posted by
takyon
on Saturday June 20 2015, @11:30PM
An Anonymous Coward writes:
"At some point as a country, we have to reckon with what happens. It's not enough to express sympathy. You don't see this kind of murder, on this scale, with this kind of frequency in other advanced countries on earth." - President Obama.
All men are brothers, but in the case of Africans, you take the time to point out their diversity? Are all men brothers, or not? If you choose to take the position that Africans selling Africans into slavery is understandable or forgivable, then you MUST ALSO understand and forgive white people for using blacks as slaves.
Your position is untenable. You must either accept and condone slavery, or you must condemn slavery - you can't claim that slavery is alright in one circumstance, but not alright in another.
Unless, of course, you happen to be a racist who hates whites, but loves blacks. In such a case, then anything and everything that a white person does seems wrong to you, and anything and everything that a black person does is fine with you.
Old Shakespeare had it right.
"What's in a name? That which we call a racist By any other name would smell like shit."
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday June 21 2015, @01:51AM
As I posted to AC above - hypocricy much?
All men are brothers, but in the case of Africans, you take the time to point out their diversity? Are all men brothers, or not? If you choose to take the position that Africans selling Africans into slavery is understandable or forgivable, then you MUST ALSO understand and forgive white people for using blacks as slaves.
Your position is untenable. You must either accept and condone slavery, or you must condemn slavery - you can't claim that slavery is alright in one circumstance, but not alright in another.
Unless, of course, you happen to be a racist who hates whites, but loves blacks. In such a case, then anything and everything that a white person does seems wrong to you, and anything and everything that a black person does is fine with you.
Old Shakespeare had it right.
"What's in a name? That which we call a racist
By any other name would smell like shit."