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So, is Romney a racist then?

DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
edited January 2008 in A Moving Train
I'd just like to know.

If having a newsletter with your name on, and quotes that you claim you did not write OR condone are in gets you the "racist" slogan, even if your ENTIRE record goes against that charge,

what does it mean if you are and WERE a member of the Mormon Church at a time when blacks were not allowed to be priests on the grounds that the "negro" was some how spiritualy inferior.

Again, i don't think he is.
He said on Russerts MTP that he wept the day they allowed blacks to enter the priesthood.

Is this not apples to apples?

So, is Romney a racist?
He was ACTUALY connected withsomething that had racist views. He joined, KNOWING this.
Yet Ron Paul claims he did NOT know, but IS a racist.

Discuss.

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  • Indian SummerIndian Summer Posts: 2,296
    we're all a little racist.
    "It's all happening"
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Indian Summer wrote:
    we're all a little racist.
    no.
    i have black friends.
    :rolleyes:
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • Indian SummerIndian Summer Posts: 2,296
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    no.
    i have black friends.
    :rolleyes:


    LMAO!
    "It's all happening"
  • godpt3godpt3 Posts: 1,020
    It doesn't matter if Romney's racist. He's a mormon. That's reason enough to not vote for him.
    "If all those sweet, young things were laid end to end, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised."
    —Dorothy Parker

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  • barakabaraka Posts: 1,268
    Well, then you might as well lump all Christian in that group. How about the white race in general........

    Here's the thing about Paul's newsletter..............when I first heard about it, I was under the impression that it was one entry, written by a ghost writter. Even though I disagree with Paul on a lot of issues (except the war, he was great on that issue last night, btw), I have heard him speak and do not feel he was or is a racist. I accepted the 'ghost writer' explaination. But, now there are more and more excerpts from his newsletter coming out and this newsletter spans, what 20 years? If I accept that a ghost writter did indeed write all of this, it was still under Paul's name and it went unnoticed for all these years? It is incompetence at best. And why did Paul refuse to release all his newsletters once this was out? I don't think he should get a pass and be free of the suspicions and criticism. Any other politician (or almost any public figure) would be subjected to the same thing.
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Indian Summer wrote:
    we're all a little racist.
    I think we all a bit of racial/ethnic preconception.
    but it's not racism.
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    is having a newsletter published in your name that (rightly or wrongly) you claim to have had no oversight over make you any more or less "racist" then someone who KNOWINGLY joins a church that has (had) very real racist views?
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • Indian SummerIndian Summer Posts: 2,296
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    is having a newsletter published in your name that (rightly or wrongly) you claim to have had no oversight over make you any more or less "racist" then someone who KNOWINGLY joins a church that has (had) very real racist views?

    Well the United States has a history of slavery. So all americans are racists right?
    "It's all happening"
  • barakabaraka Posts: 1,268
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    is having a newsletter published in your name that (rightly or wrongly) you claim to have had no oversight over make you any more or less "racist" then someone who KNOWINGLY joins a church that has (had) very real racist views?

    My argument is NOT that he is racist, but incompetent. These things were published under his name, like he wrote them. Not to an organization, religion, or country he belongs to. And it wasn't one item, but many, spanning several years.
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    I'd rather be a racist then follow the Mormon ideology. At least one is based on actual reality. If you want to talk tinfoil hat I think the story of Mormonism is close to the apex of advanced shiny metallic hattery.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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