re: #180 SpaceJesus

i think this whole discussion is hilarious. i can’t believe there are people here equating the kind of vile racism rooted in hate that exists on the right with well-meaning people who want to correct generations of successful state and society sponsored oppression.

From curiosity, I ask again - do you think that a successful program of state-sanctioned racial discrimination is correct as a matter of policy if the intentions of those practicing it are pure? This is very dangerous, because I daresay, had you asked one of the old-line bigots who were attempting to use state power to keep blacks down about it, he would have informed you that he was acting from very pure intentions.

Of course, his perception of his intentions is irrelevant to the injustice he was committing; one can do all manner of horrific things with a clear conscience. Intentions do not matter - actions do. If racial discrimination was wrong then, it is wrong now.

And I repeat - affirmative action works only if you believe in reincarnation. Otherwise, you punish the living to avenge the dead.