Ok, first, can you stop with the stupid hyperlinks? you can do a google search. Wow. Can you teach me?
Secondly, did you even read my reply? Here's what I said: Before I comment, let me make it clear that I don't believe being any particular race is something to be "proud" of...
So, no Shawn, I've never said "I'm proud to be white" because that's a stupid thing to say. And "I'm proud to be black" is just as stupid for the exact same reason - Your race/color/religion is not something you earn or achieve.
As far as the BEING POOR comment is concerned, like I said, I'm happy to be of help to someone who tries hard at life, but is a legitimately unable to pull themself out of poverty, but I'm sick of footing the bill for all the welfare cases out there (regardless of race) who wallow in their mediocrity and don't see a problem with milking off the hard-working taxpayers for a living.
See, the main problem with a lot of the African American organizations, events and whatnot that are in place is that they send the wrong message. That message is "'The man' is holding you down. It's no use trying to make something better of yourself because 'The Man' will always be there with a safety net to catch you before you fall flat on your face". Admittedly, white guilt is a large part of this problem.
If you or I lost everything we owned and were suddenly out on our white male asses do you think there'd be anybody around who'd want to hear us whine and cry? No sir. We know we are responsible for picking ourselves up off the ground and fighting to get what we want out of life. Maybe if other people didn't have that "safety net" called big government to depend on, they'd stop whining and crying about being repressed and be motivated to try and make something out of their life. Millions of people of all ethnicities and colors do it every day.
Shawn, I like you man, but since when were you such a fucking lib??
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Re: Uh...
Date: 2007-08-17 03:25 am (UTC)Have you ever said "I'm proud to be white"?
Or googled white pride or white pride march?
Ok, first, can you stop with the stupid hyperlinks? you can do a google search. Wow. Can you teach me?
Secondly, did you even read my reply? Here's what I said:
Before I comment, let me make it clear that I don't believe being any particular race is something to be "proud" of...
So, no Shawn, I've never said "I'm proud to be white" because that's a stupid thing to say. And "I'm proud to be black" is just as stupid for the exact same reason - Your race/color/religion is not something you earn or achieve.
As far as the BEING POOR comment is concerned, like I said, I'm happy to be of help to someone who tries hard at life, but is a legitimately unable to pull themself out of poverty, but I'm sick of footing the bill for all the welfare cases out there (regardless of race) who wallow in their mediocrity and don't see a problem with milking off the hard-working taxpayers for a living.
See, the main problem with a lot of the African American organizations, events and whatnot that are in place is that they send the wrong message. That message is "'The man' is holding you down. It's no use trying to make something better of yourself because 'The Man' will always be there with a safety net to catch you before you fall flat on your face". Admittedly, white guilt is a large part of this problem.
If you or I lost everything we owned and were suddenly out on our white male asses do you think there'd be anybody around who'd want to hear us whine and cry? No sir. We know we are responsible for picking ourselves up off the ground and fighting to get what we want out of life. Maybe if other people didn't have that "safety net" called big government to depend on, they'd stop whining and crying about being repressed and be motivated to try and make something out of their life. Millions of people of all ethnicities and colors do it every day.
Shawn, I like you man, but since when were you such a fucking lib??