[MAKnight]

The author is me, first of all.

And I disagree with your position on "responsibility". As Conservatives, we have the responsibility to spread Conservatism. And considering that the black community is precisely where Conservatism is needed most today, and considering that it is our community, then we do have a responsibility to promote conservatism over there.

And second, as a Conservative, you must believe this statements, "The only thing necessary for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing ..." What the Left (especially the Black Left) is doing to the reputations of black Conservatives is evil and more vicious than anything done to a white Conservative.

It is therefore, doubly important that we defend black Conservatives. Because (1) it is the right thing to do and (2) the minority community is our next frontier. And like it, or not, we black Conservatives are the leading vanguard.

[BuddhaBoy]

As Conservatives, we have the responsibility to spread Conservatism.

No, we dont.

Conservatism is not some religion that we can simply spread to the masses behind some message or messenger. It is a set of values, which either are in sync with individuals or not. You are not going to be able to provide information in a form that creates a form of enlightenment. My experience is that Black Conservatives usually wake up and realize that they are not Liberal, and decide to make that fact known.

No message is going to change the mind of someone born of a victim mentality, within a culture that excuses failure as someone else's fault. The message of Rights without Responsibility is the hallmark of the Liberal agenda, and for born victims, you cant beat it with a message of hard work and personal responsibility for only the opportunity for success, and not the PROMISE.

Conservatism needs no defense, and I question those who feel that they must somehow defend what has already been granted to us by our Constitution. Conservatives need not apologize or explain their positions as opinions, because they are not beliefs, they are VALUES.

Those of like-values will either recognize their true position on important issues, or they will cower away, and go along with the group-think mentality. The latter are people that Conservatives neither need or want. No true Black Conservative is silent about their position, and they/we dont need protection, as much as we need to uphold those ideals of SELF-determination. I would not be a Conservative, if I needed the support of anyone else in order to believe what I believe. My values didnt come from information, they came from within.