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Originally Posted by Imperator
its not about RELIGION, anothert point I have made many many times. Stop trying to cloak judgement issues behind a storefront ther by declaring it offlimits, I think thats a strwman as well.
My point stands, I don't give a crap what race he is, never did never will. There are those that do, on both sides, personally I could care less.
BUT when a platform or judgment to be made say in regarding to his feelings on affirmative action etc. that’s a policy thing, wherein race is dragged in as a definer taking the discussion into areas outside policy.
The policy or debate is for instance is it right? Black has nothing to do with it and just rins the debate intpo an emotional appeal on its merits or lack there of as applied by an emotional context. It’s the POLICY that is the qualifier.
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But it
is about religion. These criticisms of judgment are criticisms of his religious associations. What I'm suggesting is that religion-related judgments should be viewed differently from policy-related judgments, because religion is, in my opinion, an off-limits issue. I know many conservatives have an extremely difficult time accepting that opinion. They think religion is
the defining factor in
every human being. I just happen to disagree.
Regarding affirmative action, I think it's somewhat unfair to suggest that Obama's support of affirmative action can be attributed to his race. If anything, I think it's far more likely that his support of affirmative action should be attributed to his political party. There are many white people who support affirmative action.
Also, affirmative action is such a misunderstood topic. It's not a quota system. It's not meant to promote people solely based on the color of their skin. I'm not even sure if that's what you're suggesting, but if you want to know a little more about AA, here's an interesting website:
Affirmative Action History