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Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 12 Jun 2003 05:14:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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What’s the number one cause of death for a black male in America b/w ages 18
and 34?
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Besides being completely specious, I am no racist and therefore have no time
for racist statistics.
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I take it what you meant to write and what you actually wrote are two different
things. If you are completely specious, then that means you denial of being a
racist is specious, therefore...
Teases about unintended sentence structure aside, I think “racist” is a word
tossed around too lightly at times, even if technically accurate (Terry’s
follow-up). But when you dismiss the statistics out of hand without even
hearing what they are, you are saying that you have prejudged them. You don’t
like the conclusion that can be drawn by whatever you suppose were the
statistics? Because they don’t fit your own preconceived notions? Because they
are inaccurate? Because they are are misleading (lies, damn lies, and
statistics)?
You have to understand that there are pat, practiced, prepared answers that
idealogues (left and right, up and down) have. They are the kind of stock
thinking that you make use of a lot. I try not to take the sometimes hostile
attitude that some others have to you because some how, some way, I don’t think
you are a bad person at all. You just have imposed a very narrow way of
thinking upon yourself. I keep hoping that you will expand your vision some
day.
-->Bruce<--
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