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Originally posted by AlphaGam1019
Apparently, Falwell appologized for this remarks. Thankfully!

As a Christian, Falwell's apology means nothing. He is not apologetic, he meant every word, and people need to realize that pretty words are insignificant. He has been full of hatred for years. He's sexist, racist, xenophobic, homophobic, etc. Period.

But back to the topic at hand. How much compassion/anger should we be showing? What should we be doing? Curbing someone's freedom of speech? Why is what that white woman said so disturbing? Because you're not used to having racism aired that openly? She hasn't said anything that someone in (and more often out of) a white sheet hasn't said for over a century, virtually everyday. That used to be an argument presented to me: Go back to Africa, you don't belong here. It's just so absurd, if you continue to focus on this mentality, you're wasting energy.

I can empathize with what Arab-Americans are going through- not sympathize, empathize. But it won't change anything. We have had racial profiling since this country's inception, I don't see that changing.