If they close threads just because of that there would be very few threads. Anything can hurt people's feelings and make them mad.

There are thing's you don't talk about religion,race,politics etc.
Especially on a forum there are so many different people It takes one wrong thing to be said for it to be a huge thing.
This post should have never been made.

John Stewart made fun of it on The Daily Show. It was pretty funny.

There are so many distortions in our popular view of history as to make the true history unrecognizable. This is true for all of history, not just that of our country. The War Between The States is particularly misunderstood. For those that believe Lincoln was "The Great Emancipator", here's a quote..."My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause."
-- August 22, 1862 - Letter to Horace Greeley...... It's interesting also that women were the last group in this country to have the right to vote. As far as President Obama goes, I wish him nothing but success. This country simply cannot afford a failed administration.

The rules said not to talk about religion or politics and I didnt there for I followed the rules. And I'm sorry but it was a big thing when this man said what he said. I'm sorry you dont feel the same but just because you dont feel the same dosent mean this post never should have been made!

If it wasent a speech that he probably rehersed and read over a lot I could see where your coming from because I too say things with out thinking and it has gotten me in a lot of trouble before but I really think he thought about it.

It should be about Character and not color.

At first I thought it could be construed the wrong way. After watching it again on a repeat show, I feel he meant no harm by what he said. He was an older man and has probably witnessed in his time plenty of racism. He was speaking of what made sense to him then. Its more of a generation gap really, not racial...jmo

Actually i didn't give my Opinion on the topic.

Also i was talking about Things you dont discuss in Life I never mentioned Yorkietalks rules.

If u look for s**t u will always find it !

Lenora, I see where you're coming from, but in my opinion talking about it in hushed tones isn't going to make the problem go away. Obviously racism is still a serious issue in our society, and that is just unacceptable. Unless the problem is called out and spoken of, it will never change and it will never advance.

I don't necessarily believe that the Reverand was inteding to make a racist comment or make certain races feel inferior or like a victim. I believe that his comments were of good intentions and he made a point, but I believe the same point could have been made in a different way.

Why is it that
 

No one discusses that he is bi-racial. He is half white, but that is never talked about. I am already tired of all of it. I just want a strong leader, I dont care what color he/she is. But, I also don;t want it shoved down my throat what a disadvantage he has had......think about it.....

Women face discrimination every day, and no one seems to care. Would we have had the same celebration if a Woman would have been elected.????

Let him just be a man period, and NOT a "black man".


Sorry I will shut up.

well had he not said it and talked about it then I wouldnt have, its kind of a chain reaction. I was upset by what he said I was trying to figure out if anyone else heard it and it upset them to or if it was just me and everyone ignored it because I do not think its something that should just be ignored.

Well I certainly wasent looking for it! Sorry you think I was.