Posted on 10/25/2005 12:27:26 PM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper
You'd think a guy like Burch, who archives liberal media sources with his website, would do his own research, but I guess that's too much to ask. You'd also think he reasonably intelligent individual wouldn't jump to unfounded conclusions about his political rivals, especially the idea that they are racists. That too, seems too much to ask, as can be seen from this thread:
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benburch (1000+ posts) Tue Oct-25-05 04:13 AM Original message Freepers and Rosa Parks? Anybody brave enough to look? Edited on Tue Oct-25-05 04:15 AM by benburch
What choice bits of racism are they stooping to over at FR?
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No doubt he thinks he'll get 100s of responses showing how racist we FReepers are. Instead, he gets posts like these:
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Tue Oct-25-05 04:16 AM Response to Original message 1. they were very gracious it's true......Rosa brought out the best in them
benburch (1000+ posts) Tue Oct-25-05 04:19 AM Response to Reply #1 3. I'm amazed. They are usually pretty ugly to non-Whites.
Skittles (1000+ posts) Tue Oct-25-05 05:29 AM Response to Reply #3 5. I will give credit where credit is due honestly, it was not what I expected SammyBlue (788 posts) Tue Oct-25-05 04:18 AM
Response to Original message 2. I went over there Saying the same things we are. I'm surprised, but in a way, I'm not. How can you anything negative to say about Rosa Parks.
They'll still call us racists when they're short on facts & logic.
Forgot the link...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5159862
Remember the DUmmie reactions to the deaths of Reagan, Rehnquist, etc.?
Put me down for $100 on "never"
Vegas puts the over/under on DUmmie trolls that register to fake racism at FR at 7.5, I'm taking the over.
Ben Burch again...his obsession with FR is creepy.
"Red Headed Stepchild" of John Burch?
BWAHAHAHAH
We can all imagine that the Freepers (well, the god-fearing conservative Freeper types), 50 years ago would have been against the civil rights movement. Yet, now that the civil rights movement won, it's got to the stage where Freepers wouldn't dare attack the icons of that era.
No doubt, there are still racist freepers, but they'll only attack modern civil rights activists (saying that they've strayed from the original goals - MLK would be turning in his grave, etc.)
Conservatives were AGAINST civil rights?? Democrats were the wedge against civil rights for many years. Republicans freed the slaves, Remember?
No, we're ugly to professional race-hustlers. Big difference.
I'm ugly to everyone...keeps things easier that way...
"Democrats were the wedge against civil rights for many years."
The racist Left supports Affirmative Action.
(Sorry, darkangel82)
Of course. When liberals die, FR is nothing but class. When conservatives are ill or die, DU rakes that person through so much dirt that it isn't even funny.
I actually give more credit than that to thoughtful conservatives.
When issues like the civil rights and voter rights legislation are settled through the legislative process, conservatives see legitimacy as adhering in the law. When legislative fiat is used and a decree is foisted upon us, then it lacks that mark of legitimacy.
And if there were a percentage of that ages conservatives (separate from stealth bigots) that adhered to states rights and lost, but lost in a legitimate process, conservatives would have looked across the aisle and in retrospect look back in fellowship with their adversaries if both are fairly portrayed.
Again, such can happen as it did in the Gettysburg reunion, when all respect was shown between those that held great grudges against each other, Longstreet included. It comes about through legitimacy and respect for the shared process, not from fear of treading on another's name.
Would many like to meet Dr. King, Rosa Parks and others? Sure and meet them with deference to their contribution. Does that general respect make a student of history any less aware of King's academic foibles, certainly not. Many people that deserve respect are less than perfect and are often down right human.
It is in their humanity that greatness can be found. It is in ignoring the truth that lack of respect for the true accomplishment can come about.
"We can all imagine that the Freepers (well, the god-fearing conservative Freeper types), 50 years ago would have been against the civil rights movement. Yet, now that the civil rights movement won, it's got to the stage where Freepers wouldn't dare attack the icons of that era."
Thats's a bit of a stretch - Southern Dems were the ones most vocal in their opposition to the Civil Rights movement.
I despise Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton (not to mention Screwy Louis).
I LOVE Walter Williams and Thomas Sowell.
I'm equal opportunity. Equal opportunity to be adjudged "right" or "wrong" by me.
Thats's a bit of a stretch - Southern Dems were the ones most vocal in their opposition to the Civil Rights movement.
Agreed. I was quoting a bit of DU mania..
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