So if we enjoy that position and ignore the wrong - are you truly absolved from for your father's sins? Do you really believe that?

Originally Posted by: DakotaT 

I don't understand why everyone is taking this shit to a personal level. There are good people everywhere, but we are being controlled by evil people. The time has come for the good people to get off their collective asses and quit taking it.

On a personal note, I was raised by a lazy, cruel man (physically and mentally) - but I extracted whatever good I could from the situation and moved on. I don't abide by the honor thy father code - that's for sure. I'm not going to be shedding many tears the day he dies. For those of you that had good fathers, I'm happy for you. That must be a great way to spend life, being proud of your family. I just don't share a common ground with you.

Originally Posted by: DakotaT 

So are YOU responsible for all his actions?

Originally Posted by: wpr 

Since he molested my nieces and spent many years in prison, yeah I had a responsibility put in my lap to take care of my mother, my fragile brother's mental state, and watch over my nieces to ensure they became well adjusted adults. So yeah his sins were pretty much my responsibility.

Am I going to be judge on his sins - probably not.

Originally Posted by: DakotaT 

Ah, yes. "White male privilege" -- the gross oversimplification that is the liberal's bludgeon of first resort. Having served on an activist student senate for a couple of years, I have endured many hours of preaching on this particular gem. There was certainly a time in our nation when "white men had it made," but it's been decades since that was universally true (consider the fact that male salaries have not only stagnated, they have declined in real dollars since the 1970s), to the point where there are plenty of situations nowadays in which being a white male is a disadvantage, not an advantage.

If minorities (particularly black males) want to stop being treated like a stereotype, they should consider not acting like a stereotype. I personally will never respect anyone who acts like a gangsta wannabe, no matter what his race might be. I find whiggers and AZNs just as annoying as any black gangbanger.

I stopped feeling sorry for blacks after I found out that the year that featured the greatest level of black entrepreneurship in the United States was 1963 -- the year BEFORE the Civil Rights Act was passed and two years before the Great Society programs were implemented. Sounds to me like the black community has screwed itself. Maybe they should take a cue from the Asian community and raise themselves up by their bootstraps instead of relying on the dole.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 

There's something interesting about the past, it can NOT be changed. You can only change the FUTURE. Anyone with a bee-size brain knows this.

The fact of the matter is, there will always be some discrimination between men, women, old, young, etc ... it's just a fact of life. And it's because there's a great deal of people who LOOK for excuses as to why they are not successful. "If I was a man, I'd be making more money!". "If I was white I'd have the riches I deserve"

So many want to fight this racial discrimination card and yet are hypocrites of discrimination themselves. It's absurd, shut up and sit down. You're not a Saint. So quit your high and mighty rant of white men needing to carry any burden of whatever nonsense you speak.

If ANYONE (gay, straight, white, black, indian, hispanic, asian, etc, woman or man) struggles to find work, get a partner, get this/that, it's on THEM, not white men to alleviate any burden of what happened 50+ years ago. The fact it's being said that there is a BURDEN on white men to fix the wrong ... you just put white men ABOVE non-white folks. Hypocrite.



This country is too politically correct and too many whiny ass clowns want to find ways to scam money rather than getting their hands dirty and earning it.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool