I remember some rather racists statements about Clarence Thomas made by the Left in the local newspaper. It was unbelievable what the Left were saying about him and in a public forum! After all the Left were all about minority rights and Thomas was a MINORITY!!
In my opinion, this is the Democrat party's Achilles heel and the quickest way to convert Democrats to Republicans (as happened to the person in this article, and to me, and to you).
Great point! The way the Left treats conservative blacks is way beyond racist. It’s just unhinged, full-throttled hatred. You’re also right, that such out-of-control racial animus would probably have pushed me out of the liberal camp, if the noxious lies the Boston Globe churned out daily re: Bush the Elder hadn’t gotten to me first.
Still, it’s hard to make a convert. When you are a liberal, that is an intrinsic part of your identity. You see it as a very good, positive association. It is a huge step to go from there to what you’ve been conditioned to think of as knuckle-dragging hickdom. A lot of people just can’t make the shift.
[& no, of course conservatism is not Neanderthal or any other pejorative. I’m just mentioning how a liberal is taught/inculcated to think of conservatives. The brainwashing can be very intense.]