Imagine if that had happened to a Democrat candidate--we'd still be hearing about it today.
If you want to watch white liberals do some subliminal facial contortions, ask them how they feel about minorities who voted for Trump; a record number last year. You can guess how they think because of the enthusiasm with which they vilify white rednecks. But when minorities engage in redneck behavior, only silence from the left, as if they're children with poor impulse control.
Of course the exact same hypocrisy applies to Democrats' fetishizing of poor people. It's not in our nature to care about masses of poor people outside our own tribal boundaries; that's not how most humans are wired. The ones who are wired for altruism demonstrate it by donating their own time and resources to help the poor. Most people's idea of altruism is merely voting to pickpocket the wealthy in the furtherance of lofty ideals; not realizing they are voting for their own pockets to be picked.
And of course Democrats wouldn't be trying to open our borders to the entire world in order to boost their sagging constituency, would they? Conspiracy theory! Except they have a hard time explaining why voter ID laws are racist, when you need an ID for every other area of civic life...
The main thing I was wondering as I read this is how many Democrats have actually read Uncle Tom's Cabin, even black Democrats. I've never read it, but I also don't consider my party as the savior of every oppressed minority [except Jews, apparently]. I lost all my Democrat friends over October 7 and its aftermath. Oh well, gotta clean out the pipes every now and then...
I don't think you've been paying attention if you think White liberals have been silent concerning minorities that voted for Trump. The plethora of videos circulating on social media by Hispanic Trump voters who express pure shock and regret over the way deportations are being carried out has given them, and lots of folks in general, a lot of material that just begs for commentary.
Excellent work. Having everything since the Civil Rights Act in my living memory ), and being raised to treat people as they treat me, I am thoroughly disgusted with the left. Ad hominem is so much easier than substance or logic based debate
Thanks for the link! As Thomas Sowell has been illustrating for decades, demographic voting patterns are often surprising. Can you imagine how ridiculous it would look if white Republicans kept trying to "educate" white voters by hectoring them on TV about why they should vote for MAGA candidates as a moral imperative, to save democracy?
"Over 80 percent of Black Americans still vote for the Democrat Party, the same party that once fought to keep them enslaved, segregated, and silenced."
And we chose to remain in America after emancipation, and a majority of us live in the former Confederate states. Clearly we're not averse to engaging with things with a racist past because we know that things can and do change. We've gotten over the Democratic Party's past, and it hasn't stopped a majority of the Hispanic and Asian electorate from joining the party either. Maybe you should get over it too and quit throwing that sordid history in our face over and over just just because you don't like the way we vote. Try making a case FOR the policies you prefer without all the racist theatrics. It makes you no better than those you criticize, but then again, that would entail making an actual effort to talk TO Black Americans instead of virtue-signaling to your tribe.
Great article, Chris!
Thanks for bringing Alan Keyes to my attention, I didn't know about him.
Also don't forget Walter Williams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXMxCEkRy5o
Here's what the left really thinks about black conservatives--this got very little coverage:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-10/lapd-investigating-egg-throwing-incident-larry-elder-venice-homeless
Imagine if that had happened to a Democrat candidate--we'd still be hearing about it today.
If you want to watch white liberals do some subliminal facial contortions, ask them how they feel about minorities who voted for Trump; a record number last year. You can guess how they think because of the enthusiasm with which they vilify white rednecks. But when minorities engage in redneck behavior, only silence from the left, as if they're children with poor impulse control.
Of course the exact same hypocrisy applies to Democrats' fetishizing of poor people. It's not in our nature to care about masses of poor people outside our own tribal boundaries; that's not how most humans are wired. The ones who are wired for altruism demonstrate it by donating their own time and resources to help the poor. Most people's idea of altruism is merely voting to pickpocket the wealthy in the furtherance of lofty ideals; not realizing they are voting for their own pockets to be picked.
And of course Democrats wouldn't be trying to open our borders to the entire world in order to boost their sagging constituency, would they? Conspiracy theory! Except they have a hard time explaining why voter ID laws are racist, when you need an ID for every other area of civic life...
The main thing I was wondering as I read this is how many Democrats have actually read Uncle Tom's Cabin, even black Democrats. I've never read it, but I also don't consider my party as the savior of every oppressed minority [except Jews, apparently]. I lost all my Democrat friends over October 7 and its aftermath. Oh well, gotta clean out the pipes every now and then...
I don't think you've been paying attention if you think White liberals have been silent concerning minorities that voted for Trump. The plethora of videos circulating on social media by Hispanic Trump voters who express pure shock and regret over the way deportations are being carried out has given them, and lots of folks in general, a lot of material that just begs for commentary.
I have been paying attention. I just came to different conclusions than you did. Nothing wrong with that.
Excellent work. Having everything since the Civil Rights Act in my living memory ), and being raised to treat people as they treat me, I am thoroughly disgusted with the left. Ad hominem is so much easier than substance or logic based debate
Very interesting. To find further analyses on this topic please read the following excellent essay.
https://open.substack.com/pub/musaalgharbi/p/a-graveyard-of-bad-election-narratives?r=3k89vi&utm_medium=ios
Thanks for the link! As Thomas Sowell has been illustrating for decades, demographic voting patterns are often surprising. Can you imagine how ridiculous it would look if white Republicans kept trying to "educate" white voters by hectoring them on TV about why they should vote for MAGA candidates as a moral imperative, to save democracy?
"Over 80 percent of Black Americans still vote for the Democrat Party, the same party that once fought to keep them enslaved, segregated, and silenced."
And we chose to remain in America after emancipation, and a majority of us live in the former Confederate states. Clearly we're not averse to engaging with things with a racist past because we know that things can and do change. We've gotten over the Democratic Party's past, and it hasn't stopped a majority of the Hispanic and Asian electorate from joining the party either. Maybe you should get over it too and quit throwing that sordid history in our face over and over just just because you don't like the way we vote. Try making a case FOR the policies you prefer without all the racist theatrics. It makes you no better than those you criticize, but then again, that would entail making an actual effort to talk TO Black Americans instead of virtue-signaling to your tribe.
Here's another interesting post on this topic.
https://substack.com/@thatskaizen/note/c-146143808