Posted on 03/08/2014 8:13:07 AM PST by Bratch
Yep—it’s also part of why Sarah Palin had to be trashed far more than if she were merely a male VP candidate. (E.g., Paul Ryan)
The Left (and that includes the GOPe however much they deny it) don’t want minorities or women to begin to imagine that it is acceptable to think conservatively.
Liberals hate all conservatives. If you understand that, you won’t have to waste your time by throwing out the race card. Race doesn’t trump politics or give you special compensation by liberals.
I’m surprised that he’s surprised...
Talk is cheap.
Juan is still a dedicated far left liberal stooge so this "shocking treatment" hasn't shocked him enough to abandon the racist democrat party.
Juan is still a dedicated far left liberal stooge so this "shocking treatment" hasn't shocked him enough to abandon the racist democrat party.
Whatever happened to "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"?
How can you be repelled by liberals' mindless hatred directed at those with whom they disagree but not see that their ideology cannot brook dissent because it is so flawed so as to be indefensible?
Democrat’s war on women.
The treatment Condi received is NOT a double standard.
It is the standard.
I’m sure when Juan is challenged on this he will standby what he said, then follow up with, however bad this may be, the Republicans are still the very worst racists.
Because being a liberal pays his bills. This is the once-a-month or so time that Williams takes a position that might elevate him above the majority of liberal talking-heads. He’s just a liberal arts major (BA in Philosophy from Haverford College), who has spent his whole career as a writer and journalist. No advanced degrees, no research, nothing but a pundit. In a different time, he would have become a blogger.
Why FReepers get so wrapped up in what paid columnists and commentators say is a mystery to me.
All of this black feel sorry for me crap has reach the tipping point. Time to tell them to stick it where the sun don’t shine.
She didn’t get invited because she was conservative. She was invited because she was black. Rutgers in defense of their decision always mentions that she is black.
It’s recently occurred to me that there’s more behind this sort of liberal hate treatment than just philosophy. As the old saying goes, follow the money.
It would be interesting to see a tabulation of the following:
1. Number of speeches given by leading liberals over a 5 year period.
2. Awards given to those leading liberals over 5 year period
3. Speaking fees and other monetary considerations along with awards given those same liberals over the time frame
4. Source of the fees and monetary considerations, i.e., private money or money from taxpayer-funded institutions.
5. The same four metrics for GOP and/or Conservatives.
What I strongly suspect you’d find is that liberals have established a significant gravy train funded primarily by tax dollars, or by awards/speaking fees from businesses that benefit greatly from tax dollars, through which they pad their incomes when they are out of office, while waiting for future employment opportunities in the public sector.
Thus, any threat to that gravy train such as, for example, Ms. Rice becoming a popular college commencement speaker, must be shouted down to prevent all that taxpayer “gravy” from being siphoned off by non-liberals.
Liberals are very good at rewarding each other with taxpayer-sourced funds when they are temporarily out of power, and they’re also quite effective at protecting those funds from poaching by conservatives.
Note that I’m not including other obvious taxpayer-funded plums such as ambassadorships and university presidencies, but just speaking fees and monetary awards, and the source of funding.
I realize conservatives get money for their speeches as well, but I suspect the source of funding for said speeches tends to be private rather than taxpayer sourced.
She is also not a Yankee
If the Wookie was white, she would want to be Condi Rice
YET, I respect his intelligence and ability--clearly displayed in the article cited in this thread-- to call out the BIGOTRY of those who cannot stand to listen to those who have ideas and opinions that are not in lock-step with their own!
As citizens of a democratic (NOT DEMOCRAT) republic, we need to remain CIVILians, and keep ad hominem attacks out of our discourse.
That way, we do not sink to the level of those whose only idea of criticism is derisive--and devisive--name-calling.
I’m not surprised at all. Juan is as sharp as a bowling ball. Takes a beating from his own team, but still won’t leave them.
Liberals are not liberal. They are closed minded fanatics who cannot tolerate any opposition to their benighted opinions.
“Wrapped up” might be overstating it. What Juan Williams believes is of little interest to me and most here, I suspect. We’re here to collect info and occasionally comment.
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