...but I will anyway. Judging from some snarky comments and the political and social bent of a few prowlers around Constantine's Sidearm, it's time to clear a few things up. Again. And for the last time.
The posts here at the Sidearm can be volatile. They can be angry, amused, disgusted, appalled, shocked: fill in whatever adjective is most appropriate to a particular post. They are the thoughts and opinions of myself and Ranger Steve, and we have a First Amendment right to express them. We will continue to do so. But to address a few bullet points:
I am not a racist. While race can certainly be a factor in many of the issues we post, it is never the defining factor. I could truly care less what color a person's skin is: a good person is a good person, and an asshole is an asshole. That's a simple truth. Another simple truth is that the race card is usually played by the people for whom it is supposed to be a detriment: certain people in the black community. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are two of the worst offenders. They bring race into every issue they possibly can, whether it is relevant or not. And that does neither side any good. You can name any racial slur you want, and the sad fact is this: you will very often find a reasonable example of why that particular stereotype persists. The other side of that coin is this: it only applies to a very small portion of that community. And no community is immune. White, Black, Hispanic, Asian...we all have our crackers, niggers, spics, and chinks that are, and should be, a complete embarrassment to us all. (For the record, I find the use of the word "cracker" as applied to a white person EVERY BIT as offensive as using "nigger" to refer to a black person.)
It is truly unfortunate that there are still people of all colors that continue to see a person's skin as the defining quality of that person. That makes absolutely no sense to me. If I meet someone at a party who happens to be black, of course my initial reaction is going to be, "Here's a black guy" for the same reason his initial reaction is going to be "Here's a white guy": it's the most obvious and convenient way for us to reference each other. But when we shake hands and exchange names, he ceases to be "the black guy" and becomes "Chuck", or "Stan" or "Willie" or whatever. Then, if through the course of the evening, I find I dislike him, I tell one of my other friends "That Chuck guy is an asshole", not "That black guy is an asshole". Conversely, if we like each other, I introduce him as "Chuck", not "Chuck the black guy".
Which brings me to my ultimate point on this: racism is lazy. A person's skin color should never matter, because if we could all look past it, we'd find far more legitimate reasons to like or dislike someone.
I don't believe in the ideas of racial purity, either, or any of the other Neo-Nazi crap about race floating around these days. That's about as ignorant as it gets. Which brings me to my second point:
Constantine's Sidearm is unabashedly Pro-Israel. They have been, and still very much are, one of America's most trusted and important allies. The Hussein administration should think long and hard about alienating them further. The Islamists and other knuckleheads can think of them as the "Evil Juice" all they want: it just shows the depths of their ignorance.
Point Three: Constantine's Sidearm is fully and unabashedly Anti-Islam. Why? Because Islam is so very much anti-everything-but-islam. They do not, nor have they ever, practiced a live-and-let-live motto. They spread their "religion" only through violence. They speak through both sides of their mouths as a habit when dealing with "infidels", as we are not worthy of proper recognition in their eyes. They are the first to insult, defame, admonish, or threaten other faiths, and they are also the first to cry foul when others dare to object to islam. They do not desire peace for any longer than it takes their shattered armies to regroup, at which point they will attack again. History is full of examples to support all of these statements: look them up. Islam is the true enemy of Freedom, and as an American that offends me to my core. Thus my extreme attitude.
So there you have it. A good portion of this post was directed, as I said, at certain prowlers around the Sidearm, so if you're a regular I apologize for the semi-rant. But I felt it was time to get some things in order.
Now that I've cleared things up, I can get back to bashing the marxist twits who are trying to sell my country out to the Reds and the islamofascists.
And by the way: Merry Christmas to everyone!
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