Blog comments

The comments on this blog haven't been as fun and insightful as they are lately since Courier NAACP DEMOCRAT publisher Jim Purcell challenged William H. Seward to a fight way back in January of 2006.

Jim chickened out back then. As Barry Goldwater points out, he is still a P-Word.

This morning, former congressional candidate James Hogan has a great comment in the How is the race inquiry impacting you? post in response to a snarky anonymous poster.

Here is the very funny, yet thoughtful exchange:

Anonymous said...
Oh yawn, Art, get over yourself. If you can't see what is wrong with using the n-word, try using it to someones face. Thanx for pointing out how great you are, and how wonderfully diverse we are.
\sarcasm off

James Hogan said...
Mrs. Anonymous #2 says... "try using it to someones face"

This is a great example of a racist comment; let us review how and why.

Suppose I call Art a "fatso", ie "Hey Art! You're a fatso!" and Art, having a sense a humor, will go "Hey James! You're ugly!".

We'll both be *VERY* offended over being called these words and go cry in our respective corners and wait until the next round, or we'll make some jokes about the words used, high five each other and go about our day as normal, civilized people. In fact, in some way, we may have helped each other, ie, Art might go on a diet and I might start wearing a mask, ie, we'll stop acting like fat/ugly people.

Now, suppose Art calls the rapper who goes by the name "Ludacris" "the n-word" as you challenge Art to do. Your suspicion, and the reason you challenge Art to say "the n-word" to someone's face is because you believe that all blacks are so uncivilized that Art will be physically assaulted, if not even murdered, over the mere use of the word. There could be almost no other reason you would challenge Art to say "the n-word" to someone's face unless this is the response you expect. (Unless of course you expect Art to engage in a rap battle maybe? Care to give us a sample rap Art? HAH!)

So which is more racist, Art - a relative no-one (no offense Art) - repeating the word in a civil discussion, Jesse Jackson (a well known, prominent global figure) saying the word (about a presidential candidate) in a hateful and derogatory manner, and/or you having the belief that all black people must be so uncivilized and violent that we should expect a black person to commit some felony assault as a result of hearing the word, from Art?

Of course, it is possible that Mr. Jackson was as accurate about Mr. Obama as Art is accurate in his assessment of me being ugly. Just as I take Art's comment about me being ugly to improve my appearance, maybe Mr. Obama needs to take Mr. Jackson's criticism and improve himself as well?

In any case, I'm offended that you imply black people are violent and would harm Art and I expect you to apologize to all black people for being racist.