Any Duck Dynasty Debate Thoughts?

[The Poet]

Originally Posted by pnoon

Let's tread carefully, Gentlemen.

I'm trying, brother, and expressed my misgivings when I started this thread.

And to be clear, as Michael noted, when I said I believe everyone is racist, I did not say that every white American is racist, regardless of geography. I said EVERYONE, meaning just that, regardless of race, region, nationality, or religion. That troop of hominids across the stream competes with mine for food and for water, and has abducted our females in the past. They are not like us, and are our enemy, and they must be kept in their place . . . or eliminated.

How much more primal can you get?

[RevSmoke]

Originally Posted by The Poet

I'm trying, brother, and expressed my misgivings when I started this thread.

And to be clear, as Michael noted, when I said I believe everyone is racist, I did not say that every white American is racist, regardless of geography. I said EVERYONE, meaning just that, regardless of race, region, nationality, or religion. That troop of hominids across the stream competes with mine for food and for water, and has abducted our females in the past. They are not like us, and are our enemy, and they must be kept in their place . . . or eliminated.

How much more primal can you get?

Really, you believe this? Wow! I am so sorry that life has treated you so poorly that you believe all people are this way.

It is human nature to desire to be part of a community.

It has also been proven in studies that hatred/animosity/bigotry/racism (whatever you want to call it) is a learned behavior. I personally believe there is only one [1] race, the human race, and there are just simply slight genetic differences which appear outwardly to be great differences [melatonin causes change in skin color for instance]. Studies have been done by placing children who had never had interaction with others whose skin color was different, into a room together - and those children never batted an eye and simply played together.

My own sons had their early years without exposure to those whose melatonin amounts caused differences in appearance. And when we were at a hotel pool one day with a mixed bag of children, they immediately found the children to join in play who were their size and age - and the skin color affected them not at all. When asked later who they were playing with in the pool, we were given names, nothing about their physical attributes was even mentioned.

Do I know people who would be labeled bigot? You betcha! I think that if we stopped thinking of these slight genetic differences (skin color, etc...) as being different races, some of the problems that do still exist would decrease. Of course the thought that these genetic differences are different races is something that we can larger blame on early evolutionists (Darwin being one who thought & taught such).

Peace of the Lord be with you.