I have to post that I fully disagree with a majority of what former President Carter and many other liberals are claiming right now that the uproar over healthcare is racially based. Am I nieve to think that there is not a fringe of the group that only hates our President because he is black. Of course I do... and most of you would agree that there is a portion that can not see past his color. With that said, I do not agree that this is the main stream of these people.
Where I disagree with a lot of what the conservatives are doing right now, and do not feel that they deal with all facts, only half truths, and much enuendo. I do not think that it has anything to do with the color of President Obama's skin. People like Rush, Sean, Glenn, Bill, etc are disagreeing with the policy of the president. They firmly believe that what he is about is wrong. (again whether I agree or not is not what this post is about) Memo to Liberals.... If you stop making it the case then you give them less and less to talk about!!!
We as a coutry need to move past the color of each others skin. No person should ever utter the word cracker, nigger, chink, spic, etc.... It is defamatory IN ANY CONTEXT. And please do not believe for one minute that I am not talking directly to myself in this post as well. It starts with me and goes to you. If we stop and never utter another word like this it will carry on to the next person. If we walk away or tell someone to stop when they tell jokes that are defamatory, they will get the message. If people like Jackson, and Sharpton would stop running out when something happens to a minority and start to preaching about how it happened because of the color of skin. not always, sometime people are just plain stupid!!!
I make this pledge today that I will never utter another defamatory word about minority group, tell an off color joke about race, or participate in conversations that go down that path. If I walk away from you or tell you to stop, understand that I still like you but will not listen to another word of that conversation. I do not want to be included on forwarded email, or anything else that talks about a persons skin color. IT DOES NOT MATTER TO ME!!!! Join me if you want to end the conversation regarding race and get down to the real meat and potatoes.
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Jake,
ReplyDeleteI understand what you are saying. I think there is a bigger issue. We can stop using words that are "defamatory" but new ones will arise. These words come up because people disagree with a group of people and their behavior which leads to terms that others then find "defamatory". I believe we need to start by growing a thicker skin and not letting these things create such an uproar in our society and lives. Without a response words can not hurt us. With that I believe we all need to talk personal responsibility for what we do and say and respect each other as much as possible. There will never be total respect, but in this day and age I feel as though we have no respect for each other.