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10-24-2016 05:02 AM |
Vulgarity and incivility as we have witnessed especially in this election season are used as political weapons today both of which are infantile. Once politician became celebrated in part for their ability to insult while not insulting and to disagree agreeable. Winston Churchill comes to mind.
This word "racist" gets thrown around so easily because those desiring to claim the high ground limit its definition to a simple dichotomy .
However, one can be against affirmative action policies and not be a racist. In fact by their very nature affirmative action policies allow the government to choose to whom discrimination will apply.
there is no disagreement with equality as stated under our Constitution. But is there a constitutional right for the government to arbitrarily set quotas? Can the government arbitrarily state that because an outcome does not fit their view its automatically discrimination such as in disparate impact?
Is it racist to be against the criminal or uncivilized behavior of a so called protected class? If you openly disagree with the policies of an elected leader who is of the protected class is that racist? I think not to all of the above.
The government has moved so very far away from what the founders originally intended that citizens are not even aware of the number of freedoms that government has denied them. Ronald Reagan was right when he said the most frightening nine words are "I'm from the government and I'm here to help"
Why is it so many Americans have lost their thirst for knowledge and truth? Or have they? I often reacquaint myself with the three Articles of Freedom and the Federalist papers, etc and compare their words and intentions to today's politicians..what an eye opener
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