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OT: Political Poll - Racist or Not Racist?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bill V" data-source="post: 886356" data-attributes="member: 54538"><p>TJR, here's a question for you, similar to your question about lifeguards being advised about blacks swimming:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>"In April, the Department of Homeland Security set off a firestorm of protest when it acknowledged it had produced a report titled: "Right-Wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment," which warned that right-wing groups could be spurred to violence by the election of the nation's first African-American president. Republicans were quick to take issue."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Note--Someone e-mailed that to me a while ago; I copied-and-pasted from that e-mail. But I don't know the source of the e-mail, or it's validity. For the sake of this discussion, let's hypothetically assume it to be true.)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Now--Was it acceptable for DHS to put together that report?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I posit that many of the Republicans and other conservatives who took issue with that report, are the same ones who say that it's perfectly acceptable for police, airport security, etc., to profile people and increase or decrease surveillance based on those profiles. Basically, they're A-OK with profiling, so long as they're not the subject of the profiles. Similarly, they're A-OK with images like the medicine man one here, but not when the shoe is on the other foot.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bill V, post: 886356, member: 54538"] TJR, here's a question for you, similar to your question about lifeguards being advised about blacks swimming: "In April, the Department of Homeland Security set off a firestorm of protest when it acknowledged it had produced a report titled: "Right-Wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment," which warned that right-wing groups could be spurred to violence by the election of the nation's first African-American president. Republicans were quick to take issue." (Note--Someone e-mailed that to me a while ago; I copied-and-pasted from that e-mail. But I don't know the source of the e-mail, or it's validity. For the sake of this discussion, let's hypothetically assume it to be true.) Now--Was it acceptable for DHS to put together that report? I posit that many of the Republicans and other conservatives who took issue with that report, are the same ones who say that it's perfectly acceptable for police, airport security, etc., to profile people and increase or decrease surveillance based on those profiles. Basically, they're A-OK with profiling, so long as they're not the subject of the profiles. Similarly, they're A-OK with images like the medicine man one here, but not when the shoe is on the other foot. Thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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