...besides me as a little TOO defensive? I have seen it argued here, many times, that the KKK is a liberal organization, that the Nazis were liberals, that the Democrats are the only racist party, and that Barack and Michelle Obama hate white people.
Strangely, many of the same people who argue that the Obamas are anti-white racists ALSO argue, based among other things on Senator Byrd's former affiliation with the KKK, that all Democrats are anti-BLACK racists.
One use of the word "cracker" by one Black Panther nutjob and some of the right-wingers act as if someone was burning a cross on their front lawn.
Methinks the cons doth protest too much.
Look, there are PLENTY of fine members of the Republican party who don't have a racist bone in their bodies. There are PLENTY of people with a conservative political philosophy stressing fiscal responsibility and low taxes who would never think of discriminating against persons on the basis of race.
But those are NOT the kind of conservatives that take every claim of anti-Black racism and say in response, "I know you are, but what am I?" The constant attempt to portray every single non-conservative as a white- OR black-hating person is a little ridiculous. It's such a defensive overreaction that one starts to wonder.
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I freely admit that the "New Black Panthers" are stupid racists.
Is there any TEA Party defender here who recognizes the possibility that there could be even ONE racist in their midst?
Strangely, many of the same people who argue that the Obamas are anti-white racists ALSO argue, based among other things on Senator Byrd's former affiliation with the KKK, that all Democrats are anti-BLACK racists.
One use of the word "cracker" by one Black Panther nutjob and some of the right-wingers act as if someone was burning a cross on their front lawn.
Methinks the cons doth protest too much.
Look, there are PLENTY of fine members of the Republican party who don't have a racist bone in their bodies. There are PLENTY of people with a conservative political philosophy stressing fiscal responsibility and low taxes who would never think of discriminating against persons on the basis of race.
But those are NOT the kind of conservatives that take every claim of anti-Black racism and say in response, "I know you are, but what am I?" The constant attempt to portray every single non-conservative as a white- OR black-hating person is a little ridiculous. It's such a defensive overreaction that one starts to wonder.
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I freely admit that the "New Black Panthers" are stupid racists.
Is there any TEA Party defender here who recognizes the possibility that there could be even ONE racist in their midst?