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Democrats Are One Hundred Percent Wrong about Racism
PJ Media ^ | July 16, 2019 | Roger L. Simon

Posted on 07/17/2019 7:37:14 AM PDT by Red Badger

To say that the Democrats are obsessed with race these days is the equivalent of saying the sky is blue.

I'm a racist. You're a racist. Donald Trump's a racist. Nancy Pelosi was a racist until she attacked Trump for racism. Your neighbor's a racist. Your insurance broker's a racist. Your dentist's a racist as well as your periodontist. All white males are racist. Some white females are racists, especially those married to white males. Everywhere a racist.

Never mind that many of those people have no history of racism. It doesn't matter. Never mind that their families came here in 1923 to flee the Armenian Holocaust or mass starvation in Ukraine, they owe reparations for slavery. It's all about racism—yours.

The Dems' presidential campaigns are based around proving the other man or woman is more of a racist and vice versa, or about showing you're not so racist as people say you are, even if you are or even if you pretended to be a race you weren't. And don't you dare criticize Ilhan Omar or you're a triple-racist even if her ideas are more racist than anyone else's. Got it?

And above all, and never forget this because it is of paramount importance—otherwise we should all check ourselves into those concentration camps on the border and subsist on toilet water—what this country needs most of all is a CONVERSATION ABOUT RACE.

WRONG! (I would have put ten exclamation points but it would have seemed vulgar.)

It's exactly the opposite. There is only one way at this point to end or diminish racism and that is to shut up about it. Otherwise, what you really want, whether you admit it or not, is to perpetuate racism for your own advantage—like Al Sharpton (and many others, obviously, some of whom want desperately to be in the White House).

But don't believe me. Believe Morgan Freeman. Let's roll back to the Early Paleolithic Age (2005), when the great black actor was on 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace:

MIKE WALLACE, CBS`s "60 MINUTES": Black History Month, you find...

MORGAN FREEMAN, ACTOR: Ridiculous.

WALLACE: Why?

FREEMAN: You`re going to relegate my history to a month?

WALLACE: Come on.

FREEMAN: What do you do with yours? Which month is White History Month? Come on, tell me.

WALLACE: I'm Jewish.

FREEMAN: OK. Which month is Jewish History Month?

WALLACE: There isn`t one.

FREEMAN: Why not? Do you want one?

WALLACE: No, no.

FREEMAN: I don`t either. I don`t want a Black History Month. Black history is American history.

WALLACE: How are we going to get rid of racism until...?

FREEMAN: Stop talking about it. I'm going to stop calling you a white man. And I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man. I know you as Mike Wallace. You know me as Morgan Freeman. You`re not going to say, "I know this white guy named Mike Wallace." Hear what I'm saying?

Stop talking about it. Interesting idea, isn't it? I doubt Cory Booker would approve. 'The Squad" would doubtless go apoplectic. Nevertheless, it's the only way to end racism—stop talking about it. We already have laws against it, for a long time now, as we should. And they should be strictly enforced. But the rest of the blah-blah has got to go. It only makes people hate each other. It creates racism rather than solves it.

Unfortunately, not long after the sane comments by Mr. Freeman, Barack Obama was elected and what seemed at first to be the end or diminishment of racism went the other way. The scab kept being picked, by Eric Holder and Obama himself. They couldn't let go of it. Soon enough, Morgan Freeman walked back what he said under the sadness of peer pressure.

And now we are where we are—in the land of AOC and Omar—every one of us racists until we die. The revolution eats its own.

Roger L. Simon — co-founder and CEO emeritus of PJMedia — was a civil rights worker in the sixties (something of which he is proud). He was also a donor to the Black Panther Party in the seventies (something of which he is not).


TOPICS: Business/Economy; History; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 60minutes; mikewallace; morganfreeman; racism
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They don't want to stop talking about 'racism.'

It's all they got!..................

1 posted on 07/17/2019 7:37:14 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

“Democrats Are One Hundred Percent Wrong about Racism”

And pretty much everything else.


2 posted on 07/17/2019 7:42:14 AM PDT by lowbridge
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Not only must we have extreme diversity, including every race, religion, sexual preference, this, that, and the other thing, but they all must be super sensitive and extremely offended by each other’s opinions. The perfect society if you want total destruction of it.


3 posted on 07/17/2019 7:42:37 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Red Badger

Replace “racism” with “everything” and you’ve got a winner.


4 posted on 07/17/2019 7:44:27 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Red Badger

I have a theory about the Racism rants of Democrats. I believe they have recognized that Trump and the Republicans may make inroads into the Black and Hispanic Vote because of the Economic and Job improvements of this Administration. Thus, if they lose as much as 15% of those votes, they know they are “Dead”. Consequently, they are making an all out push to use the Race Card to preserve those votes in the Democratic column. If the Republicans are smart, they will do everything they can to dispel the Racism charges and emphasize the economic and Job gains by Minorities under this Administration. If in the end, they can peel off as much as 15% of the Black vote, the Democrats are dead. The Democrats know that and they are using the Race Card and every tactic they can think of to prevent it. Stay Tuned!


5 posted on 07/17/2019 7:45:58 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy
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There is way more to it than that. How about we get rid of groups like The Black & Hispanic Caucuses? LaRaza, NAACP and the literally thousands of other race based groups? How about we get rid of diversity and multiculturalism? How about we get rid of Diversity offices or counselors/administrators? How about we get rid of hyphenated Americans? There is a whole list of things that keep race and ‘racism’ alive.


6 posted on 07/17/2019 7:46:01 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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If you object to millions of illegals flooding into the country you’re a racist.

If you notice black neighborhoods are more violent and criminal you’re a racist.

If you speak the truth about race you’re a racist...

If you disagree with a democrat you’re a racist...

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...and if you support and agree with Our President you’re a racist...


7 posted on 07/17/2019 7:47:10 AM PDT by GOPJ (MSNBC Bimbos & Pretentious men: EVERY CHILD RAPIST on Epstein's plane was a powerful democrat...)
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To: Altura Ct.
It's a free country - they can exist and speak and SO CAN WE...
8 posted on 07/17/2019 7:48:17 AM PDT by GOPJ (MSNBC Bimbos & Pretentious men: EVERY CHILD RAPIST on Epstein's plane was a powerful democrat...)
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Democrats Are One Hundred Percent Wrong about Racism

...and everything else. They are literally wrong on every single issue out there. It's amazing!

9 posted on 07/17/2019 7:48:57 AM PDT by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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To: Red Badger

Is The Commie Squad working for the Chinese ?


10 posted on 07/17/2019 7:56:06 AM PDT by butlerweave
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I don’t know if it was the most, but it was close to the most irritating thing about Obama to me was encouraging the constant picking at the scab of racism, and how it was having exactly the opposite effect of what everyone imagined.


11 posted on 07/17/2019 8:02:48 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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Democrat party created the KKK and uses their descendants under different names like Antifa.


12 posted on 07/17/2019 8:20:05 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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What are they even one percent right about?

ML/NJ

13 posted on 07/17/2019 8:34:22 AM PDT by ml/nj
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Noting that Democrats are experts at exploiting low-information voters by demonizing people to win votes to stay in power, can anybody think of anything that Democrats are actually right about?

Right off hand I can’t.


14 posted on 07/17/2019 8:56:04 AM PDT by Amendment10
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Bump


15 posted on 07/17/2019 9:11:54 AM PDT by foreverfree
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To: Red Badger
When interviewed by Tony Snow of FOX News on March 4, 2001, Byrd said of racial relations, “They're much, much better than they've ever been in my lifetime … I think we talk about race too much. I think those problems are largely behind us ... I just think we talk so much about it that we help to create somewhat of an illusion. I think we try to have good will. My old mom told me, 'Robert, you can't go to heaven if you hate anybody.' We practice that.”
Senator Robert Byrd Says, "I think we talk about race too much. "
16 posted on 07/17/2019 9:34:31 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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“I’m a racist. You’re a racist. Donald Trump’s a racist. Nancy Pelosi was a racist until she attacked Trump for racism. Your neighbor’s a racist. Your insurance broker’s a racist. Your dentist’s a racist as well as your periodontist. All white males are racist. Some white females are racists, especially those married to white males. Everywhere a racist. “

Embrace the insult! That will render it useless.

The worst thing you can do is get defensive and cry “I’m not a racist”. Then they know they got a weapon they can bash you with and you’ll be spending all your time proving that you’re not.

Smile and say, yes “I’m a racist, deplorable, knuckle dragging, irredeemable, conservative Neanderthal... and then unload on them.


17 posted on 07/17/2019 9:51:05 AM PDT by aquila48
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Call me a raysis and you’ll get back a ‘you bet your asz’


18 posted on 07/17/2019 9:54:13 AM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

“If the Republicans are smart, they will do everything they can to dispel the Racism charges”

Stupid strategy - that is exactly how the Rats wants you to respond, because then they know they got you. They’ll put you in the impossible position where you have to spend all your time proving you’re not a racist.

Better embrace the insult.

See my previous post on this.


19 posted on 07/17/2019 9:58:21 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: redcatcherb412
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20 posted on 07/17/2019 10:27:49 AM PDT by aquila48
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