Hey I know you! You're the guy who thought he hit a home run when he was born on third base!

It's terribly courageous of you to sever yourselves from misdeeds of the past. I did not know you were of such moral fiber, and stand humbly corrected. But while I beat my breast quite frequently, I don't really feel guilty about much (and if I have any guilt, there's nothing "white" about it). People who came before me did some terrible stuff and a lot of groups on the receiving end of it still have some shit to work out. I really need to whine about THAT? It's really hurting me that much? You too?

You see, this is the comic tragedy you propagate. My father killed and raped your father and mother. But hey, that was in the past, I'm my own man. Judge me for who I am. Let's end this racial animus. You see, you want reconciliation on YOUR time, on your terms. Everyday you plug into the planet of wealth and opportunity laid out at your doorstep, arranged by the vicissitudes of human civilization. Nothing to be guilty about... Yet you pull the plug and kick it under the rug whenever someone fairly or unfairly knocks you about it. Cowardice, much?

So OK! You win, you are hereby exempt to be able to say ignorant things about black people in order to fight the scourge of Barack Obama (because THAT'S why Obama's handing McCain his ass right now). If anyone raises a fuss, I'll write them a letter, and we'll explain how you're a New Age Man unconnected to terrors of the past, the ahistorical wonder who willed himself from protozoa to Captain of Industry, not on the back of anyone but on the wings of stick-to-it-iveness. Screw it, let's do one for McCain too. Level playing fields for everyone! Yay!!

I didn't mean to slight your intelligence because I don't believe you are dumb. I just don't believe your insights compel the same level of self-satisfaction that you do. There, I think we are doomed to agree to disagree...