I should have supported the 1964 civil Rights act.
That seems common sense in retrospect, but it wasn’t clear at the time. I don’t give Johnson credit for much, him being a shit heel and all, but he was totally right on that issue.
Historically, we Conservatives have not been racist. Ours is the party of Lincoln, after all. Old Barry was a pioneer on desegregation and improving relations with the Negros, though I don’t get much credit for it. But with regards to the CRA, the G-Man screwed the pooch for sure.
While Conservatives have traditionally held the moral high ground with respect to the plight of the Negro, we have also been blind to some of the most serious abuses against him. As men of principle, we naturally assume me fellow countrymen are equally men of principle and, if left to their own devices as the Constitution mandates, they will more often than not do the right thing. That’s a fairly good assumption in this country of ours, but when it’s off it way off. Such was the case in ’64 when I opposed the CRA.
I famously remarked that, “You can’t legislate morality”, and while that that hasn’t stopped the Jesus freaks who’ve taken over my party from trying like hell to do just that, I still believe it. But you can crack some skulls when certain kinds of immorality, the very kind that undermine and attack the concept of individual liberty this country was founded on, become so pervasive and entrenched that simply relying on the good intentions of others will no longer suffice.
Which brings me to the present. Old Barry’s seen a ton of crazy shit in his day, but what’s going on down in Jena, Louisiana is getting me shit hoppin’ mad.
This is perfect example of something we small government conservatives should be up in arms about. This is a small government issue. It’s a freedom against tyranny issue. And it should be red meat to those of us who truly believe in the concept of individual liberty and justice for all. Unfortunately very few GOPers have taken a formal stand on the Jena 6, or any civil rights issue, for far too long. No votes in it for ‘em I guess. We’ve ceded the moral authority on what should have been a bed-rock conservative principle since the 1860s and pretty much said to every Negro man, woman and child that “we just don’t give a wet hot fuck what happens to you”.
This is especially apropos since apparently the current GOP front runners, who collectively don’t rate to wipe the G-Man’s tucchus, don’t find it especially important to even talk to Negros anymore.
Even Barry had more colored friends than these clowns.
I’m more than a little embarrassed that what I was talking about in ’64, namely states’ rights and freedom from unconstitutional federal attacks on personal liberty, has become code for turning a blind-eye to racist nonsense. When an individual sees clear to judge another on the basis of his skin color he’s engaging in his God given right to be an ass hat. But when an entire community sees fit to do just that, and the emotions of bigotry run so rampant that they infect the public square such that the guarantors of liberty are weekend for a minority, then that is government run amok. It affects us all and undermines the very core of the American value system.
After all, what good is liberty if the institutions enacted to defend it pick and choose for whom they will fight? Not a goddamn thing, that’s what.
This was a golden opportunity for Conservatives to show what we’re made of. To stand up and demand that government fulfill its sacred duty to protect its citizens and treat them equally under the law. As a staunch supporter of states’ rights, Barry doesn’t think the feds should come within a mile of this thing. They’ll only fuck it up.
But we as Conservatives should make very clear that justice administered unevenly and pedjudiciously to the individual is an intolerable public tyranny. It concerns us all. Several of the so-called Conservative pundits have come out against what happened in Jena, but only after the case had become so well known that it was a safe position to take. And while they were nominally on the right side of this when they did speak out, the rank and file of the GOP seems largely unconcerned except in the abstract. Certainly less concerned than they were over Terri Schiavo.
(Oh, and by the way, Terri wanted me to tell those of you fought to prevent her husband for carrying out her final wishes without interference to “go fuck yourself”. That woman has a mouth like a sailor.)
Will the GOP cede the Negro vote for another generation? Looks that way. And it’s pretty damn ironic for a party that was born to stop secession, if you ask me. We should speak out now and prove that Conservatism is a defender of liberty and equality under the law especially when race is concerned lest the Negro determine, quite logically, that there is nothing in Conservatism for him and we loose his vote to the damn Democrats for another generation.
If for no other reason, do it for Barry. I can’t tolerate another hundred years of Johnson crowing about this.
Trust me. The GOP is going to need all the help it can get.
That seems common sense in retrospect, but it wasn’t clear at the time. I don’t give Johnson credit for much, him being a shit heel and all, but he was totally right on that issue.
Historically, we Conservatives have not been racist. Ours is the party of Lincoln, after all. Old Barry was a pioneer on desegregation and improving relations with the Negros, though I don’t get much credit for it. But with regards to the CRA, the G-Man screwed the pooch for sure.
While Conservatives have traditionally held the moral high ground with respect to the plight of the Negro, we have also been blind to some of the most serious abuses against him. As men of principle, we naturally assume me fellow countrymen are equally men of principle and, if left to their own devices as the Constitution mandates, they will more often than not do the right thing. That’s a fairly good assumption in this country of ours, but when it’s off it way off. Such was the case in ’64 when I opposed the CRA.
I famously remarked that, “You can’t legislate morality”, and while that that hasn’t stopped the Jesus freaks who’ve taken over my party from trying like hell to do just that, I still believe it. But you can crack some skulls when certain kinds of immorality, the very kind that undermine and attack the concept of individual liberty this country was founded on, become so pervasive and entrenched that simply relying on the good intentions of others will no longer suffice.
Which brings me to the present. Old Barry’s seen a ton of crazy shit in his day, but what’s going on down in Jena, Louisiana is getting me shit hoppin’ mad.
This is perfect example of something we small government conservatives should be up in arms about. This is a small government issue. It’s a freedom against tyranny issue. And it should be red meat to those of us who truly believe in the concept of individual liberty and justice for all. Unfortunately very few GOPers have taken a formal stand on the Jena 6, or any civil rights issue, for far too long. No votes in it for ‘em I guess. We’ve ceded the moral authority on what should have been a bed-rock conservative principle since the 1860s and pretty much said to every Negro man, woman and child that “we just don’t give a wet hot fuck what happens to you”.
This is especially apropos since apparently the current GOP front runners, who collectively don’t rate to wipe the G-Man’s tucchus, don’t find it especially important to even talk to Negros anymore.
Even Barry had more colored friends than these clowns.
I’m more than a little embarrassed that what I was talking about in ’64, namely states’ rights and freedom from unconstitutional federal attacks on personal liberty, has become code for turning a blind-eye to racist nonsense. When an individual sees clear to judge another on the basis of his skin color he’s engaging in his God given right to be an ass hat. But when an entire community sees fit to do just that, and the emotions of bigotry run so rampant that they infect the public square such that the guarantors of liberty are weekend for a minority, then that is government run amok. It affects us all and undermines the very core of the American value system.
After all, what good is liberty if the institutions enacted to defend it pick and choose for whom they will fight? Not a goddamn thing, that’s what.
This was a golden opportunity for Conservatives to show what we’re made of. To stand up and demand that government fulfill its sacred duty to protect its citizens and treat them equally under the law. As a staunch supporter of states’ rights, Barry doesn’t think the feds should come within a mile of this thing. They’ll only fuck it up.
But we as Conservatives should make very clear that justice administered unevenly and pedjudiciously to the individual is an intolerable public tyranny. It concerns us all. Several of the so-called Conservative pundits have come out against what happened in Jena, but only after the case had become so well known that it was a safe position to take. And while they were nominally on the right side of this when they did speak out, the rank and file of the GOP seems largely unconcerned except in the abstract. Certainly less concerned than they were over Terri Schiavo.
(Oh, and by the way, Terri wanted me to tell those of you fought to prevent her husband for carrying out her final wishes without interference to “go fuck yourself”. That woman has a mouth like a sailor.)
Will the GOP cede the Negro vote for another generation? Looks that way. And it’s pretty damn ironic for a party that was born to stop secession, if you ask me. We should speak out now and prove that Conservatism is a defender of liberty and equality under the law especially when race is concerned lest the Negro determine, quite logically, that there is nothing in Conservatism for him and we loose his vote to the damn Democrats for another generation.
If for no other reason, do it for Barry. I can’t tolerate another hundred years of Johnson crowing about this.
Trust me. The GOP is going to need all the help it can get.
5 comments:
I'm 40 years old, I grew up going to completely integrated schools in the deep south. Therefore, I am familiar with situations of racial tensions that are very common in the public schools of the south.
First, I believe the consideration of one's race has no place at all in seeking justice, with the exception of hate crimes specifically perpetrated because of race.
In this situation, if race is not considered, then you have one person who was attacked from behind by a group of 6 people. This means without a doubt that the attackers had premeditated their attack which is demonstrated by their surprise attack with greatly overwhelming numbers. It is my understanding that the victim was quickly rendered unconscious and the attack continued whereby the attackers kicked the unconscious victim repeatedly.
There is no question this was a very malicious premeditated attack with intent and capability to do great bodily harm, to include death. I personally know of a person who was knocked unconscious and then kicked until he died, so "a shoe" is a deadly weapon when used in this circumstance.
So, with race out of the picture there is an attempted murder to seek justice for.
Has there been justice for this attempted murder?
Oh, but you say race must be considered. Ok, then this was clearly a hate crime where these 6 blacks attacked and tried to kill this one white, so the much heavier penalties associated with hate crimes must be levied.
To suggest the incident with fake nuces being hung out of a tree somehow justify this attack is the very same thing as saying that because Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. exercised his right to free speech it was justifiable to murder him! That’s crazy right? Well that’s this case in reverse.
We all know how it works, there will be no justice here or anywhere Al or Jessie chose to spin the truth. They have done more in their life time to increase racial hatred than any other people I can think of. You can not seek equality and justice by perpetrating the exact opposite.
Ever since those race riots in California after that drug-head had his run-in with the police, things have been skewed dangerously allowing inequality and injustice to go unchallenged. OJ's free, Mayer of DC was a drug-head, the Duke Lacrosse team was wrongly prosecuted, and now this victim is laid on the alter of vanity that stands at the feet of these so called "civil rights leaders" who only seek the spotlight for their own glory. My question is this: How is it that so many black people care so little for truth? With the turnout at the Jena march it suggests there is a huge disparity in understanding that exists between the black population and the rest of America.
America needs to wake up and say enough, the 60's are over, let's get on with life, racial favor for any reason is over. A person stands on their own merit, and answers for their own actions.
You do of course realize that until the New Deal progressives often tended to be Republican, right? Rosevelt, the progressive movement. Democrats didn't become the part of progressives and Republicans the party of White Southerners until the mid 20th century.In the 1870 African American interests were represented by the GOP, then the progressive party, whereas today, they are represented by the Dems, today's progressive party. the The two parties essentially switched roles.
How do you plan on winning over "the Negro" if you can't think of "him" as more complex and diverse than the hegemonic picture you paint.
To add to the first comment. The Jena 6 was just another example of high school bullying. The six members of the football team had a long history of picking on other students, and getting away with it, because they were football players. When the white kids tried to retaliate this kid got his brains beat in!
There's no hate crime here. In fact hate crimes are unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.
-Patriot
I would like to correct b.s.e. It was actually a democrat (Woodrow Wilson) that started the progressive movement.
-Patriot
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