tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437688200491675121.post1896399667593067458..comments2024-03-28T15:06:38.062-07:00Comments on Up Close, with Peter Sage: Race: now you see it, now you don't.Up Close: Road to the White Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590477200706751934noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437688200491675121.post-22147318909530575032018-07-03T12:46:02.443-07:002018-07-03T12:46:02.443-07:00Democrats are the party of racists.
Ashland is the...Democrats are the party of racists.<br />Ashland is the most racist city in the Rogue Valley.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437688200491675121.post-26801036814787110392018-07-01T16:29:16.692-07:002018-07-01T16:29:16.692-07:00In my opinion, liberals have so overused the word ...In my opinion, liberals have so overused the word "racism" as an all-purpose epithet that it has lost all of its meaning and most of its power. I'm here to post two articles which I highly recommend.<br /><br />One of them is by liberal columnist Thomas Edsall. It makes the point that in the current climate, accusing conservatives of "racism" mainly serves to piss them off. I know that's how I feel when they try it with me. Here's a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/opinion/trump-immigration-democrats-response.html" rel="nofollow">link</a> to Edsall's article.<br /><br />The other article is from 2016 by a prolific and incredibly intelligent blogger named Scott Alexander. His argument was that liberals miss the point (and are politically ineffective) by calling Trump a "racist," when he is actually something entirely different.<br /><br />Alexander briefly took the article down because it was being shared by too many people that he thought were actually racist. But now it's back, with a prominent heading that says, "Go away, pro-Trump bots."<br /><br />Here's a <a href="http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/11/16/you-are-still-crying-wolf/" rel="nofollow">link</a> to Alexander's article.<br /><br />I highly recommend both articles. I think the combination of the two of them might serve to advance the conversation beyond the usual exchange, which often goes something like this:<br /><br />"You're a racist."<br /><br />"Fuck you."Michael Trigoboffhttp://spot.pcc.edu/~mtrigobonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437688200491675121.post-80494453282440559342018-07-01T16:17:10.203-07:002018-07-01T16:17:10.203-07:00I say keep pointing out you belong with the racist...I say keep pointing out you belong with the racist crowd. Even if you are not racist. David Duke of the Klue Kluk Clan had a celebration parade in South Carolina after Trump was elected.<br />I remember conservatives calling me "liberal" as if it is a dirty word.<br />Keep them uncomfortable in spite of their protestations.Dave Sagenoreply@blogger.com