The Tea Partiers Aren't The Racists

On O'Reilly tonight I was dismayed by Al Sharpton saying that a sign reading "take back our country" was racist.  "What do they mean by 'our' country?" Sharpton asked.  Then I was further dismayed to hear Juan Williams say that we have to consider that the president is a black man and we should be careful about what we say for this reason.

What bothers me here is that Al Sharpton, Juan Williams and most of the hard left see Obama as a black man first and the president second.  And yet the Tea partiers are the racists?  I find it very disturbing to hear that we should meter what we say based on the skin color of the person we're talking to or about.  How can we ever get past the very real, and very horrible problem of racism when we have people telling us that we MUST consider the race of the person and adjust our words accordingly.

It shouldn't matter what color skin the leader has or anybody else for that matter.  We shouldn't see Obama as a black man first and the president second.  As much as I hate it, the man is the president and no assumptions should be made that opposition to his policies has anything at all to do with his race without hard evidence.  The idea that somebody can cast such a broad interpretation of an innocuous statement as to claim it is racist based solely on the color of his skin is tragic, insulting and racist in itself.

I refuse to see an individual by their color first.  Each man and woman will be judged by their actions, and claiming racism where it doesn't exist is keeping a wound open while the rest of us are desperately trying to make the wound heal.

Shame on Al Sharpton and shame on Juan Williams.

Harry Reid - Still Stupid

At a press conference outside of an energy event in Nevada Harry Reid was asked if he had apologized to the voters for implying that a dark skinned black man could not get elected.  Reid went on to say that he had apologized to African American leadership.  So I take that as a no.  He hasn't apologized to voters and he doesn't intend to.

There is a lot of talk about offending the African American community with his statements and that they aren't that offended, but what about the other communities?  What about the implication that WE are all racists and wouldn't vote for a dark skinned man?  I find that incredibly offensive. 

I did not vote for Obama, of course, and wouldn't have voted for him no matter his race because I strongly disagreed with him on pretty much every issue.  However, had I agreed with him on the issues I would have voted for him.  Again regardless of his color.

The implication by Reid that the American public is too racist to support a man with dark skin offends me, and the refusal to acknowledge that the people could actually find this implication offensive has angered me.

But then again, I lean to the right and I'm white so if I'm offended nobody really cares.

Reid's Record Supercedes His Mouth

A member of the Congressional Black Caucus said that Reid's comments are excusable because of his voting record and a Republican who said the same thing would not get the same forgiveness based on their voting record.

What this means to me is that a Democrat can say any racially offensive or explosive thing they want as long as they vote to keep the black people poor.  After all, isn't that what Reid's voting record is all about?  His voting record is based on convincing poor people that only the government can help them, that people need the government to pay their bills.  In essense, to keep them poor.  That's a good thing and all will be forgiven.

If you work to get people off of the government dole, to improve their own lives, and convince them that the surest way to remain in poverty is to wait for the government to lift you out of it, that's bad and you're automatically believed to be a racist.  Any stupid comment that can in any way be construed as racists is just seen as proof of what everybody always knew anyway.

I have never understood how the belief that race should not be a deciding factor, that the same rights apply to all regardless of color, and that we all have a chance to succeed we just have to work for it is considered racist while the belief that race should always be a deciding factor and that different standards should be set for different ethnic groups is not racist.

If I understand this logic correctly, ignoring racial differences makes you racist while focusing on racial differences makes you not racist.  That is no logic at all.

Harry Reid - No Negro Dialect

One of my favorite bloggers, Keving Jackson from The Black Sphere has a great blog on the Harry Reid double standard today.

My favorite part was this ....

"But Obama has talent! Though he speaks ‘white’ most of the time, and is fluent in Austrian, he finds the Negro dialect or “jive” when he speaks to silly Negros—Black people who voted for Obama, simply because he is black[i]. Obama was masterful at this during his campaign, because silly Negros would not accept the white part of Obama, unless they felt he was “down,” i.e. one of them.


This is because silly Negros are also the most racist black folks in America, no different from Reid and his ilk. These blacks voted for Obama for the same reasons as Reid…because Obama has light skin and no Negro dialect…around whites! Silly Negros liked that Obama could fool whites, though it was they who were fooled.


Ironically, back in the day Obama would have been accused of “acting white” or “trying to pass,” by not having a Negro dialect. And his attempts to act black—that’s all it is, an attempt—would have gotten him more than a few butt-kickings in the black community. However, because silly Negros wanted a Messiah, regardless of whether he is a no-talent-no-Negro-dialect-having-metrosexual-Communst-sympathizing-narcissistic egomaniac!"

As always Kevin is witty and entertaining, but most of all insightful.  Read the whole blog here

Janeane Garofalo - A Study in Stupidity

I had told myself that I wasn't going to post about this. But I just can't seem to shake my disbelief at the levels of stupidity of this actress and comedienne whose work I once enjoyed and admired. But her statements regarding the tea party protesters (and I am one) was sheer stupidity. Her stance that we are all a bunch of rednecks objecting to a black man in the white house left me resembling the slack jawed yokel she thought me when my chin hit my chest in shock and dismay. Of course the protest couldn't have anything to do with the trillions in debt we are in as the result of irresponsible spending on both sides of the political isle. It couldn't have anything to do with the government bailing out companies who have mismanaged their assets and should fail as a result of their bad management. It couldn't have anything to do with our government officials, most of which don't know their ass from their elbow, thinking that they have the right to fire the CEOs of private companies. It can't have anything to do with printing more money when there are no assets to back it up. Nope. All of those things were just a smoke screen for out bigotry and racism according to Ms Garofalo. The funny thing is that her assumption of the reason behind the protests was way more racist that the actual reason. Her first assumption was that it was due to the color of our president's skin. A very racist stance. For a comedienne she doesn't appear to have much of a sense of humor when it comes to people with different political views from her own.

Making a judgement based on assumption, and stating it as fact is stupid. She made no attempt to find out from the actual protesters what their stance was. Instead she stated her opinion based on her own prejudices and even went so far as to state that there was no other way to see it. That is the essence of stupidity. So to Janeane Garofalo, a big thank you for illustrating to the world what stupidity looks and sounds like.