A letter to Trent Lott

[Madison]

Quote from candletrader:

Yes, their racism and sense of superiority extends beyond the domestic scene and into their Imperialistic foreign policies too, lest we forget

Have you forgotten to use your newspeak guidebook? The term "racism" does not apply when conduct is in furtherance of foreign policy -- the correct phrase is then "preservation of the American way of life."

 

[Madison]

Quote from aphexcoil:

I'm not suggesting that slavery is good, but ...

would you be calling for Lott's resignation if he said this?

 

[aphexcoil]

Quote from Madison:



would you be calling for Lott's resignation if he said this?

You could chop 8 consecutive words out of anyone's speech or writing and make them look like something they are not. Poor terminology on my part.

Also keep in mind that I'm not a senator, so since I don't represent this country in the same way that he does, I can be a little more spontaneous in my writing.

 

[Madison]

Quote from aphexcoil:



You could chop 8 consecutive words out of anyone's speech or writing and make them look like something they are not.

exactly my point

 

[max401]

Quote from aphexcoil:



This is very true. Although I don't believe it is right to hold segregate viewpoints, I definitely believe that black people can be just as guilty of racism as white people. In other words, you don't have to be white to be a racist.

Nothing pisses me off more than to read stories of African Americans suing corporations because they were involved with slavery over a hundred years ago.

Many of them don't even fully understand the depth of slavery and what actually happened. Slavery has been around since the beginning of man, and it was common place in Rome through Patronage.

Also, many of the black slaves were treated very well and were considered part of the family, with many having rooms within the main house.

I'm not suggesting that slavery is good, but if someone is going to speak up about slavery and what took place, perhaps they should really research it. Not every slave was trying to get up North during that time period. Many of them enjoyed decent lives under the protection of a wealthy plantation owner while others were starving to death.

Your true colors are glowing like the neon in Vegas. The extreme minority were in the "main house," the majority lived in abject squalor. And where else would a slave owner put the house servants, a 100 yards away in a shack?

And Aphster, if for your entire life your perception was that of being tacitly and/or openly despised and reviled by whites, you'd have an attitude also. Next you'll be saying slavery was ok because it was Africans that captured neighboring tribes and sold them to the slave traders.

 

[aphexcoil]

Quote from Madison:



exactly my point

 

[max401]

This:

LOTT'S RECORD
• Supported historically black colleges
• Helped pass Africa Free Trade bill
• Worked to ensure minorities received jobs at a new Nissan plant in Mississippi
• Introduced resolution condemning the targeting of black churches by arsonists
Sources: Sen. Trent Lott's office

Tempered (or offset) by this:

LOTT'S RECORD
• Twice voted against extending the Voting Rights Act
• Voted against holiday memorializing Martin Luther King Jr.
• Voted against strengthening Fair Housing Act
Sources: Congressional Quarterly

and this:

http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/18/column.shields.opinion.lott/index.html

 

[mjw73]

I'm tired of people using the argument:
"slavery was over a hundred years ago"

NEWS FLASH:

Jim Crow laws were still in place in the 1960's.

There are still people alive today that can remember racially motivated hangings in the south.

I have sympathy for an african american that hates whites.

I laugh at a white person that hates african americans.

Prejudice is far more prevalent than racism these days.

Many of them enjoyed decent lives under the protection of a wealthy plantation owner while others were starving to death.

The above quote is moronic. Think before you talk, you spoiled, narrow minded child.

 

[swtrader]

(I have sympathy for an african american that hates whites.

I laugh at a white person that hates african americans.

)

now there's bigotry for you

 

[mjw73]

now there's bigotry for you

You must be able to comprehend the ideas of minority, majority and oppression before you'd realize why your statement makes little sense.

I'll bet black bigotry affects your life every day, huh? Messes with your freedoms and pursuit of happiness?

White bigotry must be no big deal these days... After all, slavery was over 100 years ago, and I'm not a racist...

Duh...