Posted on 04/27/2014 8:28:37 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Nevada cattle rancher Cliven Bundy knows how to start a stampede.
After Bundy, who became a right-wing hero for his refusal to acknowledge the authority of the federal government, wondered aloud about whether “Negro” people were “better off as slaves,” conservative figures who had celebrated his cause rushed to distance themselves from him.
Sen. Rand Paul, who had condemned the federal government’s attempt to enforce court orders against Bundy: “Offensive.”
Sen. Dean Heller, who had declared Bundy’s followers “patriots”: “Appalling and racist.”
And Sean Hannity, who had led a Fox News campaign that made a hero of Bundy: “Beyond repugnant.”
Bundy boosters are right to be appalled — but they should not be shocked.
The anti-government strain of thought that Bundy advanced has been intertwined with racist and anti-Semitic views over the past several decades. Not all people who resist the authority of the federal government are motivated by race, of course, and not all racists are anti-government. But there is a long symbiosis between the two....
(Excerpt) Read more at lacrossetribune.com ...
Claiming Bigotry of the far right always behind antics of the far left. (There. Fixed it.)
...”How about jealousy, low self esteem, and class warfare is often behind the far left”...
How about the lust for dictatorship and slavery of the population are the goals behind the antics of the far left.
The real issue is that Bundy might start a real conversation about race in America. The last thing liberals want is a candid conversation about race, welfare, climate, homosexuality, abortion or the national debt. Their strategy is to use name-calling to shut down the discussion. The mainstream media is happy to oblige them.
Millbank has no wisdom whatsoever.
Lying is always part of leftist antics. Antics are always a part of leftist routine.
The La Crosse Tribune is my local (so-called)newspaper. There is an incredible throng of angry liberals who form an echo chamber in the reader comments. They call names while avoiding facts and truth. None of them knows what Cliven Bundy actually said, but that means nothing. They dispise anyone who speaks out against their politically correct liberal positions. They are driven by anger and hatred. Reasonable dialog with them is not possible.
I heard that song recently, and realized the writer was a prophet. He was 40 years ahead of his time.
Any links to those commentators? Anyone notable at all, or just random bloggers?
The Left can detect a racist by the color of his skin.
Bundy was right on point but stated it wrong. He reminds me of Gen Patton when he said that people joined the Nazi Party in the same manner that people join the republicans or democratic party here.
People on the right got to remember that the press is NOT your friend and we should not speak to them unless you have a lawyer.
LOL. Poor Dana. All she has left is the race card.
How does she explain the billionaire Democrat donor Sterling? Or the NAALCP giving billionaire Democrat Sterling a lifetime achievement award?
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