I should point out that those sentences you quoted aren't specific to the garbage in Charlottsville that happened over the weekend. I would never defend that. My comments were intended more about the general atmosphere of the country right now. I don't have a lot of patience or tolerance for anybody that peddles division or hatred, regardless of what side. But some pretend that the division is only coming from one side.Both sides? I'm Catholic. The Klan would be happy to see me dead. I'm not interested in hearing about any moral equivalency between the two sides. By condemning "both sides," Trump was blaming the victim of that driver. Just to please his base. That is inexcusable.
Problem is they have been empowered by the presence of President Bannon.
Did you watch the footage? These were not naughty little kids. These were bitter grown men eager to beat people up, not just "break things."
Ehh, I'm not too sure the Illinois Nazis survived that fall at the end.
Klansmen and Neo Nazis do go to Church.
I do not care anymore. I'm seeing Trump supporters calling a Klan rally a "peaceful protest." I'm done. There are some people I simply don't want to be united with.
One thing I will say. An older friend of mine described what's going on right now as "1968, but without the hippies." I agree. There's plenty of dissatisfaction for Trump, but the other side (i.e. the Democrats) aren't leading the charge against him. "A Better Deal"? Do they want to lose again?
You're absolutely right. Everyone is born racist. We recently talked about this is my psychology class. And you made perfect sense.I mean, regarding the whole race issue, I honestly and truly believe that everyone is born a racist. You wanna hang with people of the same color rather than intertwine naturally.
However, as you go through life, what you do with your racism is what defines you as racist or not. You can keep it, and join hate groups and accomplish nothing for the benefit of mankind, or you can torch it and build a new bridge between the gaps where the racism once was.
Personally, this is something I used to struggle with, but as I've gotten older (I'm still young, mind you, this isn't your grandpa talking ), I've been able to consistently burn down the racism I have and instead build bridges between others despite skin color. After all, we're all human beings, right?
Jesus Christ did I even make sense.