I've really tried to stay out of this one, but I just had to address this post, so here goes...
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Originally Posted by super66
"Scary thought for me, why should I have to find a common ground? common ground is assimilation. Hitler was looking for common ground too, he really was. I guess the debate and its a big one is who defines common ground?"
That whole statement was a joke. "Hitler was looking for common ground"?? Really? So he invited people of all nationalities to join him in his country of Arian purity, as long as they agreed to be the same? Really? You know the common ground discussed here is everyone living by the same rules (laws), and not claiming special status. You just insulted Jews everywhere.
"So that's the catch there, who makes the rules?? I was born here, but I'm not ready to let the little culture I do have left fade to insignificance....besides if we join the common ground then what? Can women play at Augusta? Did they ever clear up allowing African-Americans into Augusta? Lesbians can't get in last I heard? Will they still hide behind private club status? I mean will the common ground solve all this? Many view the assimilation argument as avoidance..."
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No one is asking you to give up your "culture". In fact, you are quite free to engage in your culture here in the US... many people died to ensure you of that right... a vast majority of them white, btw. But being of a different culture does not give you special rights, or allow you to live here under different rules. You are just as free as the next guy.
And about the Augusta National?
You have the
right to form a private club to allow only people of
your particular culture to join and participate. That's another one of those rights that a lot of people fought and died for. Guess what... it extend to the Augusta National too.
It seems funny to me that many people don't mind having the rights that are extended to all, but don't want whites to share in, and use, those same rights. Why is that?
FWIW MNJim, I have to agree with pretty much everything you wrote. It was better expressed than my meager writing skills allow.
I'm outta this thread.