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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a leftist and I have mixed feelings about hate crime legislation, in part because of the issue that OP raised - can this be applied fairly and consistently? I'm definitely opposed to hate speech regulations of the type seen on some college campuses because they can be too easily abused depending on who is deciding what "hate" speech is. I don't know how we should address what are called hate crimes though.

That said, I find OP to be a whiner.  So tired of these posts by white people feeling sorry for themselves.  Guys, we white people (especially those of us with high SES) have enormous advantages.  Any time I walk into a room I know I have instant acceptance because I'm white - regardless of the race of the people in the room.  Such a waste of time to spend it complaining over what is basically an anomaly. We white people don't have to worry about being displaced by other groups.

That's unfortunate - it should be different - [b]but it's a fact so stop feeling sorry for yourself, OP.[/b][/quote]

Wow. How incredibly closed minded of you to accuse me of being whiny and feeling sorry for myself because I created a dialogue about whether there is a hypocrisy in the way we look at this law. There is such over-sensitivity [b]among people like you to never acknowledge that racism from minorities does occur or that it can be publicly acknowledged. [/b]I lived next to the head of the New Black Panthers for a year and saw first hand how racism exists on all sides. I'm not crying about it though. I'm just asking an honest question if there is a double standard. [/quote]
Oh talk about close-minded! You just said people like me never acknowledge racism from minorities exists.  Uh, reread my post, OP.  Where does it say that some people who are minorities don't act in a racist manner? Of course they do.  I just don't think it matters in most (but definitely not all) cases.  I can only remember one time in my life where I was worried about being discriminated against for being white by someone who had the power to affect my life.  Oh yeah there were a few times when people called me "white bitch" - poor crazy people who had absolutely [i]no power[/i] over me whatsoever.

And yeah, I'm sure your neighbor was a complete asshole just like you are intimating but that doesn't make you NOT a whiner.  I still walk through society being welcomed everywhere or at the least getting the benefit of the doubt while your former neighbor (asshole or not) doesn't.  And so do you, OP - assuming you're white.  I do agree that individuals shouldn't act like assholes even if they're the victims of prejudice and discrimination (and I get tired of a few white liberals who make excuses for it).  But then I don't expect that other black people or white liberals should make it up to me and sooth my hurt feelings because of the bad behavior of a few people.  They're not ambassadors from a foreign government, for god's sakes!

You call it dialogue - It may be dialogue but your part of the dialogue sounds a lot like whining.[/quote]

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