[Windflier]

Thanks for the kind words and understanding, Kelly.

Being a black conservative is an interesting life, but I’m used to it. I’ve been an “odd man out” ever since I was a kid. I didn’t know that I was a conservative then, but I was, and suffered the envy, jealousy, and ostracizing even then from my black peers.

You’re right that I’m a part of the functioning segment of America. Once I got old enough to make my own choices, I removed myself from every group and individual in my sphere that was self-defeating, or stuck on negativity. That alone enabled me to have a much better life experience than many of my peers.

There’s a sickness in the black community that runs deep. I know it intimately, but throughout my life I have refused to succumb to it. It’s always been a matter of choice to me, as it is for any black person. Why make a conscious choice to be part of a group that chooses to be disabled, when you can choose to be part of the America that lives out its hopes and dreams?

Seems simple enough to me, but you’d be amazed how complex an issue it is for some black people. No black person has to individuate themselves from the rest of their countrymen. Whatever wall they perceive between themselves and other Americans is totally self-created. It doesn’t exist anywhere else.

[thecodont]

Once I got old enough to make my own choices, I removed myself from every group and individual in my sphere that was self-defeating, or stuck on negativity.

Outstanding advice for anyone, and for young people especially.

[Karliner]

Oh geez, I had a bad feeling about Obama being bad, knew he was bad, observed he was bad, and now I observe he and his wife are worse than bad; they’re just driving wedges between everyone and everything American.