Comments on: Racists, RedState, and the GOP Netroots

By: G A PHILLIPS

G A PHILLIPS — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 05:19:06 +0000

Dear Mr. Ken, dude, who freed the slaves, who got the civil rights laws passed, and who has appointed minorities to some some of the highest positions of power in our government, three simple questions for you? dude I grew up with all colors and creeds, I did not even know what a racist was till some liberal jackass taught me social studies in Jr. high. Oh, and Herb I guess you were right its like beating a dead horse with this guy.

By: floyd

floyd — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:56:49 +0000

wayne; incorrect definition; it should also read because of that persons race.what's all the fuss about anyway, the left preaches tolerance which is impossible without aversion? besides hyperbole is becoming an american tradition these days.we've watered down definitions to the point that words have no clear meaning. debate is becoming debabble and sounds more and more like a terrified barnyard. some even claim the sky IS falling!!

By: just me

just me — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:14:41 +0000

Don't think it was the GOP that had a former klansmen as the majority leader.

By: Armed Liberal

Armed Liberal — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:14:34 +0000

James, it gets better - he sees the Democratic netroots - at Kos, Eschaton, and MyDD - as mainstream.

I'll be posting on this tonight...

A.L.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:36:44 +0000

You obviously spent no time in either researching these issues or thinking about how they relate to racism in America.

Or maybe he did enough research and thinking to reach his conclusions, years before you showed up on his blog to "educate" him? Nah, couldn't be.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:47:49 +0000

Ken
Definition
racist person: somebody who hates others who are not of his or her own race

The only party that openly welcomes racist person is the democrat. You have the Jessie Jackson and the Al Sharptons among others who are in your party. The democrats are the ones who want to give special rights and benefits to someone solely because of the color of their skins. Dont give me that lame argument that a minority cant be racist or prejudiced. Every one of us belongs in some way to a minority and majority group. Judging someone because of the color of his or her skin is racist regardless of who is doing it.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:30:52 +0000

Brett: I don't spend much time at any of the sites. LGF directs its antipathy at global terrorists rather than domestic targets.

By: Brett

Brett — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:51:25 +0000

Democratic Underground worse than LGF and the freepers? Really? Based on what standard?

By: legion

legion — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:22:19 +0000

From David Duke to Jesse Helms to Trent Lott to Tom Tancredo, plotting points of Republican "leadership" on a graph draws a pretty clear line.

You guys may not consider yourselves racist, but there's little doubt (certainly none in the minds of actual minorities, whether racial or sexual) that the GOP wants nothing good for them.

By: Moe Lane

Moe Lane — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:22:09 +0000

Generally speaking, James, we crypto-fascist, racist, incestuous neo-theo-Zioncons* over at Redstate find that it's much simpler to ban people the second time that they toss personal insults at their host.

Just saying, that's all.

Moe

*We also eat baby harp seals. Raw and kicking. Then wipe our faces with the Constitution afterwards.

By: floyd

floyd — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:21:32 +0000

such barely precedented crapulence, wow!

By: ken

ken — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:02:21 +0000

James, you make my point for me. You obviously spent no time in either researching these issues or thinking about how they relate to racism in America.

It is futile to try to provide information to the willfully ignorant.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:53:05 +0000

Ken,

So, you're defining "racism" as

-The use of demographic data when gerrymandering districts for partisan purposes (which both parties have done for decades)

-Denying that economic voodoo works

-Opposition to using race as a factor in hiring and academic admissions

A rather odd definition.

By: Guesst

Guesst — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:52:35 +0000

Using Free Republic as the standard by which to gauge "extremism" tends to undermine the validity of the points being made, or scored.

Hilarious.

By: ken

ken — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:47:24 +0000

James, I usually make it a rule not to bother trying to educate the ignorant. After all you have the same access to the facts via the Internet as I do. I am particularly discouraged in such endeavour when dealing with someone of relatively high intelligence, as demonstrated by the ability to write coherently, as you can. So I do not believe there is any excuse for someone in your position to be ignorant of such basic information as what I laid out in my post.

Knowing this will in all probability this will not work, since a student must be willing to have an open mind to take in knowledge, I will try to at least point you in the right direction:

-Proposition 187

-Texas redistricting

-The McCain smear

-Republican Party active hostility to minimum wage increases, to affirmative action, to any and all anti-discrimination either on the books or proposed.

Investigate these issues (there are hundreds of others) and you will see why a racist would believe himself welcomed by the Republican Party but opposed by the Democratic Party. After you are done, just ask yourself: What party would a racist join?