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Fist off, I have a feeling we're going to have a difference of opinion on what racism is. We'll agree to disagree. I will also disagree with you that there is no evidence of any left wing racists. The KKK was a splinter group from the democratic party. I consider them racists. Bull Conner was a democrat. I consider him a racist. Rober Byrd (democrat) started his own chapter of the KKK. Was he a racist then? I suspect so. Also, just to get a better understanding of what you consider racist. Do you think Jeanine Garofalo calling Micheal Steele a "self loathing black man" was a racist jab? I also would ask you to google Uncle Tom and Colin Powel. Not everybody calling Colin Powel an uncle tom was a black man/woman. Plenty of white liberal elitists had fun with the race card as well.I agree with you. I also think left wing racists are the same way. Every group has it's idiots.
But John, may I ask you....where is the evidence of any left wing racists? I haven't found any. There are no white left wingers calling black Republicans 'Uncle Toms" or "race traitors", as some here suggest. Blacks calling out other blacks is about accountability, not racism, as are whites calling out whites, or anyone calling out their own. I, personally, don't have anything against whites, or anyone. I have something against "racism', itself, which knows no boundaries of skin color, nationality, religion or creed. And as vocal and outspoken as I am, I have never been cautioned or rebuked for my comments by any of my white friends, who, I'm certain, would never put up with any racism or bigotry, on my part. People seem to think that my friends are "special" or different from anyone else. I am not fragile and can take constructive criticism. But not from the sorted imbeciles here.
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My point about Bull Connor, KKK, and Robert Byrd was frikin brilliant! Admit it! LOL!![]()
Of course the KKK was related to the Democratic Party...but what time period??? Back in the 1920's.
I had heard of Bull Connor, but never really knew his info.
Bull Connor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Again, note the time frame. And conservatives tend to always bring up Robert Byrd, who, indeed, was a klansman, who later renounced his involvement with the klan, and changed his views and positions to ones more favorable to minorities, in his later days.Eugene Connor was a member of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. Connor entered politics as a Democrat in 1934, winning a seat in the Alabama Legislature. As a legislator he supported populist measures and pro-union issues. He voted for extending the poll tax and against an anti-sedition bill meant to stifle union activity.[citation needed] He did not stand for a second term in 1936, instead running for Commissioner of Public Safety for the City of Birmingham. In 1936, Connor was elected to the office of Commissioner of Public Safety, beginning the first of two stretches that spanned a total of 26 years. Connor's first term ended in 1952, but he resumed the post four years later.
In 1938, Connor became a candidate for Governor of Alabama. He announced he would be campaigning on a platform of "protecting employment practices, law enforcement, segregation and other problems that have been historically classified as states' rights by the Democratic party."
How is all of that relevant, today? Are you aware that the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, switched ideologies and loyalties from the late 60's thru the 80's, and essentially what was the Democratic Party, is now known as The Republican Party, after the Southern Democrats ("Dixiecrats") flooded the Republican Party after their "great white hope", George Wallace, was defeated by Hubert Humphrey????? The present KKK identifies with the Republican and Tea Parties. You won't find one in the Democratic Party, "visible", that's for sure.
And yes, I believe that Garofalo's comments about Michael Steele were "racist"...she as a "white woman" cannot talk about a black man, negatively, without the supposition of "inherent racism". But I can. And I would tell Michael Steele, to his face, that he is a "self-loathing" black man. Yes I would. And it wouldn't be racist.
Any whites (liberal or otherwise) calling Colin Powell an "Uncle Tom" would be classified as "racist". They have no authority or wherewithal, to do that. Only another black person can label a "black", 'Uncle Tom" or "Aunt Susie" with any authority. And since you claimed that white liberal elitists "played the race card", I would expect you to back up that claim with links, evidence or sources...rather than me having to go looking for it.
Your "point" about Connor, KKK, and Robert Byrd, was irrelevant, as they had or have no bearing on the present state of affairs. Both Colin Powell, a revered Republican, and his former chief of staff, Lawrence Wilkerson testified to the Republican Party being "full of racists". And Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama, "twice", in 2008, and 2012, 'at the 11th hour". Now that's what you call "brilliant".
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