There's a reason that bad people flourish in society and that is because the "good" people do nothing or are just cowards to organize and defend. If all good people got together and organized and took a firm stand against the bad people, the bad people would scurry away like cockroaches after turning on the light.

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke

In other words, the "good" people are partially at fault.

It was as stupid an analogy/argument then as it is now.


People are individuals and should be judged on their individual merits and character. That was probably racist. Forgive me.

"People are individuals and should be judged on their individual merits and character..."

Rattlesnakes, too.

Rattlesnakes are a homogenous group, with little to no variation outside of their individual species (timber, diamondback, etc). They act on instinct, and in nearly every cases, injuries sustained from one are due to the human's ignorance and foolishness. People are not held to standards of behavior and character by genetic predisposition based on what they look like. There is a term for believing that behavior is linked to race in people though. Do you remember what it is called?

you would seek out the 1000 who want to help you and risk being murdered by the other 9000?

I don't go through life assuming I'm in danger at all times because someone, somewhere, in some group may not like me. When approached by people unlike me, I judge them based on their words at first, and confirm those judgements based on their actions. I don't write off entire races of people because I've been wronged by some of their number before. I imagine it would take a pretty small person to do that.

one of the best

Some people's bigots. Some ain't.

But it's the system that's racist.

I would have felt the same if he had been purple. Over the years, my respect for this man has multiplied over a thousand times.

I am a Caucasian white woman who spent her early years being raised in Tennessee. I believe many people of all colors regard this man as a national treasure. Much of that is because of his boxing achievements, but there is also the integrity of the man, the dignity and the willingness just to say and do what he feels is right, for example, refusing to allow himself to be drafted to fight in the Vietnam war, the cost of which was putting his boxing career on hold.

Sam

Thank you for sharing!