> I'd call [slavery] a pretty important backbone, even if it was localized to mainly the south.
The localization of the issue to the South is incredibly important to consider, though. They actually seceded and became a different country for around four years because they felt slavery was that important to their economy. And, as another poster mentioned, the South (primarily agrarian) was much poorer than the North (manufacturing and agrarian) and had staggering levels of inequality compared to the North.
You say it's a "dark legacy," but what do you want to do about it? Crap all over the country for something which was last actively practiced 150 years ago? My ancestors were still poor farmers in Hungary at that point; they didn't have anything to do with slavery in the US. Slavery is awful and unjust, but don't expect me to hate others today for the injustices of the past.
> My point is that the last lynching was in 1981. That's utterly ridiculous. It only trailed off in the 1950's.
Racism is learned and taught. During the Reconstruction, the South reinvented their economy and culture, since slavery was dead and the white Southerners had to live near the newly-freed black Southerners. Unfortunately, that reinvention of culture included the significant perpetuation of racism.
It takes a long time to erase all that. Unless they're willing to sit and reason, there's nothing you can do. We can, however, raise our kids right so, with time, the racists will die off.
> Only on screen mind you, I don't expect many of them would want that imagery taught in churches!
Have you ever been to a majority-white Christian church in America? What about a majority-black Christian church in America? They all sing, pray, and listen. There's no discussion of Jesus' skin color, because that's not why they go to church. They go because they want salvation.
> riling people up about abortion then using that as a device to get people to vote your party into power
> you and your tax-excempt gravy train
> good, clean family-friendly past (lynchings or not)
Ok, it's clear you're hateful toward Christians. But are you really hateful toward all of them?
Yes, it's possible for a liberal Lutheran to exist. Do you still hate them? Would they hate you?
You lump white Christians together as some massive homogeneous blob, but you just can't do that because it's not fair. Also, do you think all sermons are just political rants? I can tell you they absolutely aren't. In fact, many people will go to church to get away from politics.
The localization of the issue to the South is incredibly important to consider, though. They actually seceded and became a different country for around four years because they felt slavery was that important to their economy. And, as another poster mentioned, the South (primarily agrarian) was much poorer than the North (manufacturing and agrarian) and had staggering levels of inequality compared to the North.
You say it's a "dark legacy," but what do you want to do about it? Crap all over the country for something which was last actively practiced 150 years ago? My ancestors were still poor farmers in Hungary at that point; they didn't have anything to do with slavery in the US. Slavery is awful and unjust, but don't expect me to hate others today for the injustices of the past.
> My point is that the last lynching was in 1981. That's utterly ridiculous. It only trailed off in the 1950's.
Racism is learned and taught. During the Reconstruction, the South reinvented their economy and culture, since slavery was dead and the white Southerners had to live near the newly-freed black Southerners. Unfortunately, that reinvention of culture included the significant perpetuation of racism.
It takes a long time to erase all that. Unless they're willing to sit and reason, there's nothing you can do. We can, however, raise our kids right so, with time, the racists will die off.
> Only on screen mind you, I don't expect many of them would want that imagery taught in churches!
Have you ever been to a majority-white Christian church in America? What about a majority-black Christian church in America? They all sing, pray, and listen. There's no discussion of Jesus' skin color, because that's not why they go to church. They go because they want salvation.
> riling people up about abortion then using that as a device to get people to vote your party into power
> you and your tax-excempt gravy train
> good, clean family-friendly past (lynchings or not)
Ok, it's clear you're hateful toward Christians. But are you really hateful toward all of them?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in...
Yes, it's possible for a liberal Lutheran to exist. Do you still hate them? Would they hate you?
You lump white Christians together as some massive homogeneous blob, but you just can't do that because it's not fair. Also, do you think all sermons are just political rants? I can tell you they absolutely aren't. In fact, many people will go to church to get away from politics.