Goliath wrote:
Like I already explained to you, it's not the sins of "a few", because it came forth from a mindset shared by 99% of the people. Why do you keep ignoring that factual piece of history? Because you want to downplay white people's oppression of ethnic minorities.
No, because it is NOT a fact, it's a racist generalization. Easy one. Next?
Goliath wrote:Maybe I'm not shifting focus, maybe you have a hard time coming up with coherent posts and you find it difficult to stay focused when I expand the issues we're talking about. You see, that's what people do in a debate, but if you can't keep track, I'll try to take small steps...
No, again, you constantly shift focus, as well as constantly trying to say I'm wrong about things I never said in the first place. Very weak debating. If I were you, I'd ease up on pointing out debating skills (and incorrect "facts", for that matter).
Goliath wrote:
slave2moonlight wrote:
Again, you contradict yourself. You said a while ago that it wasn't about who suffered more
It isn't about that. It's what you keep bringing up, so I'll have to reply to it, even though I have stated I don't think it's important enough to have a fight over. But, if you keep bringing it up, I will continue to reply. Laughing at that makes you look silly, not me.
See, this is the problem you keep having. You say something is important, than you say it's not. Then it is again, then it's not again. Whatever works best for your racist view. Now you're accusing ME of bringing up examples I only brought up to show the flaws in your statements. Bottom line, you don't want anyone contradicting your flawed views.
Goliath wrote:
slave2moonlight wrote:(even though I was never arguing that whites suffered "more", just that they have had some experience with suffering too, as you repeatedly and incorrectly stated that being white meant being privileged).
In general and compared to minorities: yes, it does mean that. That there are many exceptions to the rule doesn't change the rule.
There you go again. You still haven't looked up the definition of "privileged", and you still don't realize that there are MORE poor, suffering white people than there are white fat-cats, and there always have been.
Goliath wrote:
First of all: how is that flip-flopping? Second: flip-flopping is a petty term that shouldn't be used in any serious debate. Last: I'm not ignoring anything, since I obviously adressed those issues, but you are unable or (more likely) unwilling to grab the concept of the greater story I'm talking about.
Flip-flopping is a petty term that shouldn't be used in a serious debate? Where the heck did you get that? If you're flip-flopping, you're flip flopping. It's not a petty term. You have repeatedly contradicted yourself. That's flip-flopping. And I grasp your concept alright, it's just ridiculous and racist, and it shows a wealth of ignorance on the subject, so I'm sorry but I can't get behind it.
Goliath wrote:
The majority of the people thought it was okay to hold black people as slaves and, later, to uphold segregation. They did so because they were taught that way, at school and in church and by their leaders. Because they were told white people were supreme to black people. And if you don't acknowledge that, you indeed do NOT know the first thing about history and you should educate yourself before making another reply.
The majority of the people? The majority of the people weren't even involved in slavery. The majority were poor people who couldn't dream of owning livestock, let alone slaves. The fat-cats owned the slaves and ran the government and made the laws, as they always have, and they were never the majority. And segregation had its main support in specific areas of the country, which does not mean it had majority support. If the majority of people supported segregation, we would still have segregation. Now, I'm not saying there wasn't racism within the minds of the majority of white people (and I never have), but that is something you'll find common with every race, and again, it would be utter b.s. to single out white people as being more racist than other races. However, folks having racist feelings (bad as that is) does not automatically equal a desire to torment or enslave a race, nor does it make them evil, even in comparison to the other race in question. You seem to suggest that is the case. Like, somehow, it's fair to be racist towards white people because of white laws that once existed allowing minorities to be treated unfairly. My whole argument is that history does NOT justify racism, and holding anything against an entire race IS racism. Though, I'm sure you'll never understand that, so if the discussion ends here, good riddance.
Goliath wrote: As you can see, I edited the post very soon after I originally posted it, and before you even answered.
No, it wasn't before I replied. It was before I replied to you, but I replied to two people in succession before refreshing the board, so the edit was made AFTER I read the post. Not that it matters, as the edit was a statement you have contradicted enough times.