Let me start right off by saying that , when it came to race in my hypothetical, I didn’t explain myself very well. My bad. In my hypothetical, all the children from CV get switched with all the children from Watts. If suddenly all the children in Watts are Asian and white and have black and Hispanic parents, the hypothetical doesn’t work. Because now everybody is wondering how all these blacks had all these Asian kids. I was going for a hypothetical where the kids had the same genes, but their appearance had to fit their families. It’s got nothing to do with race, as I said.
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Maybe you forgot about that portion, because maybe you haven’t been along long enough.
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Actually, I’ve been here longer than you, flu. Since before the system reset and we had to sign up again. Since the page background was white. Since there was paid content. I remember when you started posting. I don’t remember you being quite as whiny or as cynical then. Maybe you should take your own advice and lighten up.
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Financial stupidity isn’t a conservative versus liberal thing. Unless you want to equate financial stupidity to being liberal.
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For the issue at hand, (if we’re talking about taxes and entitlements) financial stupidity is very much a conservative versus liberal thing. Unfortunately, both of them are financially stupid in this regard.
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See, you know what your problem is? You don’t mind dishing it out to people who differ opinions or jab at things, but oh no, when someone says something that rubs you the wrong way, you need to put yourself on a high and mighty soap box and give people a lecture and you immediately attach the conservative label to anything that goes against the grain of your thinking. Pretty open minded there… Pretty entertaining…
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If you read my post again, you’ll see that I agree with neither the conservative nor the liberal platform on the issue that was being discussed. I attached the conservative label to the conservative viewpoint and the liberal label to the liberal viewpoint.
And to say that I attach the conservative label to anything that goes against my grain of thought is ludicrous. First of all, many of my own ideas (several of which I’ve expressed on this board) are ideas that agree with the conservative way of thinking. Also, I have many ideas (several of which I’ve expressed on this board) which disagree with the liberal way of thinking. I’m not a conservative or a liberal. I think for myself, and my opinions are spread across the political spectrum.
I will admit that I particularly despise the brainwashing techniques of the behemoth apparatus that is the right-wing noise machine. I’m pretty sure I would feel the same way about the left-wing noise machine if it wasn’t a rusty, beat-down tricycle with two flat tires. It kind of takes care of itself.
Soap box? Lecture? I’m offering an idea. I welcome other opinions. Especially if they don’t come with inaccurate accusations of race baiting. But again, that was probably my fault for not explaining my hypothetical very well.
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Also, pretty open minded there that you keep bringing race into this. [/quote]
I brought race into it the first time to make my hypothetical work and the second time as a joke. You see, I said “just kidding. Sort of. Maybe.” Sound familiar? You can’t have it both ways, flu. When you say, “just kidding. Sort of. Maybe.” it’s a joke. When I say it, it’s not.
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And what do you mean “It wouldn’t work with Asian kid in Watts with Hispanic parents” as you say?
Are you,again generalizing that every single asian is born into a well educated, high income/ upper middle class. And are you also suggesting that no asians are poor, no asians are lazy, and hence no asians would “fit”?
Like I said, generalize much? [/quote]
Again, my fault for not explaining that well. I hope it’s clearer now.
