This just in: According to Christians, every other Christian (who doesn't believe exactly as they believe) is a racist.
That's right; every Christian just declared that every other Christian has the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.
Of course I pasted the definition of racism from an online dictionary for use in the above sentence.
Over the last few months the word "racist" has been thrown around with great regularity by those who purport that there is a god in heaven.
Reverend Jeremiah Wright: Racist... according to everyone on the right.
Father Michael Pfleger: Racist... according to Geraldine Ferraro.
Former Vice Presidential Candidate Geraldine Ferraro: Racist... according to Barack Obama supporters.
Barack Obama's Grandmother: Racist... according to Barack Obama.
Anyone who criticizes Barack Obama for his association with Reverend Wright: Racist... according to DNC Chairman Howard Dean.
So it doesn't matter which side of the political aisle you belong - you are a racist. And here you thought you didn't judge people based on the color of their skin. You should be ashamed!
Perhaps you've sensed a little sarcasm in my words. Maybe I think none of these people are racists, even if we don't share the same view on the notion of a higher power.
"I think African-American's vote for Barack Obama partially because he is half African-American." That statement, made by more than a few people of all races, makes the statement maker a racist, if the statement maker is white.
That's strange – it doesn't seem to me that a statement such as the one written above means the person who made the statement "has the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race."
Even if it is horribly incorrect, assuming the motivation for someone else voting for Barack Obama is race related does not make the assumer a racist, unless the assumer added, "Why else would anyone vote for an African-American, they lack the brainpower to hold such a position of authority."
If an unqualified minority with a horrible attitude came in for a job interview, and got the job over a more qualified and professional Caucasian candidate, would you not think maybe the decision to hire the minority was based on race? If you answered yes then you are a racist.
By that standard, if an unqualified Caucasian man with a horrible attitude came in for a job interview, and got the job over a more qualified and professional minority candidate, and you pointed to the person doing the hiring and cried racism; you would be a racist?
But wait, wouldn't you be hailed as a hero if you assumed the white man hired the white candidate over the more qualified minority candidate only because he was white, even if the white man doing the hiring had never told you he "has the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race."
So if you call out a minority for voting for a particular candidate simply because the candidate is of the same ethnicity of the voter then you are a racist. But if you call out a Caucasian boss for hiring a job candidate simply because he or she is of the same ethnicity of the person doing the hiring then you are a hero... Why doesn't this make sense?
I suppose it started years ago when it was declared that people who have been oppressed could begin changing the definition of words. As shameful as the sins of our country were, and continue to be in some cases, those who have been wronged should not be allowed to decide who is racist because we permit them to define the word as they see fit.
But now that they starting doing it; everyone has decided to join in. And because of that you have multiple instances of non-racist words and deeds being labeled as racist when they don't even approach the definition of racism...
If a man gets brutally beaten up by a group of thugs, does that mean he is now the one who decides the definition of brutal violence?
"You brutally beat me!"
"No I didn't – I was looking at my watch and accidentally brushed against you."
"I have been oppressed by a brutal beating, so now it is I who defines 'brutal beating,' and you are guilty of the crime."
Hey, as an atheist it would sometimes be nice to cry out "Anti-Atheist" anytime anyone questioned, criticized or didn't go along with everything I said, but instead of disseminating unsubstantiated accusations I choose to process what was said against me and rebut the argument with reasonable dialogue.
You Christians should really give that a try.
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