Reply #26: Through The Looking Glass

[KharmaTrain]

My late father was one of the most generous, kind men I knew...he would easily be considered racist, mysognistic, hedonistic and a bunch more istics and phobics...a contradiction, but a product of his times. I see the same thing in my generation as 35 years ago terms like "fag" or "nigger" dripped from a lot of mouths. These are words that I'd never let loose with now, but to deny I've ever used them is to deny there was ever a problem and my own awareness of that. In his lifetime my father faced the same thing...but in a far more racist time. He grew up in a "separate yet equal" world where people were identified by their nationalities and the use of slang or slurs were common.

My children would hear my father spout off and we'd always talk about it afterwards....if anything it's made them more aware of the attitudes and we'd discuss why they were wrong. It appears many others have had the same learning experience.

BillO thinks he's been sandbagged. CNN just did a follow-up that shows BillO trying to get his black friends say good things about him...the "some of my best friends" defense. It's pathetic as it only unmasks this goon's racism further to those who suspect him already. Imus going groveling to Reverend Al didn't help and neither will BillO...but it's very telling that this is how both thought they could make their racism "go away".