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I'm not a fan of our 2-party system in general because it keeps us on opposite and "opposing sides."...I want to feel free to form my own conclusions about each and every issue that comes up. (Versus having "party propoganda" stuffed down my throat!)...Right now I don't really trust any politician on either side...And I don't want to turn politics into a sport. (Where we root for our team to "win!")..It's going to take a lot of "brain power" (and "level-heads") to find solutions to the problems we face in our country. And a willingness to compromise and negotiate when need be...This is how I feel anyway. And this is why I prefer to be a "free agent." I just don't want to get all caught-up in all the "mud-slinging" back and forth.
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Edited by
GreenEyes48
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Fri 08/31/12 08:54 AM
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My parents were Democrats but they didn't "sling mud" at Republicans...Basically they told me that some people voted Republican because they were in business. Or they made higher salaries and were hoping for more tax benefits etc..Back in the 50's and early 60's there weren't many "social conservatives." Fundamentalist Christians didn't seem to favor the Republican party the way they do today...I've watched things change a lot through the decades in both parties. Some Democrats like to play "nanny" today and they can definitely get carried away when it comes to playing "God" or mom or dad to their constituents. (Like Mayor Bloomberg in NYC.)...Certain rules and regulations are needed and necessary for the "public good." But there are always many different factors to consider in the "scheme of things."...I don't want to live in a "nanny state" with "big brother" (or sister) watching and regulating my every move. And I don't want to join the "Religious Right" either!..I have "differences" with both parties today.
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I think that the color of hair and eye color have more to do with prejudice.
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Speaking of prejudice; What group/party wrote the Jim Crow Laws? What Dem. Pres. said, "Now, we'll have those n****rs voting democrat for the next 200 years?" What MSM station refused to air speeches made by negro Repubs at the current convention? What was then the democratic party has now turned into the republican party. Al Gore was/is associated with high ranking members of the Klan and his Daddy tried to knock down the Civil rights act. Johnson died a democrat. Can you honestly say that you believe the republican party of that time is the same now and has the same views? |
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Speaking of prejudice; What group/party wrote the Jim Crow Laws? What Dem. Pres. said, "Now, we'll have those n****rs voting democrat for the next 200 years?" What MSM station refused to air speeches made by negro Repubs at the current convention? What was then the democratic party has now turned into the republican party. Al Gore was/is associated with high ranking members of the Klan and his Daddy tried to knock down the Civil rights act. Johnson died a democrat. Can you honestly say that you believe the republican party of that time is the same now and has the same views? what has changed with the democrats that leads you to believe they aren't still the progressive elitists that want to rid the planet of the undesirables? what is the environmental agenda? you don't think population reduction is a key plank in their agenda? who is the first to go? who in the world suffers when we raise ethanol to 15% in gasoline? who relies on corn? think about it.. |
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Speaking of prejudice; What group/party wrote the Jim Crow Laws? What Dem. Pres. said, "Now, we'll have those n****rs voting democrat for the next 200 years?" What MSM station refused to air speeches made by negro Repubs at the current convention? What was then the democratic party has now turned into the republican party. Al Gore was/is associated with high ranking members of the Klan and his Daddy tried to knock down the Civil rights act. Johnson died a democrat. Can you honestly say that you believe the republican party of that time is the same now and has the same views? what has changed with the democrats that leads you to believe they aren't still the progressive elitists that want to rid the planet of the undesirables? what is the environmental agenda? you don't think population reduction is a key plank in their agenda? who is the first to go? who in the world suffers when we raise ethanol to 15% in gasoline? who relies on corn? think about it.. So how do you think democrats are going to rid the world of "undesirables?" Who are these undesirables? |
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Speaking of prejudice; What group/party wrote the Jim Crow Laws? What Dem. Pres. said, "Now, we'll have those n****rs voting democrat for the next 200 years?" What MSM station refused to air speeches made by negro Repubs at the current convention? What was then the democratic party has now turned into the republican party. Al Gore was/is associated with high ranking members of the Klan and his Daddy tried to knock down the Civil rights act. Johnson died a democrat. Can you honestly say that you believe the republican party of that time is the same now and has the same views? what has changed with the democrats that leads you to believe they aren't still the progressive elitists that want to rid the planet of the undesirables? what is the environmental agenda? you don't think population reduction is a key plank in their agenda? who is the first to go? who in the world suffers when we raise ethanol to 15% in gasoline? who relies on corn? think about it.. So how do you think democrats are going to rid the world of "undesirables?" Who are these undesirables? good question I have been democrat since I was 18 and never got any memo about 'undesirables'......do share,,,, |
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I think that the color of hair and eye color have more to do with prejudice.  Oh, Alle! You never fail to make me spit coffee all over my screen!
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I think that the color of hair and eye color have more to do with prejudice. Oh, Alle! You never fail to make me spit coffee all over my screen! 
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Prejudice may tend to come from ignorance, but it also tends to come from fear of the unknown. And if your main social group is prejudiced, you may tend to take on that prejudice as an attempt to not be an outcast yourself, or simply from failure to question the group norm. A kind of intellectual laziness which is very common.
We are always prejudiced against those whom we perceive to threaten us in some way (which is why immigrants are usually the victims of prejudice because they're perceived as taking "our" jobs, regardless of the fact that "we" won't take those minimum-wage jobs anyway). Fear, to me, is a more powerful generator of prejudice than simple ignorance. But fear is based on ignorance. Lots of reasons for prejudice. I don't think it will disappear anytime soon. |
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Especially when you have groups and people like the Feral examples;
NOI, as listed on the FBI hate group list. Rev Wright Panthers Brown Pride Elijah Muhammad <<An alias. Nation of Islam Mosque #30 (Kansas City, Mo.) Muhammad’s Temple of Islam #22 (Pittsburgh) Nation of Islam Mosque #24 (Richmond, Va.); Nation of Islam Mosque #23 (Buffalo); New Libya and Afro-Set (Cleveland, Ohio); SDS and SSOC (Gainesville, Fla.); Nation of Islam Mosque #3 (Milwaukee); Milwaukee NAACP youth council; Cambridge Black Action Federation (Maryland); Society of Afro-American Students, Morgan State College (Baltimore); Baltimore CORE; United Afro-American Association (Newark, N.J.); LeRoi Jones; FBI concern about SCLC’s “Washington Spring Project” (1968); Seattle SNCC; Black Student Union, University of Washington; Afro-American Alliance, Washington State University; Nation of Islam in Florida; Nation of Islam Mosque #7 (New York City); Organization of Afro-American Unity; RAM; Max Stanford; Yoruba Temple (New York City); Adam Clayton Powell Jr.; Black Awareness Coordinating Committee, South Carolina State College; The Brothers (Albany, N.Y.); Nation of Islam Mosque #28 (St. Louis); US Organization; anti–Nation of Islam pamphlet prepared by FBI. I am aware some are dead and some are defunct. Here's a further list of some bigoted hate groups. http://cisupa.proquest.com/ksc_assets/catalog/101095_FBIBlackExtrOrgsPt1COINTELPRO.pdf PS Apparently, Holder, Napalitano, Barry and any others in power are only concerned about the silent white supremacist groups. |
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Edited by
msharmony
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Sun 09/02/12 09:13 AM
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Brava,
you missed one people can actually be 'prejudiced' (pre judging) because of experience for instance, a female who has grown up being used or molested by males may have an UNDERSTANDABLE 'prejudice' towards men a female, on the other hand, who has mostly read about men abusing women or heard about it, but rarely had the experience herself,, who still chooses to 'prejudge' men as without any sexual control has a less 'understandable' prejudice,, to me anyhow, although I do understand how people embrace things they hear and read about as factual a female, who has had men love and provide and take care of her, and has been mistreated by women, but then decides its Men who are scum is just an IGNORANT bigot,,,IMHO ,,,,,, it is often a shame that we have to live in a world where history (both distant and personal), and culture trains our minds to 'protect' us from and view others in certain boxes.... but it is also useful that our brains can use our experiences as a learning curve,, for instance learning 'patterns' in people and where they might often lead.... it takes a lifetime to continue battling the urge to put people in boxes without knowing them or their background personally,,,, I call myself a 'recovering racist', I personally think anyone growing up in American culture is because 'race' has such a solid and longstanding foundation in just about every aspect of our lives,,, |
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Msharmony,
The military helped make me racist and it has taken a long time to recover as you say. But that was late 60s and early 70s, methinks they are better integrated now... |
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liberalism and low iq linked to poor research, effectively referenceing this threads headline....
 http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=5118 amazing what you can get research to support... 
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Msharmony, The military helped make me racist and it has taken a long time to recover as you say. But that was late 60s and early 70s, methinks they are better integrated now... hmmm, I have information too,, but I dont want to be flagged...lol I know what you are talking about,,they have gotten better, but still have a way to go,,, 
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Edited by
oldhippie1952
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Sun 09/02/12 09:35 AM
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Especially when you have groups and people like the Feral examples; NOI, as listed on the FBI hate group list. Rev Wright Panthers Brown Pride Elijah Muhammad <<An alias. Nation of Islam Mosque #30 (Kansas City, Mo.) Muhammad’s Temple of Islam #22 (Pittsburgh) Nation of Islam Mosque #24 (Richmond, Va.); Nation of Islam Mosque #23 (Buffalo); New Libya and Afro-Set (Cleveland, Ohio); SDS and SSOC (Gainesville, Fla.); Nation of Islam Mosque #3 (Milwaukee); Milwaukee NAACP youth council; Cambridge Black Action Federation (Maryland); Society of Afro-American Students, Morgan State College (Baltimore); Baltimore CORE; United Afro-American Association (Newark, N.J.); LeRoi Jones; FBI concern about SCLC’s “Washington Spring Project” (1968); Seattle SNCC; Black Student Union, University of Washington; Afro-American Alliance, Washington State University; Nation of Islam in Florida; Nation of Islam Mosque #7 (New York City); Organization of Afro-American Unity; RAM; Max Stanford; Yoruba Temple (New York City); Adam Clayton Powell Jr.; Black Awareness Coordinating Committee, South Carolina State College; The Brothers (Albany, N.Y.); Nation of Islam Mosque #28 (St. Louis); US Organization; anti–Nation of Islam pamphlet prepared by FBI. I am aware some are dead and some are defunct. Here's a further list of some bigoted hate groups. http://cisupa.proquest.com/ksc_assets/catalog/101095_FBIBlackExtrOrgsPt1COINTELPRO.pdf PS Apparently, Holder, Napalitano, Barry and any others in power are only concerned about the silent white supremacist groups. You forgot the Westboro Baptist Church that holds protests at soldiers funerals. They are filled with hate.... EDIT: Fixed name of church |
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Especially when you have groups and people like the Feral examples; NOI, as listed on the FBI hate group list. Rev Wright Panthers Brown Pride Elijah Muhammad <<An alias. Nation of Islam Mosque #30 (Kansas City, Mo.) Muhammad’s Temple of Islam #22 (Pittsburgh) Nation of Islam Mosque #24 (Richmond, Va.); Nation of Islam Mosque #23 (Buffalo); New Libya and Afro-Set (Cleveland, Ohio); SDS and SSOC (Gainesville, Fla.); Nation of Islam Mosque #3 (Milwaukee); Milwaukee NAACP youth council; Cambridge Black Action Federation (Maryland); Society of Afro-American Students, Morgan State College (Baltimore); Baltimore CORE; United Afro-American Association (Newark, N.J.); LeRoi Jones; FBI concern about SCLC’s “Washington Spring Project” (1968); Seattle SNCC; Black Student Union, University of Washington; Afro-American Alliance, Washington State University; Nation of Islam in Florida; Nation of Islam Mosque #7 (New York City); Organization of Afro-American Unity; RAM; Max Stanford; Yoruba Temple (New York City); Adam Clayton Powell Jr.; Black Awareness Coordinating Committee, South Carolina State College; The Brothers (Albany, N.Y.); Nation of Islam Mosque #28 (St. Louis); US Organization; anti–Nation of Islam pamphlet prepared by FBI. I am aware some are dead and some are defunct. Here's a further list of some bigoted hate groups. http://cisupa.proquest.com/ksc_assets/catalog/101095_FBIBlackExtrOrgsPt1COINTELPRO.pdf PS Apparently, Holder, Napalitano, Barry and any others in power are only concerned about the silent white supremacist groups. Feral examples? |
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Msharmony, The military helped make me racist and it has taken a long time to recover as you say. But that was late 60s and early 70s, methinks they are better integrated now... If the military made you racist, how did many others get through being in the military without being racist? |
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Edited by
GreenEyes48
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Sun 09/02/12 02:20 PM
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I think we can be "introduced" to prejudice in many different ways. (And from many different groups and organizations etc.)...My parents decided to send me to an "elite" private Catholic girl's high school. (In the hope that I would receive a "top-notch" education at this "academy!")...Some of the nuns at this school (and the dean) encouraged us to view ourselves as the "cream of the crop." And far superior to girls who attended other Catholic high schools or (heaven forbid) public school...There was definitely a "snob factor" at the school that really "bugged me."...My parents were "down-home people" who didn't believe in putting on "airs." So I ran into a big culture-clash...Eventually I left the school to get away from all the "snobbery." I didn't want to get "tainted" or brainwashed...But a lot of my classmates at the school really seemed to enjoy feeling "special" and "superior."
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Edited by
msharmony
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Sun 09/02/12 02:45 PM
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Msharmony, The military helped make me racist and it has taken a long time to recover as you say. But that was late 60s and early 70s, methinks they are better integrated now... If the military made you racist, how did many others get through being in the military without being racist? they didnt, although they may have learned to fight against it so that they became 'recovering' racists,,, some racism is just much more subtle and less 'hateful' than other racism,,, |
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