The "Brown-Black" Race Card?
Nick Gillespie | February 15, 2008, 3:29pm
Over at Politico, "libertarian Democrat," former press secretary for the Democratic National Committee, and occasional reason contributor Terry Michael writes about whether Hillary Clinton is exploiting tensions between Hispanics and blacks in the Donkey Party:
Stipulated, I am a partisan of my fellow Illinoisan Obama, who I believe is transcending race in this campaign.
But, putting on my media critic hat, I would urge those whose business it is to interpret our politics, the press corps, to carefully observe how Clinton Inc. plays the "brown-black" race card as the campaign moves toward Texas. That extra scrutiny was earned by trash talk from the Supreme and Un-Fireable Manager of Clinton Inc. (our "first black president") between Iowa and South Carolina.
All of this could have been predicted for a political party (I lament it is mine) that has been playing identity politics with a vengeance for the past several decades.
With an unfortunate focus on granting entitlements based on tribal affinity rather than celebrating the rights, liberties and personal responsibilities of individuals in a pluralistic democracy, strengthened by civic cultural assimilation, we Democrats have been courting racialist warfare for a long time.
More here.
joe's an idiot | February 16, 2008, 7:04pm | #
Nah, you'd actually have to make some kind of point with some level of substance behind it to get me to bother with your link.
...cause that's what you do, right joe? Make points with substance; like these:
What, did you see an Eddie Murphy movie once and figure you know how the black folks lived in the olden days? God, you're ignorant.
..it was fun while it lasted, it looks like the Self-Appointed Anti-joe Brigade has decided to shit all over it.
Largely because of the decline in the political power of people with your general opinions about race, Jamie.
Like I give a crap about how someone like you feels about my beliefs about racial justice.
Nonetheless I sort of agree with something you said - it
was fun while it lasted. But you also said, it was
a decent enough thread while it lasted. Was it fun, or decent? And if you don't mind helping me understand, what might be the difference, if any? (Decency and fun are rarely synonyms in this culture.)
Anyway, whatever it all means, you found something more fun/decent to do. Oh well.
So, see ya next time
joe ... by the way, don't you dare click on any links - they exist only to test you.
P.S. I did agree, sort of, with one other thing you said, but you generalized it enough that I could -
... to vote to break down the color barriers that exist in our society.
Only thing is, I'd personally take out the word "color" since my belief is that it would be useful to collapse all kinds of 'barriers'.
Anyone who votes based on a candidate's size, shape, reproductive equipment, or skin color is an idiot. I say that other than political reasons, there is no valid reason to vote for or against someone.. period. That goes for you too joe, if you vote for a candidate, or encourage others to do so, because of their particular size, shape, color, you are an
idiot.
And if
vote to break down barriers means voting for what an "individual" (I know, scary word for you, joe) believes to be the "best" candidate (note: some voters 'best' is different than yours) regardless of the natural characteristics or organs (including skin) of the candidate, then I will happily agree with you.
