robzo100 on 08 November 2016
| StarDoor said: Are you saying that you are no more genetically related to your parents than to someone on the other side of the planet? Your argument is the equivalent of saying that your family doesn't exist. Race is just family writ large based on genetic similarity. Distinct population groups do exist among humans; we've experienced 50 to 100 thousand years of evolution in separate environments. It's insane to argue that evolution shaped skin pigmentation, bone density, skull structure, blood type, disease immunity, bacterial microbiomes, and much more, but left cognitive traits untouched. The only reason that people like you object to this reality is because you think that it somehow justifies the subjugation of other groups of people, a belief that is even more "racist" than anything you assign to the people you disagree with. |
Quoted for truth, the whole thing, but the bolded part is the fundamental kernel to all of it.
This goes beyond politics regardless of who you want to vote for. We are all quite different and I've always hated how pure "equality" politics of the left would try to erase such logic. Of course we can all be equal in our general passions and commitments, but that kind of equality of "ability" is more about the sum total of our strengths and weaknesses. In no way are we equal in such a one-dimensional way as some liberals like to illustrate, not in the face of science.
