Re: Definition of Racism (without rent-a-riot)

From: Joe Dees (joedees@addall.com)
Date: Fri Aug 10 2001 - 15:51:11 MDT


('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is) >Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 15:31:19 -0400
> Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@datamann.com> extropians@extropy.org Re: Definition of Racism (without rent-a-riot)Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org
>
>Joe Dees wrote:
>>
>> >Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:43:03 -0400
>> > Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@datamann.com> :
>> >
>> >Your phrase about 'folks who wish reasonable restrictions' would only be
>> >consistent if you said something like: "kinda like considering all
>> >southerners who advocate segregation to be racists or all folks who wish
>> >reasonable restrictions placed on gun ownership to be commie pinkoes."
>> >
>> Actually, few people segregationists are NOT racists, but another example might apply; opposition to forced busing may be motivated be the desire for one's children to attend their neighborhood schools. And if it's authoritarian to endeavor to keep gun
>s out of the hands of children, convicted criminals and the mentally defective or deranged (restrictions I consider reasonable) while retaining firearms access for sane law-abiding adults, then it's a good authoritarianism.
>
>"a good authoritarianism"????? I think this illustrates my point
>exactly.
>
As well as people talking about 'positive discrimination"?

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