Which, I imagine, explains why the response was an ad hominem attack on the author.
Piffle. Sometimes ones imagination can get the better of one, can it not, Toots.:-) It is not "ad hominem" to point out the oft repeated message of a writer, whether in this article or in articles past. His is a simplistic message attractive to some but not many -- certainly not many who think beyond what the surface of what he writes or says.
In this article he follows the standard 'anti-racist' strategy of rationalizing someone's statements or actions solely on the basis of the person's skin color. His rationalization is that the White Devel made the Pastor do whatever he is alleged to have done.
Tim and his fellow travelers in the 'anti-racist' movement sanctimoneously present themselves as being among the few that know the past, yet I suspect that there are few 'whites' who are not aware that there was chattel slavery in America and that it was a bad thing; I suspect that there are few 'whites' who are not aware that there was government-legitimized "separate but equal" and Jim Crowism in America and that it was bad; I suspect that there are few 'whites' who are not aware that there were many lynchings in America's past and that 'black' Americans were a popular target for many of them and that it was bad.
What makes the 'anti-racist' mantra even more simplistic is that it relies on a collectivist notion which is that the smallest indivisible unit making up a society is the group -- not the individual -- so it makes it very easy for followers of this fundamentally racist movement to play the lump sum guilt-by-association gambit(in this particular case -- skin color/'social construct' grouping).
What is even more incongrueous is that the flavor of the day is Obama the uniter, yet Tim's crowd does not unite anyone, they cause divisiveness based on race and generate resentment and increase anger. Thinking people recognize that this will not lead to reconciliation or an embrassing of each other as fellow Americans and human beings, so when the 'anti-racist' shows up and starts his spiel, they tend to walk away. Sometimes it is the best thing to do. Don't you agree?:-)
Yours,
Issodhos
