Indy,

Its dem darn "Concrete Jungle Bunnies" Indy, that are the racists! You said I was both!

mhaze,

I don't believe it's as simple as 50% plus 1 that determines if a country is racists or not. Laws and the acceptance of racially discriminatory laws goes a long way towards racism. The racial laws in your home state of Alabama in the 1960's, and their general acceptance by the overwhelming majority of white people made that part of America racists then, and with many examples still so today. Now you have migrated to Australia and brought your corn grits and hog jowls along with your racial attitudes here, does not necessarily make Australia a racists country. Agree?

". Now you have migrated to Australia and brought your corn grits and hog jowls along with your racial attitudes "

You're a fool.

The thinking goes like this. Paul thinks he's not racist (although it seems he's very racist against certain USians) and therefore anyone who doesn't agree 100% with his balmy views must be racist. Indicative of a small unimaginative mind.

Paul1405 finds racism where there isn't any. He also accuses people who simply advocate for harmony as being racist. The rest of the time he's busy stealing oxygen !

Why do some people get the personal life of a poster mixed up
with their posts on this forum.

A person's posts are
not a mirror of what's going on with
any poster behind closed doors. The posts do not
necessarily reflect the diversity of any poster.

The Australian newspaper tell us that:

" ABC boss David Anderson says Laura Tingle will keep
her job despite the hurt her controversial remarks
caused. "Laura Tingle certainly has my continued backing
to continue the good work that she does on the ABC."

"ABC Managing Director David Anderson said at a Senate
estimates hearing on Thursday."

It's rather strange that here on this forum those who
condemn Laura Tingle support former US President
Donald Trump, a convicted felon whose long history of
racism is well known and documented.

Go figure.

Look at our instinctive behaviour.
We are all racist and warlike.
Even in conversation, people 'punch' each other.
This is done mostly by exaggeration.
The use of unnecessary and undue emphasis.
And football games are outright aggression.
There is little that is sporting about them.

Remember always that birds of a feather flock together.
We naturally select those like us, and reject others.
That is the truth.
Reason makes us aware we must modify this behavior.
We must control these instincts, and direct them in to more profitable areas.
That is how we manage to live our lives without too much friction.
But we must be fully aware of what we are doing.
We must accept our racism before we can re-direct it.