Posted by
NAlcoba on Thursday, August 20, 2009 5:17:52 PM
Again with the RACE CARD! I didn't order THIS. Bring it back and get me a REAL menu.
I'm a non-white conservative. That means, to liberals, I'm a sell out. I get emails warning me, "Conservatives just want to kick your people out of this country!" and "Why do you defend republicans, you're not even white!" Liberals can be so intolerant, ESPECIALLY when championing the less fortunate. I can bring up Condi Rice, Thomas Sowell, Michael Steele...it doesn't matter. Republicans are the party of the KKK and Timothy McVeigh. We're racists because the LEFT deems it so.
To liberals, I'm not an individual. I'm a member of an oppressed identity group. I'm judged by the color of my skin. Other non-white conservatives will agree. You feel me?
To conservatives, I'm NOT a skin color, I'm a fellow conservative. That's because conservatism is TRULY color blind. Hey, which party fought to free the slaves? Which party fought for civil rights? And who were the segregationists? Hmmmm? OK, I'm preaching to the choir. But you get my point.
Now, I hear this a lot from fellow conservatives "We need to reach out to other races, tell them to join the conservative cause!" And of course I agree with that. However, on the surface, it COULD be construed as pandering. Or it gets the 'me too' award for pursuing diversity. I don't see it as pandering, and I do see it as necessary.
And here's why:
Diversity in the republican party is for the sake of the liberals. It's not for us. We're diverse already as it is--because we're united by ideology that goes BEYOND race or ethnicity. My hope is that liberals SEE the diversity within the conservative movement, and SHUT UP already about racism.
Makes me want to tell liberals, "We're not racist, can we move on now?" It's wishful thinking, I know. The point is, LIBERAL obsession with race stunts their political growth. They're stuck. They can't focus on real issues, or move forward because racism has become such a hindrance to them. How do they call themselves progressives when they're so stuck apologizing for our past?
If I get dealt the race card I move to another poker table. I don't want it. Delete it, it's SPAM. I'm still proud of my skin color though...I save a lot of money NOT tanning. It just shouldn't have a place in American politics, especially in Obama's 'post-racial' world. Right?