Reply #169: intentional distortion of what I said

[m berst]

"... the many poor white agrarians who did not say, "Well, hor dang! Least I ain't a n**ger!' ..."

That is an intentional distortion of what I said, IMHO. I have no idea whom you are defending, whom you think was attacked or ridiculed, or what you found so offensive or incorrect about what I said. That makes it pretty difficult to respond.

"The statement that ALL poor white agrarians subscribed to ignorant, hateful, and racist beliefs simply does not hold up. One can never justify the stance that any group of human beings is inherently ignorant, hateful, and racist."

You are arguing against your interpretation of what I meant, rather than what I said here. I did not say that anybody "subscribed" to anything, nor did I mean to say that. I was talking about a generally shared observation and for some reason you feel compelled here to twist that into something very ugly and then use that to justify attacking me.