tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967655428052602147.post131352823965478097..comments2023-05-14T01:39:43.957-07:00Comments on The City of Angels: my mind wandersLilJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575691896195076048noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967655428052602147.post-76830470014178136982008-10-29T18:11:00.000-07:002008-10-29T18:11:00.000-07:00I've been told that it's okay to vote for Obama be...I've been told that it's okay to vote for Obama because he's black, but it's not okay to not vote for him because he's black. But if you act on the basis of someone's color, whether for good or for bad, aren't you racist? And wouldn't voting for Obama because he's black essentially be not voting for McCain because he's white?<BR/> <BR/>I'm so confused.Faceless Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12470490022885019213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967655428052602147.post-76213367198646901322008-10-29T06:33:00.000-07:002008-10-29T06:33:00.000-07:00Racism, sexism -- all other "isms" -- are interest...Racism, sexism -- all other "isms" -- are interesting things. None of us are free from them. Each one of us is "guilty" of being at least one. That's not the point. The point is whether we ACT on them and I think the majority of us as individuals can put our own "ism" aside quite effortlessly. Society at large? Now that's often quite different. Certain groups seem to have a vested interested in keeping them alive. Sad.Abominable's Main Squeezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774966759682766482noreply@blogger.com