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50. Yeah, and we live in a post-racial world

Reply to snowybirdie (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 23, 2021, 01:06 PM

Jul 2021

because obviously there is no monolithic white culture, and all lives matter.

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This is a hell of a paragraph [View all] Soph0571 Jul 2021 OP

Hate it when snowybirdie Jul 2021 #1

Add 'in general' after every mention of the American people EYESORE 9001 Jul 2021 #2

Still valid Roy Rolling Jul 2021 #58

That's what you came away with? Wow! I wasn't triggered by this, even though I don't rainin Jul 2021 #10

Yet we find ourselves exactly where the author says we are. paleotn Jul 2021 #11

Exactly! We've been indoctrinated thoroughly really since the Reagan administration. Texin Jul 2021 #16

It has been there even before Reagan, its just that during Nixon they discovered how ignorant most Escurumbele Jul 2021 #54

Even before Nixon. wnylib Jul 2021 #82

As my dad used to say snowybirdie Jul 2021 #38

Lots of statistical data to back up my point. paleotn Jul 2021 #40

As Mark Twain said snowybirdie Jul 2021 #43

That is because Mark Twain was not around during trump and the insurrection on January 6, 2021 Escurumbele Jul 2021 #56

You're kidding, right? paleotn Jul 2021 #62

Great post - I only wish I had the same skill. yonder Jul 2021 #44

you do -just got to be pissed off enough!!! monkeyman1 Jul 2021 #83

+1000 chia Jul 2021 #66

+1, at this point its ***CLEARLY*** MAGA Stupid who think like the OP Paragraph and not the uponit7771 Jul 2021 #48

Yeah, and we live in a post-racial world intheflow Jul 2021 #50

I don't think he was generalizing individual people - he's talking about us a nation. A collective. Rabrrrrrr Jul 2021 #52

I hate it because its true. Escurumbele Jul 2021 #53

+100 nt reACTIONary Jul 2021 #81

Superb summation, other than semi-conflation of the foundationally different systems of Celerity Jul 2021 #3

I love how people romanticize about the 18th, 19th and early 20th Centuries as if they didn't suck. TheBlackAdder Jul 2021 #29

Is that originally from David Bentley Hart's article in Commonweal? Jim__ Jul 2021 #4

Shouldn't this be posted in RELIGION GROUP? Budi Jul 2021 #6

It's not a discussion of just religioin fishwax Jul 2021 #8

Depends. The gif is from the lay Catholic site. Budi Jul 2021 #18

It would seem a bit silly to reply to an OP in GD with a post in Religion. Jim__ Jul 2021 #51

Why it belongs in Religion. Budi Jul 2021 #55

The OP paragraph doesn't mention religion at all muriel_volestrangler Jul 2021 #59

The Source is tho. The source headline conveniently omitted in the OP. Budi Jul 2021 #60

No, I don't think you understand. muriel_volestrangler Jul 2021 #61

Well since you aren't the decider here looks like it belongs ChubbyStar Jul 2021 #68

I don't claim to be the decider. My opinion is as worthy as you believe yours to be, however. Budi Jul 2021 #70

DU Forums are constrained by the restrictions listed in the appropriate "About this forum" section. Jim__ Jul 2021 #63

The OP is sourced from a Religeous site. Budi Jul 2021 #64

Cite the DU restriction that it violates. DU rules matter, not your opinion. Jim__ Jul 2021 #67

Thanks Jim ChubbyStar Jul 2021 #69

Thanks for providing the source. deurbano Jul 2021 #65

David Hart is the author of "Athiest Delusions:The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies" lapucelle Jul 2021 #75

Well, THAT'S one heck of a sales pitch. Budi Jul 2021 #5

would you please put the source NJCher Jul 2021 #7

Click "more" at the bottom to go to the source. patphil Jul 2021 #12

Here: "Three Cheers for Socialism Christian Love & Political Practice" Budi Jul 2021 #32

Hart also wrote "Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies". lapucelle Jul 2021 #78

+1 area51 Jul 2021 #9

+1000 smirkymonkey Jul 2021 #28

a lot of this came about in the last 30 years, the direct result of allowing 1500 radio stations certainot Jul 2021 #13

Every country has its problems. Elessar Zappa Jul 2021 #14

This Is Excellent FrankTC Jul 2021 #15

The opening statements here are ridiculous Sympthsical Jul 2021 #17

Gotta K & R your post. Speaking of 'indoctrination'... Budi Jul 2021 #21

It is the fact of the indoctrination while at the same time believing Bev54 Jul 2021 #24

I agree with the conceit Sympthsical Jul 2021 #25

Host a high school student from Sweden, Germany, France or Italy in your home for a year Tommymac Jul 2021 #41

I lived in Europe for a number of years Sympthsical Jul 2021 #47

I've visited our host children and stayed with their families in Europe and SA. Tommymac Jul 2021 #89

+100 ancianita Jul 2021 #49

Sounds like it was written by a republican n/t frogmarch Jul 2021 #19

Or the DSA. Budi Jul 2021 #22

Yet everyone wants to immigrate here IronLionZion Jul 2021 #20

Yet, we've been given opportunities to 'keep it left', yet fools seem set on giving that away... Budi Jul 2021 #27

It's not what I pay in taxes that's important DanieRains Jul 2021 #23

Americans don't even know what freedom is anymore Johnny2X2X Jul 2021 #26

Well said. smirkymonkey Jul 2021 #31

Excellent Post. One of zentrum Jul 2021 #30

Religion & Socialism have their own group. Budi Jul 2021 #34

Yeah, everyone's enslaved except the owners and no one has a clue what's going on bucolic_frolic Jul 2021 #33

We don't know who wrote this - but it's a lot of sweeping generalizations FakeNoose Jul 2021 #35

I don't know that we are the most thoroughly indoctrinated people on Earth, Lonestarblue Jul 2021 #36

It's true seta1950 Jul 2021 #37

succinct and disturbingly accurate bringthePaine Jul 2021 #39

Brilliant malaise Jul 2021 #42

Mood feels almost like Mark Twain's cynicism of Americans, but the writing style is much newer? NullTuples Jul 2021 #45

Three Cheers for Socialism Christian Love & Political Practice By David Bentley Hart Feb 24, 2020 Budi Jul 2021 #46

K&R Blue Owl Jul 2021 #57

And, sadly, true. Joinfortmill Jul 2021 #71

DURec leftstreet Jul 2021 #72

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2021 #73

To the criticisms, aren't we the most everything? cachukis Jul 2021 #74

MAN, it sure is! calimary Jul 2021 #76

it's by design. We're a nation founded by criminals and slave "owners" ecstatic Jul 2021 #77

"Half the truth is often a great lie." B. Franklin. Actually, Hortensis Jul 2021 #79

Who said this? trof Jul 2021 #80

Whenever I actually think about our society and it's beliefs lunatica Jul 2021 #84

Kick burrowowl Jul 2021 #85

Much of our tax dollars go right to the top. Many of the 1% have to be way in the black on tax brewens Jul 2021 #86

Bullshit. betsuni Jul 2021 #87

Lulz. NurseJackie Jul 2021 #88

As Walter said, "And that's the way it is." As intended. czarjak Jul 2021 #90