Posted on 03/21/2008 4:32:04 AM PDT by Renfield
You nailed it. Those "working class racists" as described by this author are, by and large, patriotic. They drive around with flags on their vehicles and are among the first to volunteer when their country needs them. They're the salt of the earth types whose families have been here for generations. They just don't get it yet that the Democrat Party (for which they've voted for generations) has veered to the far left.
The author of this article is trying to deflect the issue and put whites on the defensive again. Gotta keep the focus where it belongs - on the "hate America" crowd (of any and all races).
“we came here as slaves” -
If you REALLY wanna anger someone using this “argument stopper”,
ask them if they’d be better off born in Africa.
I think I recall that PK is an Obama supporter.
He may use this as ammo to take out Hillary.
Dude!
BRILLIANT!!!!!
It's the perfect 'Rat ticket.
He may use this as ammo to take out Hillary.
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Use what as ammo?
Based on my reading of the article, you must follow the Wisconsin pattern.
John Zogby.
It makes me sad to watch my children develop their own animosities to black people, after having been raised not to, by their own observations about the behavior of the black children in their school.
..Is basically that his Mad Monk wants to be the one who spreads lime on the floors of the boxcars reserved for Whitey.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
What is the percentage of Blacks are currently in prison relative to their make up in the national population?
What is the percentage of drug use in the Black population?
What is the number of unwed mothers in the Black population?
How many Black woman have multiple children by multiple fathers?
What is the crime rate among the Black population?
Why is it that almost every other minority in America - even Hispanics - has generally thrived in this country? Sure, Blacks were slaves, but they were slaves in many, many other countries as well. In fact, throughout history, many people were enslaved. Whites look at Blacks and ask, "When does it end? When has the debt been repayed?" Further, Whites ask, "Why not stop harboring this grudge from 150 years ago, move on, and improve your lot in life?"
For whatever reason many Blacks, as Obama pointed out, soothe themselves by taking comfort in the fact that their forebearers were at one time oppressed. But one can reasonably ask, "Is this not an excuse merely to absolve yourself from even attempting to succeed?"
Most regrettable is that Black animus against Whites has assiduously been passed down from generation after generation by the likes of Jesse Jackson and Jeremiah Wright. Where are men today like Martin Luther King? No, the real sin of Obama is that he has supported and facilitated the spread of hate through Jeremiah Wright to the next generation of Blacks, including his own children. That is a sad fact, and it is the reason he is unfit to lead this nation.
Fixed it.
I wonder if any of conservative 527 groups dare to put this on political ads. They should.
I agree....
When we lived in Louisiana, my sons had several black children in their schools, because.. we lived in a small town (Sulphur) with a decent percentage of blacks who lived near us, and who worked at good jobs in the chemical plants. They all got along just fine. Several would come to our house to play after school. I coached my son’s BBall team, with a lot of help from one of the black fathers. They managed to maintain their own “culture”, but were openly accepted by all.
When we moved to Louisville, the only blacks they saw at Middle School were those bussed in from the inner city. 80% of them were unbelievably disruptive. They would “hang together” separately in gangs, they cursed at the teachers, they refused to do ANYTHING To participate in the learning process... and, the school did nothing to them... just passed them along.
It broke my heart to hear the way their opinions were changed. Fortunately, they’ve had better experiences in High School and college.
Obama really has the Demo contest won. He is the smartest, most sincere, best new ideas man to come along in quite a while and young enough to see it through. Of course there is not a "for sure" that some of this stuff will work. But to fail to give it a try, just like the "Power I" in football would be a shame.
One of his competitors is a low life. Very old fallen rotten fruit. Hillary has scorned this country and taken everything for herself. She is a witch in a bumble Bee suit. And she really lost the nomination. She can't win, unless by Fiat. And the Clinton's are masters of that. What living, not brain dead American would want to have those varmint's back in the WH, besides Rush?
McCain is old and heard yesterday on CSpan, frail. I really don't think he is up for the job and could have a falling out or down anytime. His ideas are old school and will not advance the American Experience. Too many years with fingers in the soup. I sincerely hope and pray that he can make it through the election.
Barack is a fresh face that is looking at a larger influence in the world for America. And we need it. This stay at home, play prevent defense, and pat everyone on the back saying isn't it great, is horse crap.
I worked hard for Bush (3500 phone calls) and generally am pleased with his years in office. But in many cases he just didn't have the stones to get things done. I'm really looking forward to a change.
So lets elect Barack and try some of the new ideas. It will be fun and exciting.
It’s not racial. It’s cultural. It just so happens that the culture that you mentioned is largely, but NOT exclusively, black. That sort of “gangsta” culture, one that actively punishes those who seek to break out of it, one that continually plays the victim over and over again, isn’t exclusive to blacks; nowadays you find a lot of Latinos and even some Asians and whites in it as well.
I know black people who work hard, and have achieved, and are great to be around. I don’t care about their race. I’d take them over a trashy white Eminem-style “homeboy” any day of the week.
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Many years ago, I used to have “passionate discussions” (Not arguments!) with an intelligent black co-worker who was a liberal democrat.
Every bad thing that ever happened to him, he chalked up as ‘racism’. It’s all they know. It becomes self-reinforcing. Since we’re white, when bad things happen.. we come up with other excuses.... “he didn’t like my long hair”, “He’s a jerk”, etc...
Invariably, our “discussions” would end with him saying: “You just don’t know what it’s like to be black”. To which, I would answer... “No.. and you just don’t know what it is to be white”. We DO NOT look at the world strictly through a racial prism... cause, it’s just not a big deal for us.
I really don’t know how we get past this....
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