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From: Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 11 June 2004 12:44
Subject: Re: a city upon a hill
Robin,
I said I was stopping, and I meant it, but I didn't expect this
>Oh for *god's* sake, Lawrence, for all the insults you can throw against
>Richard, "racism" is honest to god a joke.
What is this? I know my child / lover / friend and they'd never do anything
like that. Is that it?
Sure you check. Sue you doubt. But it's there. He said it. Everything from
towelheads upwards... or are these things *he said at the moment and
therefore don't count. Can we all do this? Tell people what they want to
hear, or don't want to hear, and then say That was just something I said at
the moment.?
If he doesn't even mean what he's doubly culpable and those who let him
continue, because there's no hope of an exchange of views if he's just
posing
Racial abuse is bad enough, but I am concerned at racism itself, claims of
racist superiority. I don't have it here but the previous occasion when
people did say well done for calling him on it, and in other posts over the
months and years, there was a clear thread of USAmerican superiority - we
can do what we want because we are American. It's a thread in some
USAmerican thought, fortunately not with the USAmericans I choose to spend
my time, and it is very strong in Richard. & the endorsement of violence and
oppression
>You're confusing Extreme Right Wing GOP conservatism with the KKK.
No, I'm not. I would be very surprised if he were anything near KKK
>Democracy? Love? Terror?
> ... define your terms.
Terror. That's what I feel. When I let it get to me. But in the face of your
complacency, I shall look at the sea
>Me, I'm an alcoholic
well, you have my sympathy. there but for the fortune
L
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