Well apparently some county chairmen in South Carolina made a comment in an editorial that has people all atwitter. (That word had a real meaning before Twittering, you know.) Read more about it here but basically they tried to encourage a penny-wise, pound-rich philosophy for Congress that they took from a saying about wealthy Jews.
If you look at the comment, it is at worst uninformed. Sometimes I get nervous that our over-sensitivity to racial issues has a reverse effect. Follow me here: someone makes a comment like this which seemed to have complimentary intent. Considering the positive intention and the fact that it was willingly submitted for publication, it is doubtful that the chairmen knew they were being offensive.
If we constantly condemn people for their ignorance, we are not solving any problems. Incidents like these shouldn't go unmentioned, but there is no reason to call for someone's resignation over an incident like this. It seems like overreaction in these situations will push people to stop trying and to discount the value in examining stereotypes.
The worst part of all in my book is that the only people calling for their resignation are Democrats. And I'm only 5'2" but I have had it up to here with this partisan crapola! Politicians don't even try to appear fair anymore. How stingy is that?
Penny (Pinching)
Prejudice can be reinforced based on its handling.
Every now and then people just require understanding.
Not every statement
Needs to be analyzed to death.
You can sometimes gain perspective by stopping to take a breath.
1 comment:
He made an offensive stereotypical comment. Toasting his ass is fine with me. He is an elected or at least appointed public political figure.
Just because he is ignorant does not give him license to be offensive.
We should all relax like black people do since we all know that they have mastered the art of not working hard.
And we should should endeavour not to have any business dealings with the Arab world since we all know that they are so very shrewed business men and are not particularly inhibited by the truth when they do business.
I of course mean all these comments as compliments. These comments are meant to show how these different groups of people have such superior traits in those areas. Anonymous Father.
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