Do Racists and warmongers deserve to live in the same country with decent human beings?

[Anonymous]

I ask because, judging by the voting, it seems like about half of the US population is comprised of both racists and warmongers, and I'm sick of having to live in the same country with these people. I want them all to go elsewhere, to form their own country, and to leave the rest of us the hell alone. They can live in their shitty red states and complain and whine about immigrants all they want - nobody will want to visit much less, live with them.

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The U. S. used to be a decent country, and substantial parts of it now continue to contain decent people. Unfortunately, we have a large segment of our population that is anything but decent, and, of course, a mentally ill criminal as a leader who is one of the most indecent people on the planet. It makes it very hard to live with these people.

[Danzigdawson]

They've always been America's problem since thr end of the civil war.

• They were the ones who formed the KKK
• The ones who segregated the south for decades
• They were those who gathered in crowds of hundreds of people to lynch Black people and then pose for the camera beside their lifeless bodies, sporting a huge grin.
• They were those who thought America should be more like nazi germany instead of fighting it during WW2.
• Those who resisted de-segregation, heckled and threatened young Black students going to school.
• Those who told their children to burn their Beatles records because Lennon said that they were a bigger phenomenon than Jesus Christ.
• Those who changed the NRA from a PR organization promoting outdoorsmenship into a 2nd amendment death cult.
• Those who sold the country to crooks and billionaires with a succession of dishonest, piece-of-shit republican presidents.
• Those who are responsible for the anti-government/survivalist right-wing lunacy that resulted in the Oklahoma bombing of 1995.
• Those who are currently turning the United States into a fascist state.
• And so forth...

[beefcakebradybatson]

They don't deserve to share the same PLANET as decent humans !!!

[OlderAndWiser]

Quite intolerant, aren't you? And you don't really believe in freedom of expression?

[Asker]

Extremely intolerant of your racist beliefs and your violent impulses. Hell Yes.

[OlderAndWiser]

And full of assumptions, too, since you don't know me. What you have done is prejudged me on the basis of being identified with a particular group. That is called prejudice. We have the pot calling the kettle black!

[Asker]

You are not entirely incorrect, since I actually do not know you. However, I know what the beliefs of your group are, and it is reasonable for me to think that you ascribe to those beliefs since you are a member of that group. You have also publicly endorsed the positions of that group, which are both racist and violent. Am I now supposed to believe that you are both peaceful and inclusive of other groups?

[Asker]

You are not entirely incorrect, since I actually do not know you. However, I know what the beliefs of your group are, and it is reasonable for me to think that you ascribe to those beliefs since you are a member of that group. You have also publicly endorsed the positions of that group, which are both racist and violent. Am I now supposed to believe that you are both peaceful and inclusive of other groups?

[OlderAndWiser]

I challenge you to cite one opinion I have ever expressed that it actually racist and not just racist in your mind because you want a reason to call people names.

[Asker]

I think you are far too smart to openly express those sorts of opinions. That does not in any way mitigate the fact that the people that you associate with are racists, and your approval of Donald Trump is an approval of a criminal and a racist. I maintain that since you approve of this Trump, you also share his beliefs and attitudes, or if you do not, you have thus far failed to say so. Considering his level of disapproval at the present time and in the recent past, I would think that you would want to hasten to disassociate yourself with such a person, if you could reasonably do so and not conflict with your own beliefs in the process.

[OlderAndWiser]

I have stated many times. . . MANY TIMES. . . that I approve of most of his agenda but I am not find of his personality.

Disapproval ratings are easily manipulated by the MSM, which is mostly controlled by the far left. I give no weight to such things. And - unlike you - I do not look to public opinion polls to determine what I should think,

[Asker]

I take it that means that you approve of this illegal war in Iran, which is presently being fought and is against the laws of the United States? You essentially approve of his illegal criminal activity. You approve his illegal invasion and kidnapping of the President of Venezuela and his conversion of the proceeds from the oil in Venezuela to his own personal bank account? He will approve of his inveterate lies gross distortions of reality in regard to national security? All of this is okay with you?

[OlderAndWiser]

Do you want to call my wife and tell her what a racist she married? She'll probably laugh since she is a different race than I am. Go get some hugs and free hot chocolate!

[Asker]

I don't need to call anybody to know what you are. A hug and some hot chocolate sound good.

[OlderAndWiser]

Your comments are a reflection of what you are and what you are not. Goodbye and AMF.

[Asker]

Yes, you're right. I own my comments. They are exactly a reflection of what I am and also what I am not, as you said.

[Staximus]

I have met left-wing racists and warmongers, so your whole red state thing goes out the the window

[strateguy632]

They do but you need to be tolerant.

[Asker]

Tell me a single reason why any of us should be tolerant of racists or of people who start wars.

[strateguy632]

because tolerance means tolerant of DIFFERENT than you. it is not tolerance when they think SAME or say same. being tolerant is good. being intolerant like you "need a reason to tolerate" is fascist whose characteristic is intolerant.

[strateguy632]

i add in simpler words "be tolerant of racists because everyone is equal and everyone must have dignity from you and from others".

[Asker]

Right. Tolerance means different than me. It means I don't have to tolerate racists and I don't have to tolerate warmongers in my country because I find those things abhorrent. I am not a racist and I am not a warmonger the way you apparently are, and that makes you different than me. That means I want you gone.

[Asker]

I do not need to be tolerant of evil.