Rick Perlstein of the Washington Post moans softly:
“It used to be different. You never heard the late Walter Cronkite taking time on the evening news to “debunk” claims that a proposed mental health clinic in Alaska is actually a dumping ground for right-wing critics of the president’s program, or giving the people who made those claims time to explain themselves on the air. The media didn’t adjudicate the ever-present underbrush of American paranoia as a set of “conservative claims” to weigh, horse-race-style, against liberal claims. Back then, a more confident media unequivocally labeled the civic outrage represented by such discourse as “extremist” — out of bounds.”
Jack Moss of Macsmind answers:
Of course this is selective amnesia that ignores how Cronkite’s “editorializing” of the Vietnam War, calling a victory at Tet a “defeat” lead to American withdrawal and the wasted sacrifice of over 50,000.
But more, having vividly lived those times, I never remember the media doing anything other than bolster and praise left-wing outrage. The media of the 60s, as now celebrated left-wing social unrest and demonized right wing opposition. Little has changed.
But just because Americans stood to to the anti-American ideals of Socialism and Communism, didn’t make “Right-Wingers” ‘radical’, it simply showed they were right.
Just look at who is President now.
Quite true. If America had done things right, we would not be in the mess that we were in now. As a personal hero of mine, Trent Lott once said:
"I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn’t have had all these problems over all these years, either,"
Nothing more can be added to that. It is the truth; of course, your tenderhearted Conservatives and your race-baiting liberals will object to this statement, but it is the truth. The civil rights act of 1964 was totally unconstitutional. Of which, a personal hero of mine refused to vote for; that being Senator Barry Goldwater. This did cost him the election of that year. The Democrats got their revenge on that vote; during the election the Democrats painted Goldwater as mentally unstable. Which was, and still is, a bunch of baloney. It also began the process of the classic intellectual liberals to the leave the Democratic Party and join the ranks of the Republican Party. That faction of the party became known as the "Neo or New Conservatives". Led by the likes Irving Kristol; The New Conservatives sought to rip control of the Republican Party away from the hands of the "Old Right", which by this time, had become mired in racism and Antisemitism. Some would say that much of this was accomplished by lies and trickery.
Now to address the quote by Trent Lott; I realize that supposed racial aspects of that statement. But to me, it is a broader statement, than just "them Negros are ruining our society!" To me it speaks to an absolute rejection the idea of Multiculturalism and the rejection of diversity. The whole problem with this idiotic idea of celebrating diversity is this; Black Liberals want you and I to be ashamed of being even being white. Even though ninety-nine percent of white people living today, had nothing to do with the acts of slavery that took place in this Country over 300 years ago. Further more, Black Liberals want you to be ashamed of the practice of segregation that took place in the south —- whether you had anything to do with it, or not. They want you to blame yourself. Which is quite idiotic, in this writers opinion.
Not only this, but the Liberal Black Community wants to blame the white race for the problems within their own society. If a black man kills another black man; it is automatically the white mans fault. Why is that? Because the African-American community has never, and will never take direct responsibility for its own actions. They would rather scapegoat the white community for their problems. Why? Two Reasons; it is easier and it gets their political leaders votes. I have written here before that the Democratic Party views the African-American community as the resident "useful idiots"; this is proved by watching any of the many videos floating around of ACORN out doing their bidding, what is the skin color of ninety percent of those workers? You know what I am saying. You never see any of those Limousine latte sipping liberals from New York and California in those videos. You see African-American liberals doing the hard work for them. That is because the African-Americans get the Democratic Party votes. They do this by stirring the pot of racism tension in this Country and fueling the African-American’s sense of entitlement. It gets them the votes. Which is pretty funny consider that most of the people who carried out acts of racial violence in this Country were, in fact Democrats. In fact Alabama Governor George Wallace, who’s quote is quite infamous; was a Democrat.
The point I am trying to make here is this. These modern day Socialist Democrats have short term memory spans. They seem to have forgotten that the very party that are in, are the very ones who oppressed them for years.
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“In fact Alabama Governor George Wallace, who’s quote is quite infamous; was a Democrat.”
So was Strom Thurmond. He left because he found the Republican party more accommodating. The same thing happened with more or less every Southern Democratic politician of that era. They all started as Democrats out of lingering resentment over Lincoln, and ended up switching parties because Democrats enacted civil rights laws. I’m not sure that’s a feather in the Republican cap though. Seems more like Democrats did something praiseworthy (ending Jim Crow), a bunch of avowed racists protested and abandoned the party, and Republicans welcomed them with open arms.
Of course, Nixon then took this and made it the central political strategy of the party, but that’s a story for another day.
The Resentment over Lincoln was because of the centralized Government that he forced on the south and because of his acts of Tyranny toward the south. Today, he would be considered a terrorist.
The Republicans Welcomed these people because they knew what the Democrats were doing, and that was forcing people to accept racial integration in an unconstitutional manner.
Now, Nixon, that’s a whole other story there.
So, just to be clear, you view Reconstruction as “terrorism,” and the South’s opposition to civil rights laws as legitimate opposition to an overbearing government. I can’t imagine why “Black Liberals” want you to feel ashamed of yourself.
In any event, I see that we’re in agreement that the South voted Democrat for a century based on resentment of Lincoln, then switched parties en masse in reaction to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Would it be fair to say that, since the beginning of the Republic, the South has consistently used whatever political power it has for the goal of preventing any outside interference with maintaining blacks as a racial underclass? Or would you say that’s going to far?
No, no, no, no….. I am not saying that why he fought the war was wrong. It was HOW he fought it.
So your view is that Lincoln’s conduct of the civil war was tantamount to “terrorism.” Can you clarify at all? Do you have any specific events in mind?
Keep in mind that whatever you describe as “terrorism” when it was done during the Civil War, I’m going to ask you whether you can apply the same standards to other U.S. wars and ask you whether you consider them terrorism. Just to give you a head’s up.
I’m with you till the maintaining blacks bit. I don’t think there’s been any real effort on that at all. Possibly at one time, perhaps. But today? Nah. The balance down in the south has shifted more to more African-American and less white.
Well, we’ve already covered more 100 years of the Republic. And I think the pre-Civil War history is pretty clear. So I guess my question is: when did the South stop voting based on race issues?
I have said all I have to say about this. I think you’re just trying to discredit it. Consider the damn thread closed.
No, Patrick, it’s not blame we want the white community to acknowledge. It’s the years of economic benefit and preference that has created the disparity in the quality of your community’s quality of life and mine. it’s a lot easier to reach the top floor when you start from the second – and I’ve been forced to build the first, at no pay and no access… It”s time to acknowledge AND balance the books. Slavery is criminal and you have benefitted. You and your community are accessories after the fact and, therefore, liable by law.You SHOULD be proud. As a community you have accomplished much. As a community, you should also have the integrity and moral strength of character to acknowledge the root of your gain. Until you do so it will remain the stain that holds your shame and the whisper that follows your every success.
Max,
You have the right to your damned opinion and I have to right to tell you, that YOU are full of shit.
My family never, ever, owned a damned black slave ever. My family, on both sides, never could afford slaves. My family disapproved of slavery AND also did not approve of segregation in the south. The word “Nigger” was never, and still isn’t uttered in this house at all. Want to know why? Because we’re civilized human beings, who know that sort of language and the hate behind it is wrong.
Second of all. I want you to explain to me on how I am benefiting from anything at all. Okay?
Here’s a link to a screencap of my damned banking account, I want you look at my statement and the amount circled okay? Please, do that..
Click here to look at my checking account statement as of today!
In case you cannot make that out. The amount is $27.24. Not $124.24, Not $124.000.00, not 124,000,000,00, but $27.24!
Dude, I am going to set it to your straight, I am not a rich Conservative, at all. I am a lower middle class person, who lives with his parents. I have never lived on my own before; I have never been able to afford it, ever. I am a high school drop out. I have A.D.H.D. I was diagnosed at age 5. My Dad retired from G.M. in 2001. I have no had a good paying job since 2000. I had a short term job in 2005, but had to quit because it was making physically sick. So, you’re little talking point about me being White and being treated special is a bunch of fucking bullshit!
Thanks for trying Max, but that little fucking line just does not fly with me, because quite frankly, I have NEVER, EVER been treated special, because I am white. It is just not true at all. Every job that I have EVER had, I was given, because I was able to do the job and do it well.
So, come back with some better talking points, because those are quite old. Besides all that. Ever heard of fucking affirmative action? You were given the special privileges, while white guys like me were left in the cold. But that is not enough for you. You have to have more and more and more… Why can’t you just be happy that you are not in chains anymore and are being treated fairly?
That’s because you liberals feel like you entitled to everything. When in reality, the only thing you are entitled to, is your freedom and your life and a pursuit of happiness, and that means you have to work for it, it is not to be given to you, at all.
Thanks for playing though, but that little line of B.S. just doesn’t work here, at all.
…the Democrats were doing, and that was forcing people to accept racial integration in an unconstitutional manner.
So segregation, enforced by the government, was constitutional?
I’m surprised to see there are still “segs” out there. This is the kind of crazy Rick Perlstein was writing about.
Still whipping the old “the segregationists were all Democrats” canard, too. Everybody with even half a brain knows that those people all left the Democratic Party after passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1964, at least in presidential politics. The Civil Rights Act was passed by a Democratic president, LBJ, who stated at the time that this would lose the South for generations. He was right, of course.
No, i never said that at all.
My point is this, that you cannot legislate morality. Sure, what happened was wrong. But when you use government to legislate morality it can be dangerous. As we have seen with Obama Administration.
Of course, I would not expect you liberals to understand this, seeing Liberalism is such a fucking mental disorder and all. 🙄
That’s because they were all Democrats ya damn dipshit! Segregation was OUTLAWED in 1964. and Alabama’s Governor WAS a Democrat, you cannot deny that. Well, you can, but you’d look mighty dumb.
But then again, most liberals are… 🙄