Comments on: The Daily Agenda for Monday, October 29 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/29/49976 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Mon, 20 May 2013 03:06:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Marcus http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/29/49976/comment-page-1#comment-170929 Marcus Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:54:39 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=49976#comment-170929 Can someone explain the postscript? Was the editor attempting to discredit the letter writer by pointing out his racism, or was he taking the opportunity to point out the prevalence of prejudice in all its forms? Can someone explain the postscript? Was the editor attempting to discredit the letter writer by pointing out his racism, or was he taking the opportunity to point out the prevalence of prejudice in all its forms?

]]> By: Ben in Oakland http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/29/49976/comment-page-1#comment-170454 Ben in Oakland Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:13:34 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=49976#comment-170454 "This sentence shows that the writer is no more broadminded on the racial question than most people are on the subject of sexual abnormalities and perversions.-W. J. R." That little postscript shows that the powers of projecting ones own sins upon others for purposes of denigration was alive and well even then. What else were slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, and miscegenation laws about, except the inherent presumption of superiority of some people over other people? Well, slavery was of course about power and money as well, but besides that? “This sentence shows that the writer is no more broadminded on the racial question than most people are on the subject of sexual abnormalities and perversions.-W. J. R.”

That little postscript shows that the powers of projecting ones own sins upon others for purposes of denigration was alive and well even then. What else were slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, and miscegenation laws about, except the inherent presumption of superiority of some people over other people? Well, slavery was of course about power and money as well, but besides that?

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