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Racism or Stupidity

Alice188 Wrote: Aug 26, 2010 10:47 AM
Dr. Williams, Do you agree that some of Johnson's "Great Society" programs of the 1960's created the unintended consequence of encouraging more people to turn to government for their support, thereby decreasing individual responsibility and motivation to succeed in supporting themselves and their own families? If my supposition is correct, does it not stand to reason that eliminating said programs would be of great long-term benefit to those individuals and to society as a whole? Alice in Florida

A black or white person, now dead, who lived during the civil rights struggles of the 1930s, '40s or '50s, might very well be appalled and disgusted by black behavior accepted today. Yesteryear, it was the Klan or White Citizens Council who showed up at polling places to intimidate black voters. During the 2008 elections, it was the New Black Panthers who showed up at a Philadelphia polling place to intimidate white voters and tell them, "You are about to be ruled by the black man, cracker." What's worse is the U.S. Department of Justice has decided to not to prosecute....

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