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2 total messages Started by Fabrikant Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:49
Shameful celebration
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Author: Fabrikant
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:49
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Many in the U.S. are celebrating election of first black president.
Let us look at it more attentively. Imagine that you discovered that
the new president has color of eyes so unique that no other president
before him had the same color of eyes and you decide to celebrate this
as a remarkable national achievement. Everybody would say that you are
complete idiot because the color of eyes doesn't matter. Now, replace
color of eyes by the color of skin. The mere fact that you are
celebrating with serious faces means effectively an admission that
color of skin still matters and you are nothing but a bunch of bigots,
who claim to have overcome their bigotry.

Now, let us look at whether you really have overcome your bigotry.
Almost half of electorates voted against Obama, and this is in the
situation where country is two losing wars, with bankrupt and broken
economy, and all this was done by Republican administration. Obama in
this situation should have won by 99% majority, not 52%.

Here is yet another example for you: recently France has elected a Jew
whose parents immigrated from Hungary. It seems to be the first Jewish
president and I do not recall anybody celebrating this, and I believe
this is the right attitude. Why should anyone care of what his
religion is? Do you think USA would ever elect a Jewish president?

Fabrikant
Re: Shameful celebration
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Author: Diogenes
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:04
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Maybe it's because France isn't anti-semitic, while the U.S., at least
the right wing, has been definitely racist.
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