Thanks for pinging me to that, wardaddy...an excellent post indeed.
Even conservatives have been conditioned to respond to charges of racism with, “I like Allen West/Herman Cain/etc.; am I still racist?” In other words, they allow themselves to be put on the defensive. I happen to be a big Allen West fan, but I refuse to use his name to prove I’m not a racist. Think what you want of me; I don’t care.
Interestingly, and as far as I know, Allen West has been the only person (black OR white) to come out and admit that the black culture is to blame for the beating death of the WWII vet, and the rest of the black-on-white crime.
The other day there was a FR thread linked to some liberal nut’s rantings about why whites don’t have more black friends. So many folks hastened to justify themselves by enumerating their black pals. I’m done playing that game.
Exactly.
And while we’re ranting on this subject, I’m sick of everyone feeling like they have to always be oh so cautious to express how they revere the beloved MLK, and how “he would have been a conservative had he been alive to day, and would be ashamed and shocked at the state of black culture and the likes of Sharpton or Jackson”. I like a lot of conservative talk radio types, but I’m sick of hearing them all have to tie ANY expectation of blacks acting civilly to what MLK would have thought or done. Glenn Beck, I’m looking at you specifically.
The truth is, if he were alive today he’d likely be the same variety of race pimp like his BFF Jackson. His whole family have gone into the victim-hood business. Birds of a feather tend to flock together. Its simply more likely that he would be still rambling about “the struggle continues” like his friends and family are doing, as opposed to being the one lone voice saying “no guys, we made it, its on us now”.
I can think of only one thing that I have to thank MLK for, and that is contributing to a method by which I can go into any new city and figure out where NOT to go....simply find the street that bears his name, and avoid it like the plague.