True to His Mormon Teaching Racist Rancher Confirms (link)

[_The Mighty Builder]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nev ... rks-n89206

Anyone expecting rancher Cliven Bundy to apologize at a news briefing Thursday for widely condemned remarks — that black people were “happier” during the slavery era than now — would be disappointed.

Wearing his signature cowboy hat, Bundy, who led an armed confrontation with federal rangers over a land dispute and was then hailed as a patriot by Fox News’ Sean Hannity and other conservatives, repeated in Bunkerville, Nevada, what he had said earlier — he was “just wondering” if blacks were better off under slavery.

Kinda like the burning in the bosom of a true testimony

[_bcspace]

I'm curious to know if he actually equated skin color to some sort of intrinsic inferiority which would fit the definition of racism.

[_palerobber]

I'm curious to know if he actually equated skin color to some sort of inborn inferiority which would fit the definition of racism.

"I want to tell you one more thing I know about the [Mormon]. [...] They abort their young children [in Nauvoo], they put their young men in jail [in the Utah Penitentiary], because they never learned how to [contain their lustful appetites]. And I’ve often wondered, are they better off [exterminated in Missouri], or are they better off [trapped in a cult in Utah]? They didn’t get no more freedom. They got less freedom."

[_bcspace]

I'm curious to know if he actually equated skin color to some sort of inborn inferiority which would fit the definition of racism.

"I want to tell you one more thing I know about the [Mormon]. [...] They abort their young children [in Nauvoo], they put their young men in jail [in the Utah Penitentiary], because they never learned how to [contain their lustful appetites]. And I’ve often wondered, are they better off [exterminated in Missouri], or are they better off [trapped in a cult in Utah]? They didn’t get no more freedom. They got less freedom."

So.......?

[_moksha]

I'm curious to know if he actually equated skin color to some sort of intrinsic inferiority which would fit the definition of racism.

Excellent point. Maybe conservative hero Cliven Bundy was simply stating that darker loin cloths would be better off being made of hand picked cotton, rather than being harvested by government subsidies. Nothing racist about that.

[_bcspace]

I'm curious to know if he actually equated skin color to some sort of intrinsic inferiority which would fit the definition of racism.

Excellent point. Maybe conservative hero Cliven Bundy was simply stating that darker loin cloths would be better off being made of hand picked cotton, rather than being harvested by government subsidies. Nothing racist about that.

Bundy did say:

1. That blacks were once slaves.
2. That they (implicitly) are major welfare recipients.
3. That slavery is better than welfare.

Whether or not you agree as to the truth of any of these points, none of them seem to meet the definition of racism.

[_keithb]

Bundy did say:

1. That blacks were once slaves.
2. That they (implicitly) are major welfare recipients.
3. That slavery is better than welfare.

Whether or not you agree as to the truth of any of these points, none of them seem to meet the definition of racism.

Duuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr