Does anyone here actually know an "average racist"? Im not talking about the vermin you see on tv, spouting hate and shouting ***********. I mean real racists. Believe it or not, there are alot of them and they are in all races. And many of them do have close friends in other races. For example, one of the guys who works for me (Tim) absolutely will not date women of another race, and he is black. For him, its a cultural thing. He told me, "you dont see cardinals and blue birds mating, do you? Do you see horses mating with goats?" I know white guys that feel the same. But Tim and another one of my workers (Mark) are best friends. They go fishing together. One is always at the others house. Tim's car broke down and he called Mark at 2am. Mark showed up 45 minutes later. Mark's kids call Tim, Uncle Tim. But neither believes in "mixing" of the races. In case you havent guessed, Mark is white.
14 Unexpected Responses To Hatred
In a world of so much bad news, it is important to also hear about the good.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...inst-hate_n_4571211.html?utm_hp_ref=good-news
I could not be more eloquent than Paul Kearney, who wrote these appropriately beautiful words in the comments of the hyperlinked story:
"I am truly touched by these, and hope that more of us stand up, to the extremists, who are trying to hijack our world. We see so much extreme actions, and hear hate filled rhetoric, ad nauseum, good men must do something, or freedom means nothing."
(From the story)
"7. This teen showed what happens when you respect even those who hate you.
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In June of 1996 in Ann Arbor, a fairly liberal town in southeastern Michigan, the Ku Klux Klan scheduled a rally at city hall. When locals heard the news, 300 protestors, including Keshia Thomas, then 18 years old, turned up to to counter the KKK. A mere 17 Klansmen participated in the rally, grossly outnumbered by the protestors. When one white supremacist got mixed in with the counter-demonstration, the event turned violent, with the KKK member falling to the ground getting kicked and beaten with sticks.
People shouted "Kill the Nazi," and it could have turned deadly if not for Thomas, who jumped on top of the man to protect him from the mob's blows. She very well could have saved the life of a man who was there to actively promote hate of people like her -- a man who might not have cared whether she herself lived or died."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...inst-hate_n_4571211.html?utm_hp_ref=good-news
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...inst-hate_n_4571211.html?utm_hp_ref=good-news
I could not be more eloquent than Paul Kearney, who wrote these appropriately beautiful words in the comments of the hyperlinked story:
"I am truly touched by these, and hope that more of us stand up, to the extremists, who are trying to hijack our world. We see so much extreme actions, and hear hate filled rhetoric, ad nauseum, good men must do something, or freedom means nothing."
(From the story)
"7. This teen showed what happens when you respect even those who hate you.
In June of 1996 in Ann Arbor, a fairly liberal town in southeastern Michigan, the Ku Klux Klan scheduled a rally at city hall. When locals heard the news, 300 protestors, including Keshia Thomas, then 18 years old, turned up to to counter the KKK. A mere 17 Klansmen participated in the rally, grossly outnumbered by the protestors. When one white supremacist got mixed in with the counter-demonstration, the event turned violent, with the KKK member falling to the ground getting kicked and beaten with sticks.
People shouted "Kill the Nazi," and it could have turned deadly if not for Thomas, who jumped on top of the man to protect him from the mob's blows. She very well could have saved the life of a man who was there to actively promote hate of people like her -- a man who might not have cared whether she herself lived or died."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...inst-hate_n_4571211.html?utm_hp_ref=good-news
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The 9th protects against infringement by the FEDERAL Govt. All rights not specifically given to the Feds are owned by the states and the people. You really need to learn who the Constitution is meant to protect. It was intended as a "castrating" document against the Federal Govt.
So, 32 years after your god, the Federal Govt, stuck down those laws, the last state to have it finally repealed it? Way to keep those states on their toes.
How is it different than homosexual marriage? You really need to go back and take civics class again...if you took it i the first place. Marriage laws were created to protect progeny. They were designed to formalize and legitimize inheritance. Before there were marriage laws, anyone could claim someones property. Marriage and inheritance laws made it so that only the spouse and biological offspring could inherit. Interracial couples can reproduce. Homosexuals can not reproduce. Yeah, I know the tired old retort, "But what about heterosexual couples who are sterile". Thats a load of HS. They are not the norm in heterosexual couples, making up only a small percentage of those couples. No homosexual "union" can produce a child. If one homosexual wants his/her "partner" to inherit, then put it in his/her will. Problem solved.
But what about homosexual couples who adopt? Until recently, and based on ludicrous studies, that was not a factor. Over the millenia, marriage has become, not only a legal contract, but a religious tradition. Even in the beginning, most "judges/magistrates" were priests. So, marriage has always been a religious institution. All of todays laws were based on older laws and "intent" of the law has always been a factor. The history, tradition, and intent of marriage laws has always been inheritance and that is it between men and women.
Although the majority of people do not care what consenting adults do in private, the majority also think homosexuality is abnormal. This ideology is being passed on to the next generation. I know this for a fact because all of my nieces and nephews who are old enough to understand it, think homosexuals are sick and twisted.
Yes I do know a few actual bigots or should say have know, but I do understand what your saying, its hard on a day to day bases to meet an outspoken bigot.
Still we should not kid our selves they are not there and would not come out if they had the chance. Just like the Theocrats who would like nothing more than some form of Sharia like laws for Christian they are there its just that the rest of society will not tolerate it. But if given some power they would come out without reservation.
Yes, but proponents of a Theocracy, who want Sharia like laws based on Christianity, are extremely rare. Contrary to the media and leftists, 99.9999% of Christians think people like the Westboro nuts are a bunch of psychotics.
The belief that Conservative Christians want a theocracy is a fear tactic, propaganda, spread by the left and had no basis in reality. If it were actually true, you would have seen a major push to get laws repealed. A few protestors does not a major push make. You can sleep at night now that, hopefully, you realize there are no Christian "Boogeymen" under your bed.
Comes from Harvard. As we all know, they cant be biased.
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