Yet how do we "have a conversation" when currently only one totalitarian viewpoint--a Communist one--is tolerated by the leftists, the media, academia, professional sports, and Hollywood?
No doubt that question reveals me to be a systemic racist descending from white privilege, but let's give it a go, shall we?
I'd like to have a few conversations about the following questions:
- How did a "systemically racist country" elect Barack Obama, a black man, to two terms as president--with the same percentage of white votes received by Bill Clinton in 1992?
- Why do NFL players, who make more money on one contract than most "systemically racist" white people could dream of in their entire careers, whine and complain about "racism" and "oppression"?
- Why are the achievers of the black community throughout American history not recognized and celebrated as inspiring role models?
- Why isn't the Chinese Communist Party's brutal crackdown on Hong Kong's human rights making the news? Aside from the obvious reason of greed, how does the NBA get away with sucking up to China, citing "mutual respect" for "different views"? (Hint: see "totalitarian viewpoint" above).
- Why should I, or anyone in my family, pay "reparations" when we didn't arrive in the US from Ireland until the 20th century? Wasn't Ireland experiencing enough of its own suffering over the centuries? Shouldn't Irish descendants be screaming for "reparations" from the British government, which enforced a fierce and merciless rule over Ireland for centuries, resulting in numerous bloody rebellions and Irish executions and deaths?
- As for police officers, I'd like to have a conversation about the Paul Harvey tribute (on YouTube) that underscores the excellent work that the overwhelming majority of these heroes accomplish every day.
The above are just a few topics about which I would enjoy "having a conversation." My challenge in today's America is to find anyone who will listen.
