[lbo-talk] Misusing "Racism", was Re: Bush down to 33%; public loves posturingxenophobiccongress

[Nathan Newman]

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-It comes back to not wanting to label our societies structure as racist.
-Nathan doesn't want to do that unless he's backed into a corner.
-He'd rather deny the individual racism of an individual and leave it at 
that.

Yes, if you don't defend the poor oppressed emirs of the UAE on their right 
to own coastal real estate, you don't believe in racism.  Oh bullshit.

Institutional racism is systematically detaining Arab-Americans int he wake 
of 911 and jailing them.  Institutional racism is not talking about the body 
count of Iraqi civilians killed.

Institutional racism is many things.  I just don't buy it's attacking rich 
plutocrats in Dubai who rape their own foreign employees for kicks.

This whole response to the ports controversy is political correctness in the 
worst sense of it-- idiotic liberals defending those who deserve no defense 
because they worry the language used might be interpreted as racist.

-- Nathan Newman