(02-18-2021, 11:37 PM)WingerDinger Wrote: When you live in a society where the term "racist" has been so watered down that most people roll their eyes at being accused of racism, they lose all credibility unless undeniable proof is given..
Innocent before proven guilty..
I wouldn't have cared either way if he was hired or not.. Show me solid proof of his racism and I'll rescind my judgement..
There has always been ambivalence at towards racism, no matter how credible or proven the allegation.
There is ample historical record the Confederacy was motivated by racist belief. Their ow words, from Alexander Stevens "Cornerstone of the Confederacy" speech, to the various Declarations of Secession. They are readily available for perusal. Yet to this day, people insist they (Confederates) were not governed by racial animus at all.
Is it of any import to you that the allegations of 50 + men and an outside investigator can be immediately outweighed by the denial of the man accused of racism?
Where were the demands of "100 percent proof" in the Trayvon Martin and Ahmed Arbury cases? In both instances, suspicion, pursuit and ultimately lethal engagement of black men were explained by stating there had been prior burglaries in the area. There was absolutely ZERO proof offered that Martin or Arbury were involved in any of the prior burglaries, much less that either were involved in burglaries the day they were killed. Before you mention the videotape showing Arbery in the house, there was also video showing others who had been in the home who were not accused of burglary. In addition, the owner of the house expressly asserted nothing was stolen from his property.
But unlike Doyle, they were deprived of their ability to disprove the accusations against them. Nobody required the accusers there to provide "100 percent proof." But even more damning, the penalty they paid for being the subject of unproven accusations was death. Change the facts in both cases for a moment and assume they were accused of the burglaries, were not killed on the spot, had their days in court, and were even convicted of the things for which they were accused. Burglary is not a capital offense in either Florida or Georgia. Even if you threw in a battery charge against Martin, that would not be a capital offense. A death penalty imposed in either case would be thrown out for violating the constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Yet amazingly the vigil against unproven accusations was non existent.
So the propaganda about watered down racism charges...well....doesn't hold water.
(02-19-2021, 12:08 AM)mikesez Wrote: (02-18-2021, 11:37 PM)WingerDinger Wrote: When you live in a society where the term "racist" has been so watered down that most people roll their eyes at being accused of racism, they lose all credibility unless undeniable proof is given..
Innocent before proven guilty..
I wouldn't have cared either way if he was hired or not.. Show me solid proof of his racism and I'll rescind my judgement..
You're contradicting yourself.
If "most people roller their eyes" why does the accusation matter?
Why deny it, if people roll their eyes at the accusation?
Great point.
Worst to 1st. Curse Reversed!
