Maggie's Farm

I hadn't heard that.

I agree, Joe's comment isn't racist, it's simply an observation.

However, he's aligned himself with groups which will attack and undermine him, because that's what they do. Basically, my point is that Joe thinks he's being 'good and kind' when in reality he's simply oblivious to the dangerous groups he's courting in the name of "tolerance and equality".

I am a parent, and I took a bus to school every day. It's hard to say it was a 'different' community, but in a rural area, each town had its own personality, and this was 3 towns over. I could walk, when I got older, it was about an hour walk, so 2.5/3 miles. The only thing which was 'the same' about where I went to school and where I lived was that it was a Catholic school and 99% of the students were white and living in rural areas. What was unusual was that about 40% had grown up in NYC and moved there and were bent on recreating their 'city experience' out "in the sticks".

That said, I am opposed to forcing kids to go to schools just to fulfill a curious and obtuse political agenda. I don't think Joe is "racist" at all. Nor do I think his position on busing made him racist, though as you point out his curious choice of partners opens the door to questions.

I realize the busing he opposed is very different from what I experienced - that's not my point in making this post. As I stated, above, Joe aligns himself with questionable groups constantly. He's in trouble for engaging behaviors that women's groups are now angry about - but are really just weird and creepy old-school, touchy-feely BS. In addition, the "racist" stuff I added here will come back to haunt him (as will his plagiarism) simply because in the current leftist Cultural Revolution it's not enough to align with groups to gain their votes. You have to live the ideal, and attack those who do not.

Joe's doomed because he's simply obtuse.