Reply #100: I'm not the enemy here. [View All]

[Crunchy Frog]

I'm completely opposed to racism, and just because a racial belief system that is scientifically nonsensical dominated in this country for a long time, does not mean that I have to give it any credence.

I hope you're not trying to accuse me of being racist or non-progressive just because I don't buy in to the "one drop" rule.

I certainly know that there are racist whackos out there, and that many people are still disadvantaged on the basis of their skin color. I certainly don't deny that my being white has given me certain advantages in this society. I also don't deny that racist whites have irrational fears and hold onto bogus scientific theories. I just don't happen to think that progressives should be playing into those beliefs by giving them any credence at all.

It's sort of like saying that I know there a bunch of shitheads who believe in creationism, but that doesn't mean that I have to acknowledge those beliefs as having any validity.

Guess what. For thousands of years, women have been seen in many cultures as being less than human. Over the past few hundred years, people have tried to give that belief credence by coming up with various "scientific" justifications for seeing women as inferior. I see that you are male. I'd like to see you go ahead and deny that you've gotten any advantage out of being male in a male dominated society.

I think I've just about said my piece. I have no wish to start a fight with you, when I don't even know what it is about what I'm saying that seems to upset you so much. To reiterate, I'm completely opposed to racism, and I'm opposed to bogus "scientific" theories that are used to justify racism. I don't deny that some people buy into those theories, I just don't agree with giving them any credence.