You Don't Have to Be a Bigot to Be Called a Racist Anymore

[Hiryuu]

People who oppose racism are not bigots. That's stupid. I said what I did about rape to contrast your silly comment about people being intolerant of views being bigots. Debating the dumb is really hard. It's just not something I've been used to.

People who have intolerant views of their opposition are bigots, and race doesn't even have to be a factor. You can debate that all you want, if you want to be a bigot.

Being intolerant of another's unlawful views and acts does not make a person a bigot. And racism is not lawful in the U.S. presently. Physically attacking a person motivated by their inclusion in a protected class is a violation of the criminal code in my state. Doing any thing that harms them in other ways motivated by their race, national origin, immigration status, sexual orientation, religion, etc. are violations of a multitude of local, state & federal civil statues.

In the final analysis, you can be a raging bigot/racist all day long, that is your right and most people won't care UNLESS it motivates you to act and it does my heart good to see all of people out there documenting racists breaking the laws and violating their rights, getting the evidence to the appropriate authrotities and getting the charges filed and the arrest warrants issued. For the longest time in the country, this was not even possible for most black people whose rights were being abused. Add one to the plus side of the use of technology to make the world a better place.

I am using the definition of the word. You are free to suggests it means something it doesn't and I can tolerate that for whatever it is worth. Being a bigot in not restricted to race, so any inference you make regarding race doesn't change the meaning of the word. I am not, and have not been debating any alternate meaning of the word. For all practical purposes, I haven't even said that being a bigot is right or wrong.

If you want to argue the merits of your or anyone else's bigotry, I can still tolerate your desire to, but it's not going to change the meaning of the word.

 

[AveryJarhman]

#TheLargerIssue #Fatherlessness #ChildNeglectMaltreatment #MentalHealth #SOLUTIONS

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Peace.

 

[MaryL]

When people vote for someone based on nothing more than race, (who could that be?) When I hear blacks admit how much they LOATH whites, and blame "racism" for that, The sheer hypocrisy of all that, it never ceases to amaze me. The high black on black crime rate goes unabated. And the black lives matters folks, like Don Quixote tilting at their delusions to slay the dragons of the past.

 

[MaryL]

I like Obama . HE seems like a great fella. But his voice, it's almost hypnotic. Like painter Bob (Ross). Happy little clouds. I fall into their spell. I will do whatever they say... accept with say, Obama it's more like: Lets co-opt the entire health system instead,...Shhh. And then I wake up.

 

[AveryJarhman]

MaryL shared, "The high black on black crime rate goes unabated. And the black lives matters folks, like Don Quixote tilting at their delusions to slay the dragons of the past."

Hello. Regarding disproportionate amounts of crime occurring in far too many American communities and neighborhoods.

IN ALL SERIOUSNESS who is raising, nurturing and socializing perfectly healthy American newborns, maturing into apparent emotionally ill, VIOLENT, SUIC!DAL, HOMIC!DAL teen and adult "gang-bangers and thugs" the late social activist Ms. Sandra Bland correctly asserts are unnecessarily causing COMMUNITY FEAR and VIOLENCE, as well as TERRORIZING, gunning down, killing American Babies and Elders, as well as impugning the image of our peaceful, responsible black or American friends, neighbors, co-workers or family relatives of African descent?

Who is failing to responsibly raise, nurture and socialize a significant population of perfectly healthy American newborns maturing into angry, frustrated, sometimes violent, sometimes suicidal teen and adult American citizens largely lacking compassion, empathy and respect for their peaceful or less fortunate neighbors?

Who are the American moms apparently experiencing some type of emotional or mental illness preventing them from embracing a mom's natural maternal urge to protect hers, as well as any child from experiencing emotional harm...

...as well as failing to recognize an established medical fact that placing ABOVE ALL ELSE the emotional well being of our Nation's most precious and cherished assets, will most likely result with a fairly or wonderfully happy child maturing into a reasonably responsible teen and adult citizen caring about their own well being, (*May 18, 2015 - Rise in Suic!de by Black Children Surprises Researchers - The New York Times*) as well as embracing compassion, empathy and respect for their peaceful and less fortunate neighbors!

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I write about and share evidence of America’s MUCH IGNORED, oppressive, potentially life scarring black or African American *MATERNAL CHILD CARE* #T_H_U_G_L_I_F_E NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS that I, as well as a growing number of my reasonably responsible, caring, concerned American and foreign born neighbors believe is impeding our black or American friends, neighbors and co-workers of African descent from experiencing the equality and respect all peaceful, reasonably responsible Americans are entitled to enjoy.

The late 'Childhood Trauma' (#ACEs) victim Tupac Shakur's T.H.U.G.L.I.F.E. Child Abuse, Emotional Neglect, Abandonment & Maltreatment concept applies to American and foreign born citizens of ALL backgrounds:

T.H.U.G.L.I.F.E. - "The Hate U Give Little Infants Fvvks *EVERYONE"* ~Tupac Shakur

“We need more people who care; you know what I’m saying? We need more women, mothers, fathers, we need more of that…” ~Tupac Shakur, American urban story-TRUTH-teller

Unfortunately, before he developed the confidence to properly promote his #THUGLIFE Child Abuse *AWARENESS-PREVENTION* concept, Tupac was brutally murdered by OTHER emotionally or mentally ill victims (*May 18, 2015 - Rise in Suic!de by Black Children Surprises Researchers - The New York Times*) of America's Culture of African American Child Abuse, Neglect and Emotional Maltreatment evolving from America's multi-generational, ignorant, once legal Culture of Racism.

Much like Tupac I’m sorry to pick on moms, though since ancient times they are the primary caregivers we look to keep our young minds feeling SAFE, protected, cared for and loved right from our start.

Peace.
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American *(Children)* Lives Matter; Take Pride In Parenting; *End Our National Epidemic of Child Abuse and Neglect*; End Community Violence, Police Anxiety & Educator's Frustrations

 

[IM2]

I've said nothing racist. Post a racist quote from me.

How many times have you directly referenced the women you're debating around here as ''white woman" instead of their screen name? Hm? How many? You've probably done it to the guys, too, I just haven't noticed it. I wouldn't doubt it.

You're a rabid racist. Observably. And the Majority of people around here would agree with me. But you're free to be a racist, so long as you conform to the rules. Which, by the way, you do not conform to them, but that's a whole different issue in itself which needs to be resolved. I get it, though. You get that big S on your chest from behind a keyboard. Guaranteed if someone yelled Boo! at you on the street, though, you'd soil your britches. You seem like the type. You lack discipline. And you're a very poor representative for the cause of equality. As I've said before, however, we should be thankful that your silly ass is contained here. I'm sure the people who actually care about the cause of it and work towards it are thankful people like you aren't around making them look bad.

Referring to someone as white is not racist. Saying I am superior to them or that blacks are better, smarter, have higher IQs etc. is. I've done none of that. I do conform to the rules here. You assumptions crack me up. You are have no discipline. In fact you can't even think for yourself. You want nothing to do with equality. And since I am working for it and well respected for such so,

You just can't handle truth. You want a person of color to say things in the way you want to hear them meaning they must validate what you believe.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Yes and I see people as people so no wonder these racists who don’t think they’re racist and I don’t see eye-to-eye.

Yeah. It's hard, though, isn't it? It's made that way purposefully.

Here's the thing. At the heart of the debate, the people raising the arbitrary victim status cards are most often statists. A lot of people would call them liberals, but, as a real liberal, I don't like that. Liberalism has become the most misused term in the entire American political lexicon. Nowadays the so-called liberals are actually just rabid statists. They're not liberals in the traditional sense of the philosophy at all. And therein lies the real fight here. They try to put us on the defensive in a way that kind of paints them as the only people who care about racism. But that's just a smoke and mirrors game to keep the debate full of hate instead of what they're really after. And that's more government. It's always what they want. It's silly, really. Especially given that government is the most biased entity on the planet, and the source for all of their (and our) woes in the first place.

The solution is this. As conservatives and libertarians, we need to challenge that myth that modern liberals care more about racism than libertarians and conservatives. And we have our own shortcomings, because the reality is that we have a lot of confused conservatives in our own circles who would make better lefties than conservatives, because they're just as statist sometimes, if not more statist in many instances, depending on the issue. But that's what we have to do. We need to be about it. Show the modern liberals that they aren't the only people who care about racism. Though, it's not really for their benefit, but rather the casual passer-by who might read these discussions. As it is, the sub-forum should be in the basement until it can get under control, because for the most part any casual passers-by are wintessing a symptom of the problem when they read this section. They're witnessing a modern liberal agenda. They're witnessing nothing but the divide and conquer mentality that statists love so much. The statists pretty much control the terms. That needs to end, but it's going to take initiative by conservatives and libertarians to demonstrate that they care about racism.

Anyway. Modern liberalism is itself a byproduct of the very same collectivist mindset that characterizes racism. And, again by continuing to encourage Americans to adopt a group mentality, racism and statism is perpetuated. The true solution is liberty. Not modern liberalism. Modern liberals cannot be allowed such an easy path to continue controlling the terms of debate.

Liberty means having a limited, constitutional government devoted to the protection of Individual rights rather than group claims. Modern liberals don't want that. They want to focus on group claims, and encouraging Americans to adopt a group mentality, to view humans as members of groups rather than as Individuals, is pricisely why no matter how hard you try to see people as mere Individuals, and to see things eye to eye, as you said, they will always, always, create the illusion that its you who is the racist and that it is them and only them, the modern liberal who cares about racism. But really, all the y care about is more government. Fukem, take em to the wood shed every chance you get. Nicely, of course, but give it to em nice and good. Don't let em act like they're the only ones who care about racism. Because if we let em, they'll have us all licking government boots.

eta: As an afterthought, I actually get along with modern liberals better than my conservative peers. Reason being is that the leftists are intellectually honest about their pro-government positions. I appreciate that kind of thing.

The modern liberal race baiters, on the other hand? Nope. They're not intellectually honest.

 

[IM2]

i

The Left derives their power from imflaming cultural tensions.
The Democrats/MSM/Hollywood work very hard to divide Americans by race, religion,region, gender, class and age.
It's why the Press is biased on coverage of interracial crimes.
A Democrat Politician's worst nighmare is racial harmony.

Exactly. That is why you have people like Obama being a "Community Organizer", which is just another name for rabble rouser to create divisiveness, and disharmony.

The right plays on racism and racial resentment. These threads are examples of that.

There are blatant racists on both sides. Your side is guilty of obsessing over race to the point they need to know the race of everyone involved in a given situation before making decisions about it. They may think they’re doing this bc they’re NOT racist but they’re 100% wrong.

Both sides have nothing to do with this. No one is obsessing over race just because we talk about race in the race and racism section of USMB. Racism is the belief in the superiority of your race. Or a system that based on the superiority of a race. Not what you say. We see countless comments here by whites doing that. The American system is an example of that. No one black waits to see the race of anyone to make any decisions. That's a stupid comment which shows just how much you are detached from reality.

There is more than one definition of racism, one of which leftists (I’ll agree they’re prob mostly white leftists) display fairly often:

“a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race”

I know you think you’re smart but the truth remains that you don’t, in fact, know it all. Our differing perspective is to blame for our disconnect and you saying I’m detached from reality. Just bc you haven’t noticed something that I’ve noticed doesn’t mean I’m detached from reality... thanks for giving me a laugh though.

There is only one definition of racism. Your perspective is not based on reality. I've never admitted knowing it all, but your views are incorrect. You have noticed nothing I haven't about racism. I have lived with it every day for 57 years. You have not. And when I say that, I mean in every form it has manifested itself in. You have not.

 

[IM2]

Plain and simply racism is a form of bigotry. One who is racist is also, by definition, a bigot.

It is a form of bigotry. But there's a much more distinct aspect of racism that few ever realize or discuss. Racism is just a nasy form of collectivism. Now, what is collectivism, let's define that first. Collectivism is the mindset that views human beings strictly as members of groups rather than as Individuals. Racists, like collectivists, believe that anyone who shares some kind of superficial characteristic are alike and so, again, they view them as members of groups rather than as Individuals. As collectivists, racists think only in terms of groups. So, they refer to people they're talking with or about as whites, blacks, white woman, white man, etc.

Yes and I see people as people so no wonder these racists who don’t think they’re racist and I don’t see eye-to-eye.

We all see people as people. But all people do not have the same experiences.

“ I posit that the Discourse of Individualism functions to: deny the significance of race and the advantages of being white; hide the accumulation of wealth over generations; deny social and historical context; prevent a macro analysis of the institutional and structural dimensions of social life; deny collective socialization and the power of dominant culture (media, education, religion, etc.) to shape our perspectives and ideology; function as neo-colorblindness and reproduce the myth of meritocracy; and make collective action difficult. Further, being viewed as an individual is a privilege only available to the dominant group. I explicate each of these discursive effects and argue that while we may be considered individuals in general, white insistence on Individualism in discussions of racism in particular functions to obscure and maintain racism.”

Robin DeAngelo
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[frigidweirdo]

What is a racist? There was a time when the answer to that question was pretty clear-cut. A racist was someone who joined a group like the Ku Klux Klan, spewed racial slurs, or supported segregation. A racist was someone who thought that people of other races were inherently inferior.
In the last decade or so, that's changed. In a time of expanding definitions, you don't have to be a bigot to be a racist anymore. You just have to have the wrong politics to be branded a racist, or race-baiter or race warrior.
Or you can just be associated with someone who has the wrong politics.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has listed David Horowitz, 79, a former 1960s radical turned conservative, as an extremist and "driving force" in the "anti-black" movement.
On Monday, The Washington Post ran a front-page story that reported that Ron DeSantis, the GOP candidate for governor in Florida, "spoke at racially-charged events" - that is, he spoke at four conferences put on by the David Horowitz Freedom Center.
What makes Horowitz anti-black? He is "a vocal opponent of reparations for slavery," the Southern Poverty Law Center wrote.
He also makes provocative statements. Like this one: "Unfortunately, as a nation we have become so trapped in the melodrama of black victimization and white oppression that we are in danger of losing all sense of proportion. If blacks are oppressed in America, why isn't there a black exodus?"
Horowitz's tone can be insensitive. I think he's dead wrong to dismiss black grievances as melodramatic and I believe he overstates white grievances. He has written things that make me cringe, but I've known him for years and he is no white supremacist. In fact, Horowitz was collaborating with the Black Panthers on a learning center in 1974, when a colleague was murdered; he blamed the group for her death and began to move away from the left.
Once the SPLC labeled Horowitz as an extremist, he was supposed to become so radioactive that others would associate with him at their own peril. As DeSantis learned. According to The Washington Post, you see, DeSantis not only spoke at Horowitz events, he also "recently was accused of using racially tinged language."
After he won the GOP primary, DeSantis called his African-American Democratic opponent, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum "articulate." The Republican also told Fox News that the last thing Floridians need is "to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda."
"Monkey," critics argued, is a racist dog whistle.
"Articulate" is racist because it can be condescending -- as Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., learned in 2007 after he praised colleague Barack Obama as the "first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy." Biden apologized. Obama later picked Biden to be his running mate in 2008.
DeSantis said his "monkey" remark had nothing to do with race. Without proof, one would expect DeSantis to enjoy the benefit of the doubt. Instead he got a front-page story that implied he's a race-baiter because he spoke at conservative confabs.
Mark Krikorian is executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a pro-enforcement group branded a "hate group" by the SPLC. He sees the SPLC as a left-wing political organization now dedicated to marginalizing ideas that used to be mainstream.
Politicians like former President Bill Clinton, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and the late Rep. Barbara Jordan, D-Texas, used to support enforcing immigration laws. Today, Krikorian said, their positions would be "branded as hate speech" by the SPLC.
The SPLC also charged Horowitz with hating Muslims because of his harsh criticism of radical Islamic terrorism and Palestinian groups opposed to Israel.
As a proof, the SPLC includes this statement, which really is a political argument: "The difference between Islamic fanatics, or Jew haters, and Hitler is that Hitler hid the Final Solution, and the Iranians and Hezbollah shout it from the rooftops. And the whole Muslim world accepts it."
And here's how you know the SPLC's labeling is highly partisan. In 2016, Richard Cohen, the group's president, wrote a piece titled, "Black Lives Matter is not a hate group."
"There's no doubt that some protesters who claim the mantle of Black Lives Matter have said offensive things, like the chant, 'pigs in a blanket, fry 'em like bacon' that was heard at one rally," Cohen wrote. "But before we condemn the entire movement for the words of a few, we should ask ourselves whether we would also condemn the entire Republican Party for the racist words of its presumptive nominee -- or for the racist rhetoric of many other politicians in the party over the course of years."
No, the SPLC would never condemn the entire GOP as racist because of Donald Trump. Better to cook the frog slowly. Start by isolating David Horowitz. Then let the r-word hang over anyone who associates with him. And then see where that goes.

You Don't Have to Be a Bigot to Be Called a Racist Anymore — RealClearPolitics

I'm sure it was never simple in the first place.

 

[BookShaka]

i

Exactly. That is why you have people like Obama being a "Community Organizer", which is just another name for rabble rouser to create divisiveness, and disharmony.

The right plays on racism and racial resentment. These threads are examples of that.

There are blatant racists on both sides. Your side is guilty of obsessing over race to the point they need to know the race of everyone involved in a given situation before making decisions about it. They may think they’re doing this bc they’re NOT racist but they’re 100% wrong.

Both sides have nothing to do with this. No one is obsessing over race just because we talk about race in the race and racism section of USMB. Racism is the belief in the superiority of your race. Or a system that based on the superiority of a race. Not what you say. We see countless comments here by whites doing that. The American system is an example of that. No one black waits to see the race of anyone to make any decisions. That's a stupid comment which shows just how much you are detached from reality.

There is more than one definition of racism, one of which leftists (I’ll agree they’re prob mostly white leftists) display fairly often:

“a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race”

I know you think you’re smart but the truth remains that you don’t, in fact, know it all. Our differing perspective is to blame for our disconnect and you saying I’m detached from reality. Just bc you haven’t noticed something that I’ve noticed doesn’t mean I’m detached from reality... thanks for giving me a laugh though.

There is only one definition of racism. Your perspective is not based on reality. I've never admitted knowing it all, but your views are incorrect. You have noticed nothing I haven't about racism. I have lived with it every day for 57 years. You have not. And when I say that, I mean in every form it has manifested itself in. You have not.

See you’re denying reality when it stares you in the face. There IS more than one definition of racism. I understand you don’t think there is but your thoughts don’t reflect reality. Google “racism definition” and you’ll get more than one. This is a simple truth that you are denying so how am I supposed to take anything you say seriously?

And here we go again. I never said I’ve lived with racism. You’re just one more of the plethora of black people who’s accused me of insinuating I know what it’s like being black when I’d never insinuate such a thing. Get off your high horse and come down here with the rest of us, then maybe we can talk. You don’t want discussion. You want to preach and you’re definitely no preacher.

 

[IM2]

i

The right plays on racism and racial resentment. These threads are examples of that.

There are blatant racists on both sides. Your side is guilty of obsessing over race to the point they need to know the race of everyone involved in a given situation before making decisions about it. They may think they’re doing this bc they’re NOT racist but they’re 100% wrong.

Both sides have nothing to do with this. No one is obsessing over race just because we talk about race in the race and racism section of USMB. Racism is the belief in the superiority of your race. Or a system that based on the superiority of a race. Not what you say. We see countless comments here by whites doing that. The American system is an example of that. No one black waits to see the race of anyone to make any decisions. That's a stupid comment which shows just how much you are detached from reality.

There is more than one definition of racism, one of which leftists (I’ll agree they’re prob mostly white leftists) display fairly often:

“a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race”

I know you think you’re smart but the truth remains that you don’t, in fact, know it all. Our differing perspective is to blame for our disconnect and you saying I’m detached from reality. Just bc you haven’t noticed something that I’ve noticed doesn’t mean I’m detached from reality... thanks for giving me a laugh though.

There is only one definition of racism. Your perspective is not based on reality. I've never admitted knowing it all, but your views are incorrect. You have noticed nothing I haven't about racism. I have lived with it every day for 57 years. You have not. And when I say that, I mean in every form it has manifested itself in. You have not.

See you’re denying reality when it stares you in the face. There IS more than one definition of racism. I understand you don’t think there is but your thoughts don’t reflect reality. Google “racism definition” and you’ll get more than one. This is a simple truth that you are denying so how am I supposed to take anything you say seriously?

And here we go again. I never said I’ve lived with racism. You’re just one more of the plethora of black people who’s accused me of insinuating I know what it’s like being black when I’d never insinuate such a thing. Get off your high horse and come down here with the rest of us, then maybe we can talk. You don’t want discussion. You want to preach and you’re definitely no preacher.

Not denying anything. There is only one definition of racism. Over 57 years I have looked at all the dictionaries of the times and racism has meant the same thing. You can look at the various modern definitions from sociologists, anti racist teachings or what ever outside of the dictionary and in all of them there is a reference to power of one group over another because of race.

Conservatives tend to try making non whites racists by using false equivalences, denying history and present acts of racism, then when accused of racism start crying about how someone else is a racist. Here in USMB, Blacks are now bigots for opposing illegal racist practices, unjust racist beliefs and continuing white racism against us. We are now racists for talking about white racism all the time in a section of a forum named race and racism. We are accused of obsessing about whites in this section, when we are outnumbered by whites 5-6 blacks against however many whites with at last 1,000 threads about blacks denigrating us made by whites and we are obsessing.

Now if the refusal to see these things is not a detachment from reality, there is no such thing.

We are talking about a societal problem so the I am an individual claim done by each of you when you are confronted with the facts has no merit.

 

[AveryJarhman]

Blacks

Hello, IM2.

When writing about "Black people" are you including a LARGE population of apparent slow-to-evolve, freedom-loving "Pro Black, Woke or Conscious Black Community" minded American citizens, ILLOGICALLY believing they have a right, as well as duty to LOUDLY and HATEFULLY demean, denigrate, bully, taunt, harass, and in some instances threaten with violence, our successful, accomplished black or American friends, neighbors and co-workers of African descent?

"Sell-out" "C^^n" and "Uncle Tom" are just a few HATEFUL, denigrating terms "Pro Black or Conscious Black Community" American citizens use to LOUDLY demean and intimidate our accomplished, successful black or American friends, neighbors and co-workers of African descent choosing to peacefully pursue THEIR OWN unique vision for L, L, (Love) & Happiness.

I look forward to reading your intelligent reply.

Peace.

 

[AKIP]

What is a racist? There was a time when the answer to that question was pretty clear-cut. A racist was someone who joined a group like the Ku Klux Klan, spewed racial slurs, or supported segregation. A racist was someone who thought that people of other races were inherently inferior.
In the last decade or so, that's changed. In a time of expanding definitions, you don't have to be a bigot to be a racist anymore. You just have to have the wrong politics to be branded a racist, or race-baiter or race warrior.
Or you can just be associated with someone who has the wrong politics.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has listed David Horowitz, 79, a former 1960s radical turned conservative, as an extremist and "driving force" in the "anti-black" movement.
On Monday, The Washington Post ran a front-page story that reported that Ron DeSantis, the GOP candidate for governor in Florida, "spoke at racially-charged events" - that is, he spoke at four conferences put on by the David Horowitz Freedom Center.
What makes Horowitz anti-black? He is "a vocal opponent of reparations for slavery," the Southern Poverty Law Center wrote.
He also makes provocative statements. Like this one: "Unfortunately, as a nation we have become so trapped in the melodrama of black victimization and white oppression that we are in danger of losing all sense of proportion. If blacks are oppressed in America, why isn't there a black exodus?"
Horowitz's tone can be insensitive. I think he's dead wrong to dismiss black grievances as melodramatic and I believe he overstates white grievances. He has written things that make me cringe, but I've known him for years and he is no white supremacist. In fact, Horowitz was collaborating with the Black Panthers on a learning center in 1974, when a colleague was murdered; he blamed the group for her death and began to move away from the left.
Once the SPLC labeled Horowitz as an extremist, he was supposed to become so radioactive that others would associate with him at their own peril. As DeSantis learned. According to The Washington Post, you see, DeSantis not only spoke at Horowitz events, he also "recently was accused of using racially tinged language."
After he won the GOP primary, DeSantis called his African-American Democratic opponent, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum "articulate." The Republican also told Fox News that the last thing Floridians need is "to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda."
"Monkey," critics argued, is a racist dog whistle.
"Articulate" is racist because it can be condescending -- as Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., learned in 2007 after he praised colleague Barack Obama as the "first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy." Biden apologized. Obama later picked Biden to be his running mate in 2008.
DeSantis said his "monkey" remark had nothing to do with race. Without proof, one would expect DeSantis to enjoy the benefit of the doubt. Instead he got a front-page story that implied he's a race-baiter because he spoke at conservative confabs.
Mark Krikorian is executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a pro-enforcement group branded a "hate group" by the SPLC. He sees the SPLC as a left-wing political organization now dedicated to marginalizing ideas that used to be mainstream.
Politicians like former President Bill Clinton, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and the late Rep. Barbara Jordan, D-Texas, used to support enforcing immigration laws. Today, Krikorian said, their positions would be "branded as hate speech" by the SPLC.
The SPLC also charged Horowitz with hating Muslims because of his harsh criticism of radical Islamic terrorism and Palestinian groups opposed to Israel.
As a proof, the SPLC includes this statement, which really is a political argument: "The difference between Islamic fanatics, or Jew haters, and Hitler is that Hitler hid the Final Solution, and the Iranians and Hezbollah shout it from the rooftops. And the whole Muslim world accepts it."
And here's how you know the SPLC's labeling is highly partisan. In 2016, Richard Cohen, the group's president, wrote a piece titled, "Black Lives Matter is not a hate group."
"There's no doubt that some protesters who claim the mantle of Black Lives Matter have said offensive things, like the chant, 'pigs in a blanket, fry 'em like bacon' that was heard at one rally," Cohen wrote. "But before we condemn the entire movement for the words of a few, we should ask ourselves whether we would also condemn the entire Republican Party for the racist words of its presumptive nominee -- or for the racist rhetoric of many other politicians in the party over the course of years."
No, the SPLC would never condemn the entire GOP as racist because of Donald Trump. Better to cook the frog slowly. Start by isolating David Horowitz. Then let the r-word hang over anyone who associates with him. And then see where that goes.

You Don't Have to Be a Bigot to Be Called a Racist Anymore — RealClearPolitics

To me, there are two kinds of racism. There is negative energy racism and non-negative energy racism. Negative energy racism is what is often called bigotry. It’s when race invokes negative emotions like anger, hatred, contempt, disgust, etc. These are the type of people who get upset at seeing an inter-racial couple (a white person with a black person) a black person in a high position of authority or power (such as President). Negative energy racism was the general rule among whites up until about the 1970’s. Of course, not ALL whites (some people always turn a general statement into a claim against all whites).

Non-negative energy racism is racism that is akin to a person’s relationship to their pets. People often love their dog or cat, despite the fact that they see the dog or cat as overall inferior to humans, notwithstanding a keener sense of smell and other superior traits. Mentally, animals are seen as inferior to humans and if that was not the case then the animals would not be our pets but our equals or having us as pets. In other words, pets don’t evoke negative emotions despite being seen as inferior. In the same way, many whites see blacks as inferior, but those beliefs come with no emotions one way or the other. These types of racist are benign…..until resources get scarce or they are forced to make split second decisions (as in threat assessment….shoot or don’t shoot).

In my 50 years of life as an African American, America has evolved from the more of the former to more of the latter. Racism has always been about economics and who gets allocated what resources and opportunities. As America became more prosperous black gains did not threaten white gains. It was not a zero sum game. As long as whites continued to make economic gains in the absolute sense, there was no need to be angry with or feel threatened by blacks (as long as blacks overall were not catching up and surpassing whites). I think the Great Recession set back race relations in that many whites suffered economically and when that happens they tend to scape goat minorities and immigrants.

That having been said, I think the MAJORITY of white people are racist. No. I do not believe that ALL white people are racist. I think negative energy racism is about at historical lows in this country, while racism in general still afflicts the majority. I also believe that such things are global. I think most of the world sees and treats blacks as the inferior race…..even a good percentage of black people and that is racism. It’s really hard not to be a racist because we are all conditioned to be as such, meaning, seeing a racial hierarchy defined by mental and emotional intelligence. Also, looking at the world today, the aftermath of centuries of racism, today gets divorced from the history or racism leaving the racist aftermath to appear as the "natural order" of Darwin fame.

I can tell you most whites are racist.....but I cannot tell you which whites are racist and which are not with a high degree of accuracy. However, if I close my eyes and throw a dart into a room full of whites.....I think the probability is high that I will hit a racist.

 

[Natural Citizen]

In my 50 years of life as an African American, America has evolved from the more of the former to more of the latter.

Unless you were born in Africa or migrated here, you have more in common with a white American in Jackson, Wyoming than you do with a black man who came here two years out of Africa. And with the growing population of actual Africans coming to America, black Americans can't keep rolling with that gig about being African American. It's laughable. You folks might be able to get away with that horse pucky if we were living a hundred and fifty years ago when black people had parents who were born into slavery and had grandparents who actually spoke African. But that's not the case. We live in a time much later now.

Now. To your point about economics. You're right, but your right for the wrong reasons. The American monetary policy is one that functions by way of central economic planning by a central bank. All of that freshly printed money goes to the 1 percenters first, and they're the ones who get to put it into the economy the way they want. These are most often special interests and lobbyists, corporations, etc. And, yes, the middle class and poor get hit with the inflation tax to pay the interest on the debt. Wages become stagnant for the middle class, as we've seen, and the rich get richer, but it affects blacks and whites, not just blacks. What we see happening in Chicago and similar places, is you get gangland style sub-cultures that evolve which is just another symptom of the economic problem.

 

[Natural Citizen]

That having been said, I think the MAJORITY of white people are racist.

I'll one-up you. To heck with the majority, every single black person I've met in my adult life has demonstrated themselves to be a racist, in one action or spoken dialogue or another. Every single one. It's most often one of those deals where if they don't like something, they pull that 'oh, is it because I'm black?' bull pucky.

 

[Unkotare]

That having been said, I think the MAJORITY of white people are racist.

...every single black person I've met in my adult life has demonstrated themselves to be a racist, in one action or spoken dialogue or another. Every single one. .....

 

[Natural Citizen]

That reminds of something. In hind sight, used to be that kids were still innocent and free from becoming racist, liketheir adult counterparts. But now the education system has indoctrinated them to accept victim status before they even reach their teens and always from a social perspective, rather than teaching them about economics and the real reason racial inequality exists.

Another reason we need to abolish the DOE.

 

[AKIP]

In my 50 years of life as an African American, America has evolved from the more of the former to more of the latter.

Unless you were born in Africa or migrated here, you have more in common with a white American in Jackson, Wyoming than you do with a black man who came here two years out of Africa. And with the growing population of actual Africans coming to America, black Americans can't keep rolling with that gig about being African American. It's laughable. You folks might be able to get away with that horse pucky if we were living a hundred and fifty years ago when black people had parents who were born into slavery and had grandparents who actually spoke African. But that's not the case. We live in a time much later now.

Now. To your point about economics. You're right, but your right for the wrong reasons. The American monetary policy is one that functions by way of central economic planning by a central bank. All of that freshly printed money goes to the 1 percenters first, and they're the ones who get to put it into the economy the way they want. These are most often special interests and lobbyists, corporations, etc. And, yes, the middle class and poor get hit with the inflation tax to pay the interest on the debt. Wages become stagnant for the middle class, as we've seen, and the rich get richer, but it affects blacks and whites, not just blacks. What we see happening in Chicago and similar places, is you get gangland style sub-cultures that evolve which is just another symptom of the economic problem.

Well....here is the thing. You are not the arbiter and hence have no standing in telling me who I have more in common with. Just as an FYI....the best friends I have made in the last 20 years have been......wait for it....native born Africans. We have PLENTY in common and the most common thing we share, besides skin color and other phenotype characteristics, is that we have all been impacted by the doctrine of white supremacy. I have in fact been to Africa. Yes....culturally we are a lot different, but the gap between us culturally is shrinking as unfortunately the world is being westernized culturally....meaning the culture of the West, and in particular America, is spreading among the young world wide....the music, the style of dress, beliefs, etc. To tell you the truth.....you make no sense to me. In my life there is little truth to what you say.

 

[Unkotare]

In my 50 years of life as an African American, America has evolved from the more of the former to more of the latter.

Unless you were born in Africa or migrated here, you have more in common with a white American in Jackson, Wyoming than you do with a black man who came here two years out of Africa. And with the growing population of actual Africans coming to America, black Americans can't keep rolling with that gig about being African American. It's laughable. You folks might be able to get away with that horse pucky if we were living a hundred and fifty years ago when black people had parents who were born into slavery and had grandparents who actually spoke African. But that's not the case. We live in a time much later now.

Now. To your point about economics. You're right, but your right for the wrong reasons. The American monetary policy is one that functions by way of central economic planning by a central bank. All of that freshly printed money goes to the 1 percenters first, and they're the ones who get to put it into the economy the way they want. These are most often special interests and lobbyists, corporations, etc. And, yes, the middle class and poor get hit with the inflation tax to pay the interest on the debt. Wages become stagnant for the middle class, as we've seen, and the rich get richer, but it affects blacks and whites, not just blacks. What we see happening in Chicago and similar places, is you get gangland style sub-cultures that evolve which is just another symptom of the economic problem.

Well....here is the thing. You are not the arbiter and hence have no standing in telling me who I have more in common with. Just as an FYI....the best friends I have made in the last 20 years have been......wait for it....native born Africans. We have PLENTY in common and the most common thing we share, besides skin color and other phenotype characteristics, is that we have all been impacted by the doctrine of white supremacy. I have in fact been to Africa. Yes....culturally we are a lot different, but the gap between us culturally is shrinking as unfortunately the world is being westernized culturally....meaning the culture of the West, and in particular America, is spreading among the young world wide....the music, the style of dress, beliefs, etc. To tell you the truth.....you make no sense to me. In my life there is little truth to what you say.

Why “unfortunately”?