...not much chance in the real world. But it's an interesting thought experiment. :)
Posted on 08/08/2015 4:53:20 PM PDT by re_nortex
Going to be the 68 Convention redux
So there are no racists in the South?
They are few and far between and most are Mexicans (a very prejudiced group), blacks (many are anti-white to the extreme) and transplants from the north. The oldline Southern 'RATs who voted for FDR are no longer with us.
To back up my contention about the last remnants of racism residing largely up north, consider this list of the five most segregated cities:
Yes, the South was indeed once the land of slavery. That's undeniable and part of the heritage that's not worth celebrating. It also was the most reliable region for electing DemonRATs in election after election. And true indeed was that Bull Connor, Theo Bilbo, George Wallace, Lester Maddox as well as other 'RATs once dominated the Southern political scene. But those days are "gone with the wind" and the South has transformed itself into the bulwark against liberalism by being pro-God, pro-life, pro-gun and anti-sodomy. Genuine racism (by whites) is virtually non-existent here in Dixie.
For what it's worth, my very Conservative church of Christ congregation here in Texas recently brought in a new assistant preacher, a black man, from Port Arthur. Although the majority of members are white, he was welcomed as a brother in Christ because of his unwavering conviction to sound Biblical principles. A few months back, in a one-on-one chat, he did make me rethink a few long-held beliefs of mine, notably on the history of the CFB and its association with the DemonRAT party. He supported the move by Governor Nikki Haley and made be reassess my opinions. That issue aside, he's pro-South and thoroughly pro-Conservative backing Senator Cruz for President. And he deplores Obama, Jackson, Sharpton and the rest of the race hustlers. He also has stated in no uncertain terms that Martin Luther King was a fraud and was, in fact, a communist.
I hope that answers your question but if I need to elaborate, I'll be happy to do so.
It looks like this low pant fashion trend will be the thing of the past to be replaced with men in tight and lace ruffled tops.
This is the second they got him to leave the stage so maybe they are trying to take him out.
It's hard to envision that there's any room in the spectrum to the left of Bernie Sanders. He's just shy of being the Vlad Lenin of this era.
And that's why I think he poses a greater danger than fellow socialist Hitlery (unelectable because the next scandal will do her in) KKKlintoon. The commie revolution of 1917 happened quickly and caught more than a few by surprise since the Lenin Klan was largely dismissed as a bunch of fringe kooks. Sander is a kook and his followers are out on the furthest fringe but they can be energized to seize power, following the lead hussien established with the massive fraud in the 2008 and 2012 "elections".
LOL for the video - http://www.kirotv.com/videos/news/raw-video-activists-disrupt-rally-featuring-sen/vDYQxq/
I realize that I buried the lead in my narrative. Our new assistant preacher, a native Texan, came to us after spending some years in Minnesota. He recounted the real racism that he saw on a daily basis up there (even at the church where he spent some time teaching an adult Sunday school class). Moreover, he explained that not only did he face hostility because of his skin complexion but also because he was a Southerner! He speaks with an deep East Texas drawl (only a tiny trace of black dialect can be discerned). He recounted how even clerks at convenience stores thought him slow because of his manner of speech. He now laughs about having to overcome two hurdles up there: Being black and being Southern.
So yes, jmacusa, I stand by my original point that racism is more prevalent in the so-called enlightened north than down here in Dixieland.
...not much chance in the real world. But it's an interesting thought experiment. :)
Suffice to say racism exists anywhere there are people. Sounds simplistic I’ll grant you but such is the way of the world.
And a liberal is a person too broadminded to take their own side in an argument.
Great quote, FRiend! I think it was originally penned by Robert Frost but there's some dispute about its author. Topic drifting a bit (as I'm wont to do), one of my other frequently cited bits of pithiness is this:
In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake.
On that there's little (if any) daylight between us. The point that I was trying to make -- admittedly awkwardly -- is that South was the land of virulent racism. That's a fact. But, like no other region, it has done a remarkable job of purging itself of that. That is a indeed a story of redemption, made even more remarkable by the speed at which it was achieved.
To wrap up my take on the matter, witness Ronald Reagan who rose to office in the wake of avowed racist Jimmy Carter. And what location did President Reagan choose for one of his most rousing speeches of the 1980 campaign? Deep in the Heart of Dixie at the Neshoba County Fair in Mississippi! That's proof of the Party of Lincoln triumphing where it once was repudiated.
I agree there is little if any daylight between us FRiend, thank you. I voted for Jimmy Carter, yes, I was a liberal once. In 1980 I voted for Reagan. However I went back to being a liberal until 2004. I wandered the wilderness you might say until I saw the light. If the hour were not so late I’d tell the story of my conversion. As to the South and racism and leading to it’s past, with respect to The Civil War, I’ve just been watching the 1940 film ‘’Abe Lincoln In Illinois”” starring Raymond Massey. I’m sure most would find this film at best laughable history and bad acting and at worst revisionist pro-Union/anti-Southern drivel. The scene of the Lincoln/Douglas debate(Gene Lockhart as Douglas) , the “House Divided’’ speech has left me...stunned, mesmerized? I’m not sure. Reeling I suppose at it’s relevance. I’m not sure but something has profoundly shaken me. Good talking to you ‘re-nortex’’. Let’s talk again tomorrow. It’s late and I have to be t work in the morning. Goodnight.
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