[Steve] I don't think he means that he literally can't say it. He does seem to be correct that he can't say it without being written off as a racist.
[Arlo] And if I said that only reason the republicans nominated McCain is that he's a "white man", what would I be written off as? The point is, that its just untrue, so I don't see what value there is in bemoaning how people would react to it. And, BOTH are in fact "racial" statements. Both say that the person has achieved success only because of his skin color. Now, if Platt had said them BOTH, I'd say he's a man jealous of success who can only conceive of a world where others succeed, and he does not, based on trivial qualities. So when someone says something like this, what should we think? He's a racist? He's a moron? A buffoon? A sad little man threatened by those different from himself? But I will say this. We do live in a world where there are too many idiots who would vote for or against a person for ridiculous reasons like skin color or gender. And if you think a lot of Americans are voting for Obama because he is black, I'd say there are equal numbers who will vote against him in the national election for the same reasons. Ask yourself why in our diverse world, where over half the population is female, and a large percentage is a non-white minority of some hue, that we have never had a minority or woman presidential candidate. And the only women we accept as leaders at all on that level are those that display almost ridiculous masculine qualities. This is where dialogue, enveloping BOTH political parties, should be. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
