Liberalism and its Racist Rantings!
By Doug Hagin (11/04/05)
Listen long enough to the political left and they will convince you of two things. First, that they are the most tolerant and diverse bunch of folks currently drawing breath. Secondly, they will lead you to believe that their political opposites, Conservatives, are a bunch of backwards racists. Of course these Liberal “facts are as fallacious, as they can be. Anyone who bothers to do a little listening to the message of the left or right will easily dismiss such hyperbole.
Two recent examples are serving as not only reminders of the sheer asininity of Liberal claims to tolerance, but also of the blatant racism, the left suffers from. When these two instances are weighed with an open mind, reasonable people will be appalled and sickened. Apparently, the Klueless Klutz Klan has nothing on the modern day Liberal in the bigotry department.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele, who are both Black, have seemingly committed the unpardonable sin according to Leftist theology. They have dared to be Conservative in their ideology. Apparently their intellectual positions on politics and social issues, has caused the “tolerant” Liberals to attack them in truly cowardly manners.
First, let us look at Michael Steele, the current Lt. Governor of Maryland. He is seeking a seat in the United States Senate as a Republican, and he is suffering despicable racist attacks from those who oppose his candidacy. He has been characterized as a black-faced minstrel on a liberal Web log. He has had Oreo cookies launched at him during a campaign stop, and of course has been labeled an Uncle Tom by the oh-so tolerant left!
Now if these attacks were coming from only a few nuts and were being disavowed by the Democratic Party, it might be one thing. This is not the case however. State Senator Lisa A. Gladden, has said her Party should pull no punches, including, apparently, racial slurs. "Party trumps race, especially on the national level," she said. "If you are bold enough to run, you have to take whatever the voters are going to give you. Its democracy, perhaps at its worse, but it is democracy."
Democratic Delegate Salina Siler, who is Black, had even more stinging comments for Steele. She said recently that Steele invites comparisons to a slave who loves his cruel master, or to an Oreo cookie, because his conservative political philosophy is, in her view, anti-black. "Because he is a conservative, he is different than most public blacks, and he is different than most people in our community," she said. "His politics are not in the best interest of the masses of black people."
Therefore, it is no big deal Lt. Gov. Steele. Heck, you deserve it frankly, at least according to Democrats. How dare you be Black and Conservative! What were you thinking about? Don’t you know you are not allowed to think for yourself!
Now let us take a gander at a recent op-ed, which appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. An op-ed which says that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is Black, but with an asterisk.
Wow, it seems that not only are Blacks not allowed to be Republicans, or conservative, but lose their racial identity as a penalty as well! Can you say tolerance?
The editorial in question was written in response to the nomination of Samuel Alito to serve on the Supreme Court. The editorial staff of the paper, arguing for “diversity” on the Court, was obviously distressed that Sandra Day O’Connor was going to be replaced by a “White Male”. Consider the words the staff chose to show their desire for a diverse Supreme Court. "In losing a woman, the court with Alito would feature seven white men, one white woman and a black man, who deserves an asterisk because he arguably does not represent the views of mainstream black America."
The Editorial went on to say the Alito nomination was troubling because it would divide America, the left never tires of that line do they, and would lessen the extent to which the court mirrors the rich diversity of America. Hmmm, correct me here but the paper seems to be saying “diversity” does not include White men, or Black Conservatives. Talk about a racist and elitist ideology! And to think this comes from the Party that calls Conservatives backwards?
These attacks, it must also be remembered, come from the same people who will vilify anything any Conservative says about race. On one hand, they are hypersensitive, while on the other they joyfully engage in open racism. What a classy bunch!
Please understand the essence of these racially charged attacks and personal smears. What those who have spewed this unbridled hatred are proclaiming is that if you are Black you MUST think a certain way, namely the Liberal way. If you do not then not only will they defend racist attacks against you, but they will engage in them themselves.
These comments also put to bed the absurd claims from liberals that they are open-minded and want a diverse America. No comments could be any more closed-minded than the ones we have read here. As for diversity, the Liberals clearly want people of all colors to be welcomed, as long as they say and think like liberals! Otherwise they are “Oreos”, “Uncle Toms” and clearly not good enough for the bigots in the Democratic Party!
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