[aft_lizard]

Yep. Unfortunately I have been finding myself more and more distant with some of the commenter’s here. I am not racist, I do not want my name to be associated with racism. I want it to be associated with conservatism and the retaking of this country from marxists. We are better than the left and we should act that way.

[willk]

“Yep. Unfortunately I have been finding myself more and more distant with some of the commenter’s here. I am not racist, I do not want my name to be associated with racism. I want it to be associated with conservatism and the retaking of this country from marxists. We are better than the left and we should act that way.”

Well said. My feelings exactly. Sometimes I wonder (actually I hope) that most of these people are DU plants.

[keats5]

Well said.

[Luke21]

You guys are starting to remind me of the diversity boards in the multiculturalism class I just was forced to take for my master’s degree. Everyone groveled right on cue.

People routinely tore down their own ethnic group and wrote the usual academic diversity twaddle. I wrote what was on my mind to keep my sanity, called the textbook author an idiot in congenial terms, and factually demonstrated where he was wrong.

By the end of the semester, the instructor was thanking me for not writing the same boring stuff as everyone else. I took a chance. No one else did. Freedom involves risk.

This is an attack on Free Republic and we already have people rolling over like pups and decrying what goes on here. I often see sarcasm and stupid posts, but that comes with free speech. John McCain adopted this play nice, on the defensive attitude last year. You saw what happened to him. They ran over him like a doormat.

Jimrob is a great man. He will do the right thing. Stop the sniveling. The left isn’t about logic. They attack. And once they do it doesn’t matter whether we are mean or nice. We are attacked because we ARE. Get used to it.

Draw your swords and use them on the enemy. Stop falling on them.

[libh8er]

See post # 150.

[TheInvisibleMan]

‘Yep. Unfortunately I have been finding myself more and more distant with some of the commenter’s here. I am not racist, I do not want my name to be associated with racism. I want it to be associated with conservatism and the retaking of this country from marxists. We are better than the left and we should act that way.’

I agree

[McLynnan]

I have been finding myself more and more distant with some of the commenter’s here. I am not racist, I do not want my name to be associated with racism.

Well said and I stand with you. I have been with FR almost since the beginning, as a lurker for a few years before I joined. Increasingly I am frustrated by the level of discourse here. I'm embarrassed by the ugly tone of some of the comments. Scanning the first 100 posts on this thread the general reaction is one of justification. The left attacked Palin, Bush, Reagan, all our sacred cows, etc. People, that doesn't mean we have to sink to their level. Two wrongs don't make a right. The Obama racist jokes and comparisons have been abundant. We have bigger issues with Obama than skin color and his wife's physical characteristics. They have no control over their genetics than the rest of us do. I like to think we can be better and win with our intellects instead of DU-type ad hominem attacks.

[chevydude26]

completely agree with you...that thread was out of line and i knew it was trouble from the start...

[Stentor]

Yep. Unfortunately I have been finding myself more and more distant with some of the commenter’s here. I am not racist, I do not want my name to be associated with racism. I want it to be associated with conservatism and the retaking of this country from marxists. We are better than the left and we should act that way.

Kinda like a Vichy Free Republic. Cool.

[djf]

FR has always had it’s share of trailer park folks. There used to be (and sometimes still is) serious discussions about conservative theory as it applies to the news.

But checking almost any thread now, and you will see that 60-80 percent of the posts are simple one-line zingers that are supposed to insult/impress/denigrate somebody.

And sometimes, sadly way too often IMHO, it gets pretty low class.

Many posters have commented on similarities between FR and DU and we are forced to take it with a grain of truth.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Ping.

[hiredhand]

Racism has no place in this world. It never did really, even though it's been practiced. It's never done anything but breed contempt and result in "bad stuff". But think about it... who perpetuates racism?...and more importantly, WHY?!

Let's flip things around for a minute just to give a proper perspective to these two questions (who and why).

Why don't we have -

The United Caucasian College Fund? We have a United Negro College Fund!

White History Month? We have a Black History Month!

The National Association for the Advancement of non-Colored People? We have the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People!

White pride day? We have black pride day! This one is ironic. They'd lose their flipping minds if there was a white pride day! :-)

For that matter, if there was ANY organization for only whites to "advance" THEIR lives, those who did it would be racists! Why is this?!

There is a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce, and then we just have the plain ole Chamber of Commerce. I wonder who pays for that last one!? Could it be WHITE PEOPLE?! ...then why don't we just call it the "White Chamber of Commerce?! Oh yeah...I forgot... that would be racist!

If white people had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships You know they'd be racists! Yet, there are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US, but if there were "White only colleges", THAT would be a racist college!

In the Million Man March, they believed that they were marching for their race and rights. If whites marched for their race and rights, they'd be would called racists!

People are PROUD to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and they're not afraid to announce it! But if whites were to make this announcement they're called racists!

I think you get my point by now. Racism and conservatism are mutually exclusive. One can't flourish and exist with the other. For the most part they DON'T. I spent 13 years active duty military through the 1980s and 1990s and we kicked the good ole boy network to the curb for participating in racism! I had a big part in that personally.

But racism isn't perpetuated by those of us who don't PROFIT from it. THINK ABOUT THAT.

Only those who profit from it perpetuate racism!

So far, this is a true statement given all the government entitlement programs for minorities that are in place now. Don't you think enough is enough?

So WHO are the REAL racists?! :-)

The bastards on the "other side of the fence" can scream "RACIST" at us, but they're the ones who for the great majority feed that beast! We're not really talking about real racism here. What we're talking about is a simple rule-set that non-minorities must remember in order that minorities aren't offended and then start shouting "RACIST" in their direction!

I understand that you just want to be associated with conservatism. We all do! But if you permit yourself and the rest of us to be sucked into the left's version of racism and other issues, you'll be ineffective, weak, and powerless. You'll spend all your time playing by their rules and have little left for truly effective action.

The left has redefined racism, Patriotism, and good citizenship...all the while practicing racism, gun control, and bowing to the masters at the U.N. They say ONE thing, but do ANOTHER. They enact laws "for the children", but are pro-murder (abortion). So which is it? Either you are an advocate to children, or your NOT! But they're like this on too many issues to mention here.

Ever since when did we subscribe to any of their retarded interpretations of issues such as racism?!

Racism is indeed evil and dark! But those perpetuating it must be exposed, and conservatives need to stop rolling over and going with the left's version of it! We play right into their hands when we do that.