Comments on: Vote for me for the Virginia Senate seat

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:24:16 +0000

I’m not calling anyone racist because I ‘don’t like affirmative action’. I’m calling people racist who support racist policies, like affirmative action. My likes/dislikes don’t enter into factual statements.

“You want racist? Try corporate america”

No, I DON’T want racism at all. I support cheap government loans for college, but I don’t support someone’s ‘right’ to take a job from a more qualified person because of the color of their skin (affirmative action), or their parent’s income (Larry G’s idea). That’s not equality, and America should be about equality.

Should I go into feminism now? (just kidding :))

By: The Doctor

The Doctor — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:52:50 +0000

I never cared much for people who define something they don’t like as “racist” [for example Zionism] and then anyone who disagrees with them is by definition a racist.

You want racist? Try corporate america, where if you’re black female or Jewish or hispanic or [etc] the likelyhood of rising to the top is low [and look at overall statistics, not individual high-profile individuals].
Or you could discuss all these things without calling people racist without good reason…
I don’t agree with Meryl on many issues, but calling her a racist because you don’t like affermative action is a bit much.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:06:40 +0000

Interesting! It’s normal, even respectable to be pro-racism to counter past racism as you appear to be Ms. Yourish. The only problem is that it never allows racism to end. We will always be ‘leveling the playingfield’. This is clearly simple NY thinking that will lend credence to keeping the races in America separate.

My apologies if you are not from NY. They are just a good example of how not to be colorblind. Can’t we base income on merit? Or is that somehow racist?

When you say, “I think there’s still too much discrimination” as you did, you play into the racist’s game. There will ALWAYS be some racist person who ‘thinks’ there is too much discrimination. What ever happened to MLK’s colorblind nation? I’m willing to embrace it. Are you?

By: E. Nough

E. Nough — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 05:48:26 +0000

I don’t live in Virginia, but Meryl, you absolutely have my moral support.

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:41:02 +0000

The reason I’m still for affirmative action is because I think there’s still too much discrimination. We’re not there yet.

But Larry’s got an excellent point about making it purely economic-based. That would solve the problem on an equal basis.

I’m open to changing my perspective to that one.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:34:21 +0000

Indeed it was. Don’t think I feel good about it. But being that affirmative action is a racist policy, and she supports it, there’s really no other way to put it without sugarcoating it. Racism shouldn’t be sugarcoated.

By: Larry G

Larry G — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:14:07 +0000

Well Kevin you have hit on the one issue where I don’t agree with Meryl. I had intended to bring it up a bit more politely though. I don’t think Michael Jordan’s kids should get preference over the poverty-stricken children of Vietnamese immigrants or poor kids of European decent in Appalachia for that matter. If affirmative action were based on economic status rather than melanin content it would make more sense in trying to make-up for initial uneven opportunity. In any event, calling Meryl a racist was rude.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 23:56:32 +0000

Darn, you had me until you mentioned you are racist (pro-affirmative action). Boo! Hiss! Join the color-blind part of the nation please. We need you.

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:27:44 +0000

Listening to WRVA now… the motorcade went through but there are residual delays.

I’m heading down Gaskins on my way to visit Gracie. I don’t think Chippenham will be a problem.

By: Larry G

Larry G — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:54:23 +0000

I just heard that the two interstate highways that go through Richmond (the capital of Virginia) are closed down because President Bush is coming for a George Allen fundraiser. People in my downtown office (as well as many others) are quite pissed off about this. Another reason to vote for Yourish rather than Allen or Webb.