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#942990 - 04/16/08 02:58 PM Is Reverend Wright a racist?
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Since Ron clearly cannot answer the question, I thought I would turn the question to the entire cooler.

Is the right Reverend Wright (i love that ) a racist?

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#943002 - 04/16/08 03:05 PM Re: Is Reverend Wright a racist? straw
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How are you defining 'racist'?

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#943009 - 04/16/08 03:09 PM Re: Is Reverend Wright a racist? Hrothgar Geiger
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I think the definition is pretty easy to figure out and quite clearly established by several decades doctrone. Why don't you define it Barbie?
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#943012 - 04/16/08 03:11 PM Re: Is Reverend Wright a racist? Sound Tactic
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Nah, in now way shape or form is he a racist. A racist is defined as "anyone who disagrees with a liberal."
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#943021 - 04/16/08 03:19 PM Re: Is Reverend Wright a racist? TheManofSteel
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Yes, he is a racist. And his comments make him no different than the fools in the KKK or Nazis. Hating Whites because they are white is the same as hating any race because of their race. Period!
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#943032 - 04/16/08 03:25 PM Re: Is Reverend Wright a racist? Bacon Boy
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I'm sure that BaconBoy just violated some sort of BOL rule by providing his reasoning along with his conclusion....

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#943039 - 04/16/08 03:27 PM Re: Is Reverend Wright a racist? Hrothgar Geiger
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#943073 - 04/16/08 03:44 PM Re: Is Reverend Wright a racist? Hrothgar Geiger
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Originally Posted By: AML-Barbarian
I'm sure that BaconBoy just violated some sort of BOL rule by providing his reasoning along with his conclusion....


No, he broke the rule by having reasoning that actually makes sense!
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#943095 - 04/16/08 03:52 PM Re: Is Reverend Wright a racist? redsfan
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According to Merriam-Webster: racist means
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a 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, is Reverend Wright a racist?

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#943098 - 04/16/08 03:54 PM Re: Is Reverend Wright a racist? Hrothgar Geiger
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Or, probabaly more appropriate, is Reverend Wright bigoted and hateful?
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#943178 - 04/16/08 05:13 PM Re: Is Reverend Wright a racist? TheManofSteel
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Wow, that is a pretty cherry picked definition of a racist, lets see what others think:

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rac·ism Audio Help /ˈreɪsɪzəm/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[rey-siz-uhm] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
2. a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.
3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.


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[Origin: 1865–70; < F racisme. See race2, -ism]

—Related forms
racist, noun, adjective
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n.
The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
Discrimination or prejudice based on race.

rac'ist adj. & n.

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racist

1932 as a noun, 1938 as an adjective, from race (n.2); racism is first attested 1936 (from Fr. racisme, 1935), originally in the context of Nazi theories. But they replaced earlier words, racialism (1907) and racialist (1917), both often used at first in a British or South African context.

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adjective
1. based on racial intolerance; "racist remarks"
2. discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion

noun
1. a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others
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#943181 - 04/16/08 05:14 PM Re: Is Reverend Wright a racist? Sound Tactic
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Ill go with:

3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.

So, is Wright a racist? I say.... YES!
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