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Holder Calls U.S. 'Nation of Cowards' on Race Matters

Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by Dragoon68, Feb 18, 2009.

  1. BigBossman

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    The reason we have been called "cowards" is because we don't talk about racial issues. The reason we don't like talking about racial issues is because anytime something is said contrary to the beliefs of liberals, we are viewed as being racist.

    I have always heard liberals talking about "unity". What people need to realize is that they are the ones dividing people. They are the ones that put people into different groups or classifications (women, blacks, whites, hispanics, etc). Then they try to create other groups that aren't even minorities such as homosexuals or over weight people. What's next? Characterizing people based on their height? I guess dwarves will be classified a minority next.
     
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    I am in unity with you here... :thumbsup:
     
  3. targus

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    What does Holder know about me?

    Or any other person outside of his personal circle?

    I guess that the people that he is complaining about are his personal circle.

    Maybe he should talk to them (and take a look in the mirror) before lecturing me and the rest of the American people that he doesn't know.
     
  4. OldRegular

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    Holder proves himself to be a racist.
     
  5. Dragoon68

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    No kidding? I thought they were all the same!
     
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    As I noted on another thread, there have been 5 bills introduced recently on abortion and 3/5 were sponsored by Democrats. How does that fit in your world view?
     
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    He's a raciest because he says we should work harder to promote good relationships between people of all races? Come on. Who's really the raciest?
     
  8. Dragoon68

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    I think Black History Month is itself a statement of racism.

    Holder's comments about people being cowards for not discussing matters of race were made at a tribute to Black History Month.
     
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    Do you think that's what he meant?

    Why do we need to become "more fully integrated"? What's wrong with having differences?
     
  10. carpro

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    Hmmm....

    May not exactly be what you're looking for but it was Robert Kennedy that authorized the FBI to wiretap and spy on ...

    Martin Luther King
     
  11. OldRegular

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    We have a Black History Month.
    We have a Black Congressional Caucus, but limited to democrats.
    We have a Black Miss America.
    We have a Black National Anthem.

    We have a president who is half white but considers himself Black.

    So where is the racism?
     
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    We have a Black History Month.
    We have a Black Congressional Caucus, but limited to democrats.
    We have a Black Miss America.
    We have a Black National Anthem.

    We have a president who is half white but considers himself Black.

    So where is the racism?
     
  13. Joshua Rhodes

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    (Holding up the lighter...)

    (singing) Can you feel the love tonight? It is where we are...

    What... the... world needs now... is love, sweet love... no, not just for some... but for everyone!

    OR... maybe we're cowards because we need... courage!

    What makes a king out of a slave? Courage!
    What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage!
    What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk?
    What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage!
    What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage!
    What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage!
    What makes the Hottentot so hot?
    What puts the "ape" in apricot?
    What have they got that I ain't got? Courage!

    Reach out and touch somebody's hand... make this world a better place if you can... (/singing) but only if you touch somebody's hand that's different. If your friends are the same color as you, if you hang out with people of your own color, and don't mix it up, you're a coward and should be ashamed. Not hardly!
     
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    Wouldn't have been needed if blacks were detailed in the regular history books.

    Wouldn't have been needed if blacks were treated like others in Congress. There was a time they couldn't even use the same drinking fountain.

    Wouldn't have been needed if blacks were allowed dot compete in the Ms America pageant.

    It was the white man back in slavery times that made the rule that a person who is any part black is considered black. Obama or no one in this day and age made that rule, he is just living by it.

    The good news OR is I see a day in the future where none of these things will be needed. Blacks are now being included in the history books, treated like other congresspersons, can compete for Ms America and since just about everyone is mixed with something, racial labels are becoming obsolete... I guess now we just need to wait on the season...

    To everything there is a season etc...
     
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    The US is a nation of racial cowards when it comes to arabs. Case in point is the founder of the muslim Bridges network who just beheaded his wife. If someone other than an arab muslim would have murdered his wife (such as a TV evangelist, etc.), it would have been all over the national networks and all the talking heads would have droned on and on about it for a solid week. Hardly a peep over this story, though, because muslims might be offended, and especially arab muslims. Cowards.
     
  16. OldRegular

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    Strange. I read about George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington back in the 1940's. Also strange that blacks don't know about or even acknowledge these outstanding Americans.

    Could it be because they were not poverty pimps like so many black leaders today?
     
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    Lets see. The democrats controlled the House all but 4 years between 1930 and 1994 [1947, 1948; 1953, 1954]. Are you saying that the democrats kept the black congressmen from drinking at water fountains user by white congressmen. Shameless and yet the Black Caucus would not let the two Black Republican Representatives caucus with them.
     
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    So if they are not racist why continue having one?
     
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    Slavery was ended 150 years ago. It should be noted that never in recorded history have people of one race died to free people of another race unless you consider the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
     
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    I probably won't live to see it but I sincerely hope that day comes otherwise I believe this country will not survive.
     
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