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bigmonkey

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10. I think a lot of people don't understand what racism actually is.

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 04:43 PM

Dec 2011

They confuse it with race awareness. Conservatives often seem to believe that being anti-racism means suppressing what they consider natural racist thoughts, like they believe in suppressing other natural aspects of human life because they are "sinful". Mind you, I'm saying they think racism is natural, I don't. Since they think that being against racism means simply suppressing its expression, they also tend to confuse any mention of race with racism, because that's how they interpret it. Similarly, if a person never mentions race, they think that person must not be racist. It's why they can't deal with confronting their own racism, because they think it's virtuous to suppress thinking about race at all, so they refuse to think about it. It's why they condemn any discussion of race.

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So, Andrew Sullivan Has Revoked His Support for Ron Paul [View all] tishaLA Dec 2011 OP

Sullivan is a bit of a self serving opportunist in my humble opinion. BootinUp Dec 2011 #1

Self-Serving Opportunist NashVegas Dec 2011 #3

In 2007 He was pedaling up Commercial st. like a mob orpupilofnature57 Dec 2011 #2

Conservatives don't know Sullivan exists - he is not on Fox News banned from Kos Dec 2011 #4

Really pathetic retraction frazzled Dec 2011 #5

R#4 & K for, SULLIVAN is such a jerk phony, pretends to have all these "intellectual" UTUSN Dec 2011 #6

Yes, Sullivan will sometimes admit his mistakes-- tblue37 Dec 2011 #7

I knew all about the newsletters when they were new. I assume, and still assume Bluenorthwest Dec 2011 #8

Sullivan has a dodgy record LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #9

I think Sullivan is part of the wonky generation whose time has passed. RainDog Dec 2011 #14

I think a lot of people don't understand what racism actually is. bigmonkey Dec 2011 #10

Comparing Jeremiah Wright with Ron Paul shows that Sully is not an it-getter. Starry Messenger Dec 2011 #11

Ron Paul will never be elected a prez RainDog Dec 2011 #12

Sully was for the war before he was against it, now he is against RP after being for him... truebrit71 Dec 2011 #13

Sully just needs to admit he ia a well-spoken idiot. That will save a lot of ink on apologies. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2011 #15