill never understand why author's dont participate in comment threads about their work. They prop it up there for the world to see and then they run away expecting it to be accepted as true. Imagine a world where we all wrote articles, but never read anybody elses article, and certainly never commented on them.
Personally, I liked this article and agreed with most of it. But I sourly wish more people would stand up for it - including you Richard.
41 - Richard Rothstein
Frankly, it seems that I've clearly stated my opinion and my concerns about some issues in our nation. So many of the comments have been really hateful and dripping with bigotry and not worthy of response--except for the crazy Israeli who called me a lazy cow. That needed a response. Moo.
42 - Matthew T. Sussman
Very little of this thread -- much like 99 percent of the comments on this site and the world wide interweb -- actually pertains to the article of which you speak.
43 - Martin Lav
I couldn't agree with you more Matthew.
Richard,
I truly understand your point of view and generally believe what you've stated, however, at some point the radicals need moderation in every society. If we started with forcing blacks to sit in the back of the bus and we needed to take a radical position to reverse that, which I agree with, however, we must at some point realize we have won and quit the fight or moderate. After all, Gloria Steinam while credited with the womens libs movement could be today vilified by starting in motion the end of the traditional family. Point is things can go too far and blacks that have been saved by guilty whites, are also in effect kept held down because of these same feelings. The more we embrace our differences and realize we are, the more we accept personal responsibility.
44 - Mark Schannon
Suss, once again, you hit the nail on the head. This article has created one of the most pathetic series of responses I've seen in my decades of service to BC.
What is wrong with you people? Are you so angry at everything that you can't see what's happening to this country. Richard's article is brilliant. Sure there's some hyperbole, but a little of that never hurts.
We are becoming more divided, more antagonistic, more bigoted, more uncaring, and less civilized as a society as the years go by. Anyone who can't see that is living in a mirrored room.
Civility is dead. Compassion and empathy are empty words. Remember "brotherly love?" What a joke. Racism, sexism, anti-Semitisim are on the rise throughout the U.S. The Christian right is doing everything it can to replace the Constitution with a screwed up translation of the Bible, called King James. How many millions of people secretly agree with Katharine "Kill The Heathens" Harris in Florida?
We're becoming a nation of self-centered, paranoid, soul-less creatures who hide behind their so-called values but who haven't a clue what those values actually mean.
How much more depressing can you make the world, folks. As was said to Sen. McCarthy, "Have you decency? At long last, have no decency at all?"
In Nihilism Veritas
45 - gonzo marx
Mark and Suss have said it all...
/golfclap
Excelsior?
46 - JustOneMan
Another take is that we are slipping into a quasi soicialist state where no one wants to take resposibility for the actions or future. We have generations of people in the US who will blame everyone but themselves for their addiction, poverty, illiteracy and laziness....
We need to retirn to self sufficiency and self responsibility...the "so-called racism and bigotry" will be gone!
47 - pleasexcusetheinterruption12
Sure there was the out of line come home remark, and the disgusting imitation of an African American...but that's expected.
There was also some very real, justifiable criticism and input in posts 4,5,6, 9, 11, and my post #24. You seem to have overlooked them, being too preocupied with your nostalgia for PC. And forgive me for trying to provoke you into respnse...
48 - Martin Lav
"We are becoming more divided, more antagonistic, more bigoted, more uncaring, and less civilized"
You think it, you say it, therefore it's self prophecy.
Hmmmmm.....how many people of all ethnic and religious backgrounds went to help the gulf coast clean up and are still there today?
Tsunami?
Is this hyperbole?:your career is terminated because you're not a white, Christian, heterosexual,
Gimme a break!
49 - Ruvy in Jerusalem
PETI,
It is not out of line for a Jew to suggest to a fellow Jew that he follow Halakhá and come home. Particularly if the fellow Jew warns of the rise of Jew-hatred in the land he lives in, and particlularly if the home is there to come home to. In fact, it is a mitzvá to suggest to that Jew that he come home, and to assist him if at all possible.
If the fellow Jew chooses to say he has no part in the Land of Israel, he himself has spoken his fate, and his blood is upon his own head. If the fellow Jew cxomes into danger in that foreign land, it is commanded - also a mitzvá - to save him, if at all possible. And one can break all the laws in the Torah to do so except for three. That is Jewish law. And whatever your opinion is of it, I'm bound by it.
This is the case here. My conscience is clear. I have done what I had to do.
50 - pleasexcusetheinterruption12
The problem, for me at least, wasnt offerring him a home in Israel, it was implying that Israel is his home. Since home is self defined, and he feels at home in America, your statement was potentially and actually insulting - nothing more. No one likes to be told where home is.
51 - Victor Plenty
Ruvy did not invent the idea of Israel as the real home of all Jewish people. This is well known to be a central tenet of Judaism, at least according to certain widely held interpretations of that faith tradition.
If a person chooses to be insulted by a reminder of this belief, that's as it may be. But it's ludicrous to even suggest Ruvy meant it as an insult.
The suggestion does make a suitable addition to a long string of counterproductive comments from multiple people, though.
52 - Martin Lav
To suggest that his suggestion was his duty and not an insult is insulting. He basically called the guy a cow chewing his cud waiting for the bigots in America to turn him into chopped liver. To stand behind the Torah and Tenents of Judaism is much like blowing yourself up in a crowd of people because the Koran says you are defending your religion. It's all bullshit and pretty transparently pathetic.
53 - Mark Schannon
PETI...most of the comments you suggested were just rants. Yours was in agreement with much of the author's statements, so I'm not sure what you're point is.
Martin, sorry, but what you wrote ain't a rebuttal. Neither is your crack about white, Christian, holy, and employed. Do you have a point? Can you indicate where we're becoming a kinder, more caring society? Sure people help out in disasters...but they ain't doing anything in the day-to-day life that's becoming a disaster for more and more Americans...of all economic levels.
And Gonzo, me lad. Welcome back. I was just about to e-mail you and threaten you with cheap scotch if I didn't see you on the site more often!
In Jameson Veritas
54 - gonzo marx
ah Mark me boyo, dinnae fash yerself , laddie...
sure'n now, yer a'knowing i'm lurking about...
not much to say, and still in the Quandry i spoke about in the "Far Beyond Driven" article...
but i digress...
/game on
Excelsior?
55 - Martin Lav
Mark,
A rebuttal is in the eye of the beholder.
The author wrote in his piece, if you read it, that anyone that's not white, christian and heterosexual should be worried about being unemployed. Mr. Ruvy thought his comments were simply hyperbole, I think it's bigotry.
You on the other hand think that this country is full of selfish, egotistical.....pro athletes!
Since you yourself have shown prejudice towards King James and his bible along with all the current thumpers, then I would say you are in the same class that you cast all others in, but leave me out.
PEACE
56 - pleasexcusetheinterruption12
I think you phrased it well Mark, what the author says is mostly true with a fair does of hyperbole. The comments I cited rant and rave a little, but there are some good underlying points. Since their author's are too busy raving to make them concise I will reiterate them:
Redtard #5:
Why did political correctness become a joke? Because of lunatics who take your position.
The only group who is discriminated against by the US government are white, Asian, and Jewish males, end of story.
I think this expresses a common complaint. The hate we see today may be partially caused by a backlash against PC word police types. People resent being corrected for using improper word choice and percieved word policing creates more problems than it fixes. People also resent affirmative action in colleges when the moral basis for it is so far removed from present times. It is aggravating for many to think they got rejected from their college of choice because they were white or asian. This again, creates resentment.
Dave #6
As far as I can tell to this author it's as if the real world of political correctness gone wild doesn't exist
Dave is probably in a majority of whites who hold no deep seated hatred of other races, but feel political correctness has gone wild. True or not, it's a legitimate complaint esp. if it leads to hatred in otherwise compassionate people.
Lady D # 9:
As far as I can tell to this author it's as if the real world of political correctness gone wild doesn't exist
Rothstein's assertion that the bus driving incident was all about rascism seems to be on shaky ground. Redtard also made this complaint.
PC is now an excuse to guilt-trip white folks, most of whom bear no ill will or racist attitudes toward men and women of color as a group. It's an excuse to deny qualified students admission to colleges because the schools haven't met their "race quota" yet. It enables frivolous lawsuits and encourages a victim mindset.
PC IS a joke. it's just a rat's nest of fear, suspicion, personal irresponsibility, and entitlement
Couldnt have said it better myself. Although personally, I think affirmative action is a good thing that is still necessary. But Lady D brilliantly expresses how it can inspire resentment of African Americans by people who "bear no ill will or racist attitudes toward men and women of color as a group."
Martin #11:
That's fact, right or wrong. However, what happens is that if any of the groups, step up and claim bigotry, prejudice or unfair treatment because of the makeup of their group, the rest of the groups get pissed.
The resentment factor again. Martin also seems to feel that different races will never get along so we should just try and take it easy and not be insulted by other's misunderstanding of our race.
And finally me, "As far as I know, I hold no rational hatred of any particular group. And yet I frequently find myself making slip of the tongue remarks about gays, christians, etc. I would hate to think my failures at being PC make me a bigot."
So I think the main objection is that the author seems to be harping on political correctness, when most of us find political correctness is running rampant. Several others find the author's complaints about institutionalized rascism hard to swallow when there is still affirmative action - the opposite of rascism against minorities.
57 - Richard Rothstein
After some thought, based on a number of the comments left here, I decided it was worth responding at greater length to the "Jewish" remarks.
Some Jewish fundamentalists have conveniently forgotten that the state of Israel was founded by Zionism, a movement that was dominated by Socialists and Atheists, struggling for a safe haven for 19th Century and early 20th Century European Jews in a world dominated by dangerous Christian-driven monarchies and autocratic governments that even after 2,000 years had not accepted people descended from the ancient Israelites and Judeans as full citizens. They were not religous individuals and one could even argue that most Zionists used Biblical history in a somewhat cynical way to acheive their goals for a "Jewish" homeland.
It is also critical to remember that Palestine was divided by the British between Jews and Arabs long before the Holocaust was even a twinkle in Hitler's eye. The Jewish side became Israel and the Arab side became Jordan.
Am I an anti-Israeli Jew? Certainly not. But I do wonder how many European Jews would have abandoned their traditional ancestral homelands throughout Europe if the Allies had returned their homes, savings and investments that had been illegally "transferred" to European Christians during the Reich.
In fact, many Jewish-Europeans have through today, 2006, continued to battle for the return of their real estate, bank accounts, art collections and gold--and with some success.
I thoroughly reject the Holocaust--driven notion that as a Jew I live in "exile." This is no more or less valid than claining that descendents of the Puritans, Hugeunots and Irish farmers live in exile.
Do I feel the romantic tug of the ancient ruins and sites of my legacy? Absolutely, but no more and no less than a Christian is drawn to Bethlehem, an Italian-American to the Roman Forum or an African-American to the ruins of the great Ghana Empire, Wagadou. But at the end of the day, I'm a proud and patriotic American, fifth generation on my paternal side. And the America I love is not some parcel of ancestral land defined by superstitions, graveyards, tears of sorrow, bigotry and violence, it's a principle and an ideal and I will fight for it until the day I die.
And for those of you lost in the wildnerness of religious superstituion, bigotry, racism and ignorance (yes, Pat Robertson and Ann Coulter, I do mean you) I say that as an American I have a constituion that protects me from your abominable behavior and it's time we all dusted it off, rolled it up and used it to bash those who would take away our rights, our compassion, our vision and our imagination.
And to the Jewish fundamentalist in Israel who called me a complacent cow, send me an email and I'll give you Fred Phelps' phone number...he's always on the prowl for kindred spirits.
58 - Martin Lav
Excellent recap Mr. PETI.
I would concur that we are just far too sensitive. Differences exist, making fun of them or exagerating them is fun also. I mean Jewish, Black, Hispanic, Chinese comedians are all hilarious when they can make fun of their own stereotypes and often do. Look at that show Will and Grace.....same thing. Some of the best movies ever, use this approach and I think it does more to make people comfortable than to pretend it doesn't exist. I mean some people that say things in the heat of the moment like Howard Cosell did (little monkey) or Colin Powell (Chinaman) I don't think these things are indicative of racism. How about when Muhammad Ali accused Joe Frazier of looking like an ape. Was that racist?
....but I rant, the jest of the article was well written and should be understood.
59 - pleasexcusetheinterruption12
I like being called Mr. :)
60 - Martin Lav
Truth be told.
Rosa Parks was just tired.
The Biatch just wanted to sit her ass down in the first seat she came to, cuz there already wuz white folks sittin in the back.....
61 - Al Barger
"Politically correct" has become the evil joke and punchline because it represents "liberalism" corrupted and turned into fascism. It's one thing if you apply some social pressure to people being mean and hateful to ethnic minorities. It's gone to something else entirely when you can get fired from your job for passing blonde jokes in the email. Any reasonable person would resent this kind of nonsense hanging over their heads.
The enlightened ones who are the self-declared repositories of love and human understanding declare anything that doesn't pass their Stalinists standards to be "hate speech" and screw anyone who takes any significantly dissenting opinion.
Of course, your entire story is largely built on completely presumed and made up nonsense. Where are all these cross burnings? I say you pretty much made that up to fit you pre-chosen beliefs.
Even granting pretty much every other questionable factual claim for the sake of argument, it's the best proof of the utter lack of merit of your arguments to note what small straws you're grasping at - ONE ambiguous bus incident, and the passing dumb comment from Santorum - who almost certainly had NO idea about the one lousy goddam offhand word. If a couple of slips of the tongue like Santorum's are the worst problems that ethnic minorities have to deal with, then they're doing pretty well.
To answer the question of your headline quote: "When did the civil rights advances of the 20th Century become politically incorrect and an object of disdain?" That would be about the time that the likes of Jesse Jackson took the important advances of Rosa Parks and Malcolm X and turned them into a cheap demagogic shakedown racket, purposely fomenting ginned up racial resentments to line their own filthy pockets.
62 - Ruvy in Jerusalem
Richard,
I regret sending this to you because there may be things in this comment that will be hurtful to you. Nothing I write here is intended as a personal attack, but for that which is hurtful, I apologize now.
You reopened a topic that I tried to close.
NOW IT'S MY TURN.
Let's start with a few facts. You've posted two articles to this on-line magazine. I've posted fifty, with about 2,200 comments and counting.
I'm not saying this to compare penises. Eventually, if you decide to stick with Blog Critics, you'll have more articles and comments yourself.
But before you call me names, read my articles. You'll find that none of my ideas are holocaust-driven. It is long past the time that Jews stop worshipping victimhood, the holocaust and the minority status they were forced to endure in exile. It is also past time for Jews to stop worshipping the flag of Zionism, the IDF and Theodore Herzl. It is also past time for Jews to stop worshipping American consumer culture - a culture which brings them a false prosperity but in reality brings nothing but inequality, disunity, hatred, violence and sinfulness. It is high time they started worshipping G-d, instead. Those themes run throughout the many comments I've posted to Blog Critics.
I'm saying this to make it clear to you that the fellow who comments here under the moniker "just one man" is pissed off at me because I made aliyah, sharply criticize both Israel and the United States, and yet have not torn up the US passport that I have. He has stalked me all over the damned site with his comments that show only sinát Hinám - (needless hatred). Sample from this thread at comment #20.
"Ruvy...take your US passport and shove it up your ass...the US is the only place in the WORLD where a Jew can live and raise their family in peace...."
I answered him in kind. All you see is [comment deleted], so you do not know that. This was the work of Christopher Rose, the comments editor, who writes out of Spain.
The comments editor did not see fit to delete his personal attacks on me and gave a lame excuse fit for a polically correct regulation reading Brussels bureaucrat, but that is his problem, not mine. I told "just one man" about the difference between the peace of a cud chewing cow and the peace of a mountain lion. These comments were directed at him, not you. But these comments seem to have hit home with you. Twice you have had to tell us that you are a 5th generation American who is proud of his country and who will die for it, and that America is his home, not Israel.
Which goy do you need to impress by saying this, Mr. Rothstein? Is it "fuck the Jews," James Baker? Is it "Jesus is my favorite philosopher," George W. Bush? Is it "I hate fags!, Fred Phelps? I hate to say this, but all the Jew haters in you country hear when you or any other Jew talks is - "moo". This is true even about the damnable anti-Israel supporters of HizbAllah and the Arabs. The Jew haters hear "moo" - and laugh while they pretend to adulate "their" Jew.
What I said to you was that you had an option to come home. (Comment #19)
You answered back once, complaining that comments like mine tend to foment anti-Semitism in your country (comment #37). Are you afraid of a fight, Mr. Rothstein? I do not mean a lawsuit with some putz talking to a judge - I mean a fight - with fists, knives or guns. The kind where an M1 makes the important points, and where pistols supply the sub-paragraphs. And I do not mean a fight with me, G-d forbid. Are you afrid of a mob of goyim attacking you? Is that execrable motto, "good Jewish boys don't fight" back in vogue in the streets of New York?
I know the name Rothstein from history, Richard. Arnold Rothstein, the gangster who bought and sold judges and politicians like pork bellies. He wasn't a nice guy, but he was a man who was not afraid of a fight.
Have you forgotten everything that Rabbi Kahane taught 35 years ago about pride and honor? Or do you run from Jewish pride the way you would run from a mob of goyim attacking a yeshiva boy?
Jew haters have a much harder time with someone who writes like me because I don't give a damn what they think and am not afraid to call them on anything they say. I don't care if they like what I have to say or not, and I don't waste time reasoning with fools. And I'm never afraid to threaten them with death at my own hands if they dare show their faces where I live. All this is because I live here. Sometimes, they break a bit and show a bit of the human hiding behind the monster. Sometimes a bit of respect comes out. But they protect the sources of their hatred and refuse to view any Jew as a fellow human being. This is experience talking.
I did not call you a lazy cow, I called "just one man" a contented cow. What I'm saying to you is this.
A Jew in exile who follows the commandments has an obligation to attempt to come home to Israel, particularly if you know that there is danger for you in exile.
You claim to be proud of your Jewish heritage, but that Israel is not your home.
Bullshit!
Your Jewish heritage is the Land Covenant between the people of Israel and G-d, which gives you Israel as a home, and the Torah, both written and oral. With your own words, you've rejected that Land Covenant. Therefore damamkhá 'al roshkhá - your blood is on your own head.
This is Elul, the month of repentance. So I ask your forgiveness for having written things here that may have been hurtful. And I'll not hold what you say about me against you. But do understand that when you reject the Land Covenant with G-d, it is G-d that listens.
May the Almighty One look upon us from his Seat of Mercy, not his Seat of Judgment. May you and I and all of the People of Israel be inscribed in the Book of Life for the coming year. May the Merciful One open your heart, so that you can understand truth and not be afraid.
Shabbat Shalom,
Reuven
63 - Andy Marsh
Holy Mackeral Ruvy...I thought the catholics were bad, but this rant has them beat to hell!
64 - Ruvy in Jerusalem
Andy, try reading on a Jewish list for a while and you'll see that Catholics are mere amateurs.
65 - Andy Marsh
Well...you guys have been at it longer!
66 - Richard Rothstein
Reuven: I answer you not for you but for all the non-Jews who read this. The key difference between us is while we are both Jews by genetic and national origin, you live in a world of superstitious nonsense and I do not. You might want to explore my blog, particularly in the "bushwatch," "religion," and "gay issues" categories. You'll quickly discover that not only do I enjoy a good fight, but I have little patience for religious fools regardless of their particular brand of self-delusion (Catholic, Jewish, Muslim or Southern Baptist.)
And as for your damning of me because I don't live according to fairy tales...get on line with all the other fundamentalist morons.
If there is a God and a heaven, when you die she will likely send you back to earth as many times as it takes until you get it right. (According to my count, I blasphemed at least four times in this sentence? Please correct me if I'm wrong.)
67 - JustOneMan
Ruvy...."me thinks thou protesteth too much"
I find it kind of funny how you have to "prostelitize" in order to convince yourself that you really believe what you believe. "Oh thee of little faith!"
Keep telling yourself that you are smartest and holiest person on earth. Once again you prove that you are part of a CULT of "intolerance and arrogance".
68 - Christopher Rose
He can't help it, JOM, he's just one of many poor people who've been fooled by the god scam...
69 - Ruvy in Jerusalem
Richard,
I looked at your blog - technically, you do a better job on your blog than I do on mine, and I agree with much (but not all) that you say about the Middle East - and I'm leaving it there.
You said more about yourself in the last two sentences of your comment #66 than you realize.
I'm out of here.
70 - Christopher Rose
That reminds me, why have you removed the url of your blog, Ruvy?
71 - Maurice
As a black/hillbilly/conservative/athiest I find this article very VERY offensive.
Black Americans do NOT need white people to tell us how to feel or what to think or fear.
I grew up poor and have made a success of myself in spite of white people trying to 'help' me.
..Father, I'd like to leave the getto now. Richard Townsend
72 - Al Barger
Maurice, you're obviously suffering from false consciousness, putting you against your true interests as a black man. Perhaps you could atone for your bad thinking by making a donation to Jesse's Rainbow Coalition.
73 - Rob
It's so easy to be a victim.There have always been people who will hate for any reason,you're black, gay, white,Christian,Jewish, Muslim,deformed, whatever.The only reasonable response is to get off your ass and not worry what other people think about you. PC isn't a joke, jokes are funny.
74 - Maurice
Thanks for the advice Al. Rather than make a donation to Jesse and the RC I would put in a plug for a true leader. Walter E Williams.
Sorry for the bare link - I know Nalle will fix it.
[Actually, I fixed it. There is a very simple explanation of how to do it for yourself on htmltutorial.com. Comments Editor]
75 - JustOneMan
Walter Williams is true American hero!