(05-29-2019 03:42 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(05-29-2019 03:26 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(05-29-2019 02:50 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(05-29-2019 02:29 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(05-05-2019 05:02 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  I can see how you feel this way. I have a similar feeling that the right thinks that they are the only ones who are patriotic or that support members of our military.

I would be surprised if the feelings are truly similar. My personal experience is as follows:

Among the conservatives I know:
- There are none whom I know to be racist
- There are very few whom I know to be unpatriotic
- There are none whom I know to be anti-patriotic

Among the leftists I know:
- There are a few whom I know to be racist
- There are very many whom I know to be unpatriotic
- There are more than a few whom I know to be anti-patriotic

Thus, based on my experience, the leftist tendency to accuse conservatives of racism is much MUCH more baseless than any corresponding conservative tendency to accuse leftists of lacking patriotism.

What is your experience?

That's interesting. My experience is different.

Among the conservatives I know:
- There is a disturbingly high percentage that I would consider racist

Where do you meet these people?

All walks of life including (I'm sorry to say) extended family.

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(05-29-2019 02:50 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  Among the leftists I know:
- There are a none whom I know to be racist
- There are none whom I know to be unpatriotic
- There are none I know to be anti-patriotic

I hate to say it, but I'm not sure you're being honest here. Where does one meet multiple leftists and NOT find at least one who is racist, and one or more who is (at the very least) unpatriotic? I see multiple examples of each type just among the leftists that I am Facebook friends with.

Where does one meet multiple conservatives and NOT find at least one who is racist?

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(05-29-2019 02:50 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  But in my eyes, a conservative is much more likely to be racist than a leftist is to be unpatriotic.

My personal experience (a more precise term than "my eyes") is that this statement is completely false, and the exact opposite is true. In fact, I don't think I could stress enough how overwhelmingly lopsided the difference is.

To be clear, the people I interact with are, for the most part, extraordinarily highly educated and well-read, even by the standards of most Rice alumni groups. Different types of crowds might certainly be different.

I can't stress how overwhelmingly lopsided the difference is in my experience. Certainly we run in different crowds given your occupation. Our antenna are also probably positioned a bit differently based on our own personal biases.

But, most likely, should you adhere to the progressive orthodoxy of nomenclature, everyone is 'racist' until proven otherwise. Doubly so when anyone has the temerity to not think the 'progressive double pure thoughts' on any subject whatsoever.

Have reservations about viable late term abortion? Racist.

Oppose a higher capital gains tax rate? Racist.

Proponent of less federalism? Obviously racist. F-ck, thats a whole gd 'code word'.....

Does that sound accurate to you?