Leaving Forever...

[Drake Tungsten]

I can't take the racism of certain posters on this board and the apathy towards said racism from the rest of the board anymore. I'm leaving. You won't see me again for at least a couple of days.

Bye.

[Asher]

Shut up cracker

[Tuberski]

ACK!

[MrFun]

[DirtyMartini]

What started this whole thing anyhow?

[MrFun]

It's not worth explaining.

[Aeson]

Apathy... good for something at least!

[SlowwHand]

Shut up cracker

I'm the cracker, you dip**** mother****er!

[DinoDoc]

What started this whole thing anyhow?

Fun called someone a ****** (I'd censor the word but there really is no point) and Drake took exception.

[SlowwHand]

It's kind of funny. Two flaming liberals having hissy fits. At least we thought Mr Fun was liberal. Evidenly he's a closet radical conservative. I mean, way radical. David Duke in drag.

[Riesstiu IV]

I always had mr. fun pegged as a racist what with his love of Lincoln and all...

“I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races—that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this, that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I, as much as any other man, am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.” - Abraham Lincoln, 1858

[SlowwHand]

Thank you very much. I've been telling his young ignorant self this for years.

[Ming]

Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out... bye...

[Dinner]

God damn it. Now who am I going to playfully call a liar?

[MrFun]

I always had mr. fun pegged as a racist what with his love of Lincoln and all...

“I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races—that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this, that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I, as much as any other man, am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.” - Abraham Lincoln, 1858

You shouldn't talk about something that you do not know anything about. Here is what Lincoln said about race in 1855:

I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor or degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes" When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].

Lincoln's viewpoint on race evolved and dramatically changed over course of his life.