The charge of “racism” is what one gets from the Left when they are fresh out of ideas or substantive thoughts — which would be the bulk of the time.
When one lacks an argument, a cogent rebuttal, even a minimally witty retort, the Race Card is the simplest, easiest to play. It requires absolutely no thinking or cognitive effort. It packs a potential punch and is on the order of asking the rhetorical “so, when did you stop beating your wife?”
The NAACP recently decided to play the Race Card with regard to TEA Partiers. TEA Party members are racists. They yelled racial slurs at black Congressmen. They spit on a black Congressman.
Except: no they didn’t. There is no proof. There is no video. Andrew Breitbart offered $100,000 for proof. No takers. Crickets chirping.
That declaration by the NAACP is apparently not entirely playing and sitting well with some black civil rights leaders.
Including those blacks who, oddly enough, just happen to embrace the TEA Party movement.
And meanwhile, in Kansas City, Michelle Obama tells blacks it’s time to ratchet up the heat.
If you wish to see a real racist, you have to look no further than King Samir Shabazz in this video:
Or, truly, no further than Eric Holder or even Mr Barack Obama who, clearly, embraces Mr Holder’s decisions.
Here is another racist, New Black Panther Party Chairman Malik Zulu Shabazz:
This man is not quite so overt as K.S. Shabazz; but he is every bit the racist and every bit as dangerous or, perhaps I suggest, moreso. You likely won’t see Mr M.Z. Shabazz until the bullet exits your brain or the stiletto severs your spine.
Rhetoric and advocacy such as is expressed and conducted by the New Black Panther party does nothing but sully the good works of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. And apparently, all the national Racial Pimps are far from allowing people to be judged by the content of their character as opposed to the color of their skin.
BZ
Oh, come now, BZ. Don’t you know that blacks can’t BE racist?
Yeah, right.
cjh
We are now living in a time of increased racial polarization.
Is there a race war coming?
Possibly.
Do I blame BHO for the racial polarization? To a great extent, yes. It’s as if we have a “it’s-our-turn-now” attitude seething, and the NBPP is voicing exactly that sentiment.
Just ask yourself if those guys were white and wearing KKK Hoods like Robert Byrd and said the same exact words, what would be the outcome?
Eric Holder would never do anything to harm the members of Acorn or the Weather Underground organization which worked hard to campaign for Obama. And Obama would never speak against one of his own people. Didn’t he sit in the church of Rev. Wright who preached hatred toward America? And now the NAACP is in bed with these THUGS as well.
And we were worried about who Lebron James was going to sign with! The jokes on us! We are the suckers that put this phony Marxist in office.
When people choose leaders like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton and Samir Shabazz, King ass-hole of the New Black Panther Party as their leaders and heros, something is wrong !
And these Progressive bastards call the the tea party members racists! Once the “Progressives” accuse you of something it is basically a guilty verdict for which there is no parole. Their word is written in stone.
And now that we have Obama in the White House, every racist feels that they can have the upper hand.
It’s sad, overall, that we still refuse to learn anything from history and we cannot take MLK words as consistent wisdom.
BZ
The TEA Party is NOT, to the best of my knowledge, a racist organization, but they are a pretty mild version of Caspar Milquetoast…
I posted this: Iowa Tea Party group’s sign links Obama, Hitler on Tuesday night, the next night they had taken the billboard down…
They told the truth, they posted it for all to see, then they got some negative feedback and they caved in to pressure…
For me, many words come to mind regarding the North Iowa TEA Party, gutless is the 1st word that came to my mind…
Gutless; seems to be the order of the day with far too many TEA Party people… They all claim to want to take this nation back and make things right in America, but only to a point…
That point being the 1st time they are inconvenienced, or if they are actually required to do something that may show them as TRUE patriots and place them in some peril…
Having the courage to speak boldly in a closed meeting is NOT courage at all, and you sure hear a lot of bold talk in closed TEA Party meetings…
Courage is having the guts to stand up, unafraid, and say it in public, or posting it on the ‘net for the whole damned world to see, with your REAL name attached…
Our founding fathers are laughing at those gutless pieces of shit! They should be ashamed of themselves!
Another sad & interesting upshot of all this is that the charge of “racism” loses almost all meaning since it is so often falsely charged.
TF: you’re correct in terms of persons’ “courage of convictions.” I stand here writing what I consider to be the obvious with regard to actual racism in America, but this issue makes many people — mostly Guilty Overeducated White People (GOWPs) nervous. You simply can’t speak or write like this about blacks. The truth really shouldn’t be revealed like this. Deep down people realize it’s the truth but, once spoken or written, the horrible Flying Fickle Finger of Fecundity (with Racial Cluster) could be leveled at — zounds! — themSELVES.
And David, you are 100% correct. I am so OVER the label applied to whites. It is boring and senseless and, now, has little if any meaning save to make me think of Chicken Little.
BZ
You want a true racist? That is someone who sets a lower standard for someone based on their skin color and/or origin. That is saying that person is not capable of competing without an assist; that they are inferior.
I think I got it now…
You are NOT a racist if you vote for a black man because he’s black.
You ARE a racist if you DON’T vote for a black man.
I guess that makes sense…SO does that mean ALL Minorities that didn’t hated GWB were racist? I guess we missed the boat on that. Perhaps GWB should have used that…
I’ve got to agree with both Malcontent and WSF… sigh…
Blo . . I live in California, in a modest tract home, in a friendly community where my wife and I know a lot of people. Most residents are white, perhaps 10% are Hispanic or Asian, and 5% are Black. I got so damn tired of hearing about the terrible racisim beating Blacks and Hispanics into the ground, that I took a careful and specific survey. Here are the results:
1. Out of 3,320 residents I found a total of 24 supposed Racists.
2. Much to my surprise, I found that on a percentage basis the same number of Blacks and Hispanics voted for Obama as did Whites.
By far the total population voted about 33% for Obama, 47% for McCain, and 20% for “other”
Racism almost doesn’t exist in my town.
Bump
They are the emulation of the KKK no doubt about it and just as ignorant and misinformed.
I also take their threats seriously, their hate and anger are real and they will cause bodily harm.
I wonder why the MSM aren’t covering this? Is it because we have a half-black man in the office?
And finally: what’s up with the last name “Shabazz” and the NBPP?
Lack of originality? No creativity? Fascination with the Wizard Of? Watched too many episodes of the HBO series “Oz”?
BZ