I agree that the issue needed to be discussed now rather than later, and should not have been ignored. The NAACP was wrong to pass that resolution and they are wrong in their basic beliefs about racism in the tea party movement. They needed to be called out.
I just think very forceful and incisive statements could have been made that did not equate an entitlement mentality with wanting to remain in slavery. The entitlement mentality is not helpful to black people. That was his point. Why not say that in a way that could have brought some enlightenment to others on this point?
I think David Webb had the right idea in wanting to have an open dialogue on these issues, although Jealous’s insistence that it not be about race sort of negates any possible benefit it might have had.
We are in this together as Americans, to solve the big issues that are bankrupting our country and destroying our liberty. Surely some who are now on the other side realize part of what we realize. That could have been used to our advantage, and it still can, instead of going out there and reinforcing every negative image for the MSM to use to make hash of us.
We are dealing with the public. Simple truths seem to me to be best, stated well in a memorable way, and an attitude that welcomes others to our point of view.
“I think David Webb had the right idea in wanting to have an open dialogue on these issues”
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Webb is deathly afraid of any dialogue; he fears being called an uncle tom for working in a conservative org.
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