Cannonpointer » 04 Oct 2023, 10:29 pm » wrote: ↑
There is no such critter as racism and no such thing as "perpetuating" it. There is only the human condition. Slave keeping, conquering, plundering - every people has done this, throughout time.
This makes it irrelevant to the conversation at hand - not worth mentioning. You might as well list such crimes as breathing, swimming, and using the toilet.
Every race of man has done this, as well - though the ancient Greeks did it best, and they were white. And then we lesser whites preserved and expanded on it.
I'd say we acquitted ourselves well in that regard with the native injuns.
Only because the mongols kept them behind their walls. Once that was lifted, they were happy enough to dominate their neighbors. Ax a Tibetan. Or an Indian - they border-scuffle nonstop with the chinee.
The aztec burned human hearts like incense in their stinky, bloody "holy" places.
Superior is as superior does. You won't even name the folks behind it. You're a party to it.
