They Come to America

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bill4long wrote:
Fri Jan 02, 2026 6:36 pm
Whiskey wrote:
Fri Jan 02, 2026 6:27 pm
Interesting choice of words. You and your radical-left ilk scream “racist” at damn near everything. That is your sentiment, correct? Seeing racism in all things. Interpreting everything through a racial lens. Reducing every disagreement to race and moral failure. So what exactly is a “[r]acist sentiment” then? Is it hating people because of race? Or is it the compulsive need to see race everywhere, to explain every action, motive, or idea as racial whether it fits or not?

Because if the latter is morally superior, you should probably say that out loud. Own it. Admit that your worldview requires racial sorting as a default setting. Don’t pretend it’s insight when it’s just fixation. Calling everything racist isn’t moral clrity. It’s intellectual laziness, or retardation. It’s prejudice with a paper halo. And it’s no less stupid just because your online buddies clap when you do it.
Nicely stated.
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Some Schmo wrote:
Fri Jan 02, 2026 6:42 pm
bill4long wrote:
Fri Jan 02, 2026 6:36 pm


Nicely stated.
QED
"QED" is common among academics when they have advanced a substantive case and believe it settles the issue under discussion. Do you believe you've done something like that in this thread?
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bill4long wrote:
Fri Jan 02, 2026 6:52 pm
"QED" is common among academics when they have advanced a substantive case and believe it settles the issue under discussion. Do you believe you've done something like that in this thread?
Not for you, obviously, but I knew that going in.

You have to be at least average to identify dumb.
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Some Schmo wrote:
Fri Jan 02, 2026 7:09 pm
bill4long wrote:
Fri Jan 02, 2026 6:52 pm
"QED" is common among academics when they have advanced a substantive case and believe it settles the issue under discussion. Do you believe you've done something like that in this thread?
Not for you, obviously, but I knew that going in.

You have to be at least average to identify dumb.
What is your demographic profile and what do you do for a living?
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bill4long wrote:
Fri Jan 02, 2026 7:15 pm
What is your demographic profile and what do you do for a living?
What does that have to do with anything?
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Some Schmo wrote:
Fri Jan 02, 2026 7:22 pm
bill4long wrote:
Fri Jan 02, 2026 7:15 pm
What is your demographic profile and what do you do for a living?
What does that have to do with anything?
I thought so.

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bill4long wrote:
Fri Jan 02, 2026 6:23 pm
canpakes wrote:
Fri Jan 02, 2026 5:22 pm
It appears that the MAGA brain trust has run aground in this one.
Curious, are you one of those types that scream "racism!" when someone has a problem with a culture?
It depends. If the thought process behind the problem appears racist, then that’s how I’d describe it. It’s not as if racism doesn’t or can’t exist.
I've disclosed personal information around here about my race, age, sexual orientation, education and career. What about you? Tell us about yourself. And Schmoe too. I'd like to better understand where you're coming from.
You’ve offered no input on the question of ‘culture’, be it white or otherwise, so I have no need of any information about you personally. Neither would you need mine to explain why you disagree with my statement.
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canpakes wrote:
Fri Jan 02, 2026 7:34 pm
It depends. If the thought process behind the problem appears racist, then that’s how I’d describe it. It’s not as if racism doesn’t or can’t exist.
"Appears" based on what criteria? Just trying to get to know you.
You’ve offered no input on the question of ‘culture’, be it white or otherwise, so I have no need of any information about you personally. Neither would you need mine to explain why you disagree with my statement.
You don't think demographics and self-interest matter with regards to the filters and prejudices in your head? Especially when you're flinging accusations of racism around? Just trying to get to know you. So far, not impressed. But my tendency is to attempt to understand what motivates people. Meh, I'm only minimally interested with you at this point. So okay then. Good luck to you.
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Whiskey wrote:
Fri Jan 02, 2026 6:27 pm
Some Schmo wrote:
Fri Jan 02, 2026 6:17 pm

Racist sentiment only makes sense when you remember the people who spew it are irredeemably damned stupid.

That's why Trump and his apologists go together like crap and stink.
Interesting choice of words. You and your radical-left ilk scream “racist” at damn near everything. That is your sentiment, correct? Seeing racism in all things. Interpreting everything through a racial lens. Reducing every disagreement to race and moral failure. So what exactly is a “[r]acist sentiment” then? Is it hating people because of race? Or is it the compulsive need to see race everywhere, to explain every action, motive, or idea as racial whether it fits or not?

Because if the latter is morally superior, you should probably say that out loud. Own it. Admit that your worldview requires racial sorting as a default setting. Don’t pretend it’s insight when it’s just fixation. Calling everything racist isn’t moral clrity. It’s intellectual laziness, or retardation. It’s prejudice with a paper halo. And it’s no less stupid just because your online buddies clap when you do it.
Maybe your definition of ‘racist’ is different from the usual version. How would you define racist, or racism?
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It is important to understand that these progressive Marxists aim to inundate America with undocumented immigrants, ultimately seeking to dismantle the system established by a group of white men in the late 1700s. They believe that if America is destroyed, whiteness will also be destroyed.
Why would you worry about ‘whiteness’ being ‘destroyed’? What does that mean and why does it matter?

Given the sweeping and broad categorization used in that statement, and the implication that ‘white culture’ can be destroyed, by ‘others’, and that such a thing would be bad, that rant sounds like a weird racist hangup if ever I heard one.
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canpakes wrote:
Fri Jan 02, 2026 7:45 pm

Given the sweeping and broad categorization used in that statement, and the implication that ‘white culture’ can be destroyed, by ‘others’, and that such a thing would be bad, that rant sounds like a weird racist hangup if ever I heard one.
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