On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm sorta there with you. The difference is that I'm not sure what > group Al Sharpton is a leader of. If Al Sharpton was the recognized > leader of "Racebaiters for Christ" or something then I would say that, > yeah, that group is going to be painted (both good and bad) by the > actions and words of Al Sharpton. Maybe Al Sharpton thinks he speaks > for me, I don't know. But I can say that I'm not a member of a group > he heads. The example I gave, of the Tea Party Express and its leader > Mike Williams, is an actual group with membership that raises and > spends money for political purposes. It would be like if Al Sharpton > became President of the NAACP and politicians were taking NAACP money > and the NAACP was organizing events for them. In that case, would it > be fair to make judgements about the NAACP and the candidates they are > involved with based on the groups choice of President? I'd say that > that isn't unreasonable.
People made judgments about Americans based on the actions and words of our former leader George Bush. Is that reasonable? To me, it is not. People are likely making judgements about Americans based on the actions and words of our current leader, Barak Obama. Is that reasonable? To me, it is not. > > Cheers, > Judah > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> You had me until: >> >> "On the other hand, there is no such thing as The Tea Party. It isn't >> an organized group. However, there are a number of somewhat organized >> groups that claim to represent The Tea Party and at least one of the >> most prominent and who actively promotes itself nationwide definitely >> has a leader who makes very racist statements." >> >> We all know of a person who claims to represent a group of people - a >> much larger group of people than any 'Tea Party'. I am pretty sure he >> does not represent the values of every one who identifies themselves >> with the group this person 'represents'. Also, in the past he has made >> some comments that many (including myself) consider to be racially >> motivated or even racist. >> >> Can you guess to whom I am referring? >> >> Al Sharpton >> >> Just because there is a 'leader' of a group, it does not indicate that >> said 'leader' speaks for everyone in the group. And, regardless of who >> the 'leader' of a group is, and what their values are, it still is not >> good practice to label or stereotype people of a group based on things >> the 'leader' says and does. >> >> Imagine the uproar if we applied your 'exception' above to Al >> Sharpton. It would cause a lot of problems. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325901 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
