My recent anti-racialist rants are stemming from a new vein of Twitterings I've been mining. I came across a particularly clever retort by a chap and so I checked out his feed. It looked interesting, so I followed him and he returned the favor. Over a couple of days, I noticed him responding to some "diversity" nonsense with whites-are-being-persecuted rubbish of his own. Nauseating. Looking through some of his friends, there's more of it there.
His particular racialist bent is retaliatory. It's always in response to someone else, but that just makes it retaliatory evil, it doesn't take away the fact that it's evil. The stuff that triggers him is evil as well, of course.
Trying to back up from the situation, it occurred to me that what this dingbat and Ta-Nehisi Coates have in common is that they want to wrap themselves in the mantle of others' achievements. Coates wasn't a slave in Mississippi in the 1850s and this jerk didn't write Shakespeare's plays. You can only take credit and have genuine, valid pride in what you have done, not what others' have done.
I wondered how Beethoven or the Mississippi slave would feel if someone who was relatively unaccomplished or free of worries slapped them on the back like the cheap, lazy opportunists they are and said, "Yeah, man, it's you and me all the way, right? You and me!"
It reminded me of this Monty Python sketch. Enjoy.
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-- I noticed him responding to some "diversity" nonsense with whites-are-being-persecuted rubbish of his own. Nauseating.....His particular racialist bent is retaliatory. It's always in response to someone else, but that just makes it retaliatory evil, it doesn't take away the fact that it's evil. --
You're 180 degrees wrong about all of that. I hope someone who has your respect will explain it to you, and I hope you'll listen with attention.
Explain away. I'm here every day and I'm used to having people proving my drivel wrong.
Still, I'd suggest that instead of race, there's a different way to characterize the population which fits the statistics far better and offers a simple mechanism for failure. Illegitimacy.
I've seen most of the stats: murder, assault, robbery, hate crimes and so on. I'm a big fan of Dixie and we celebrate Robert E. Lee's birthday at my house. I should be down with the white man's struggle, but I'm not. It makes no sense to me as a scientist or as a Christian.
Both my wife and I come from difficult backgrounds and we're both reasonably accomplished. If you share our interests or experiences or just are a nice person, we'll put out a spread for you that will curl your toes and serve wine and beers which will blow your mind regardless of race because race is immaterial.
I want to party with friends. I want everyone as a friend. I love Dixie and wish I could fly the Rebel flag at my house, but I can't because people have gotten obsessed with the irrelevant issue of race.
Maybe race matters and I'm open for being convinced, but I just don't see it. I don't see the statistical correlations nor the mechanisms for failure. It ticks me off that there are things that I love that I can't enjoy any more because racialists have taken over the national conversation. That ticks me off.
In any case, fire away. I'm all ears. Be prepared for argument, though. I'm pretty well read and have a decent handle on logic.
One more thing. Both my wife and I have overcome significant obstacles on our way to success. What occured to me at the time of this post and the previous one was that if you sidle up to us and suggest that we share the struggle and accomplishments because of the color of our skins, I'd throw up. Screw that, man.
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