tstew... let me first say that I admire the care that you take to word your posts. This medium of online forums is weak in it's ability to convey true intent when a post is made and it takes time and effort to compensate for that weakness.
You take great care in wording your posts and I am appreciative of that. I would consider it an honor one day to meet you and your family face to face.
I understand what you are saying and after I had made the post in question I went back and removed that portion leaving only the last sentence. But... by the time I had done so someone had replied to it and it was there forever now. The reason I had removed that portion is for the very reason that you state.
I felt that my post was too assumptive as to the healing being spoken of... and yet... once it was quoted in it's entirety I put the information back in.
I hear, understand and receive what you have stated.
D4T, I really appreciate that. I would love to be able to meet you and so many others on here. And I do agree that many times an online forum is a difficult place to gauge people, their personalities, and their true beliefs. I try to be careful as to how I present and how I interpret others...although at times I may not do so well .
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Either the United States will destroy ignorance, or ignorance will destroy the United States. – W.E.B. DuBois
I remember reading about an experiment were a school somewhere in Texas brought in children of Israel and Palestine descent for special schooling. The children were not allowed to spend time with their families for a year.
There was a little awkwardness and resentment at first, but soon the children got to know each other and became more comfortable. By the end of the year, the children were all close friends.
The children all hugged each other when it was time to go back to their families.
In just a few weeks, the feelings and attitudes of their families caused the children to go back to were they were before.
It's the older generations that are causing the racial problems. They have first or second hand knowledge and memories of bad situations that were racially motivated.
These people will have to die off before a new generation of kids arises without racial biases that have crippled us all for years. Time will heal, if we are allowed to give it a chance.
I still believe it is being taught...not just observed. The Arian kids who were like 12 singing about racial purity (in the paper last year I think), as an example. What do they know about anything Nazi without it being taught?
Its going to take sincere honesty and self examination about how we really feel. Until that happens, we will continue with one side saying nothing is wrong, and another side saying everything is wrong, and all the passivist sitting in the middle.
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Not long ago I was in a person's home and saw a plaque on the wall with a Confederate symbol and the words "h.. no, I'll never forget." Here in the SW Ohio, SE Indiana, and northern KY we still see confederate flag decor.
This is true, but their numbers have greatly dwindled. It's the moms and dads that keep instilling this craziness into their children.
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This is true, but their numbers have greatly dwindled. It's the moms and dads that keep instilling this craziness into their children.
Not only has their number dwindled, but much more importantly their power (the ability to directly affect my life and the lives of my family) has dramatically dwindled. At the end of the day that is all I really care about. I honestly could care less what somebody I'll never meet thinks of me because of my color. I've always said it takes a whole lot more energy to hate someone you'll never meet than to be hated by someone you'll never meet. I think they're just sad and pathetic people who don't really have a lot going on.
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There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Chuck Norris lives in Houston.
Either the United States will destroy ignorance, or ignorance will destroy the United States. – W.E.B. DuBois
I still believe it is being taught...not just observed. The Arian kids who were like 12 singing about racial purity (in the paper last year I think), as an example. What do they know about anything Nazi without it being taught?
Its going to take sincere honesty and self examination about how we really feel. Until that happens, we will continue with one side saying nothing is wrong, and another side saying everything is wrong, and all the passivist sitting in the middle.
I think it starts with making any race baiting activities or commentary illegal in our public schools. They've been pretty successful getting religion out of our schools, so why can't they be just as successful with race-baiting?
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Not only has their number dwindled, but much more importantly their power (the ability to directly affect my life and the lives of my family) has dramatically dwindled. At the end of the day that is all I really care about. I honestly could care less what somebody I'll never meet thinks of me because of my color. I've always said it takes a whole lot more energy to hate someone you'll never meet than to be hated by someone you'll never meet. I think they're just sad and pathetic people who don't really have a lot going on.
You, my friend, should be touted as a role model for our future generations.
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Originally Posted by Sam
Not long ago I was in a person's home and saw a plaque on the wall with a Confederate symbol and the words "h.. no, I'll never forget." Here in the SW Ohio, SE Indiana, and northern KY we still see confederate flag decor.
Sam, you sure do favor my former pastor. (the picture)
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