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As Conservatives, we have the responsibility to spread Conservatism.

No, we dont.

Conservatism is not some religion that we can simply spread to the masses behind some message or messenger. It is a set of values, which either are in sync with individuals or not. You are not going to be able to provide information in a form that creates a form of enlightenment. My experience is that Black Conservatives usually wake up and realize that they are not Liberal, and decide to make that fact known.

No message is going to change the mind of someone born of a victim mentality, within a culture that excuses failure as someone else's fault. The message of Rights without Responsibility is the hallmark of the Liberal agenda, and for born victims, you cant beat it with a message of hard work and personal responsibility for only the opportunity for success, and not the PROMISE.

Conservatism needs no defense, and I question those who feel that they must somehow defend what has already been granted to us by our Constitution. Conservatives need not apologize or explain their positions as opinions, because they are not beliefs, they are VALUES.

Those of like-values will either recognize their true position on important issues, or they will cower away, and go along with the group-think mentality. The latter are people that Conservatives neither need or want. No true Black Conservative is silent about their position, and they/we dont need protection, as much as we need to uphold those ideals of SELF-determination. I would not be a Conservative, if I needed the support of anyone else in order to believe what I believe. My values didnt come from information, they came from within.

It is from knowledge that you have this belief. Why can't we speak to those who have been told lies for so long? Give them the knowledge that you or I have. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that. Why keep it to yourself.

I have a child... should I not teach him what it means to be a conservative? Should I let him believe the lies that others have said for so long? I feel it is my responsibility to teach others like me who otherwise would never know the truth.

As it is said: The Truth will set you free!

MAKnight… thanks for the sharing your article! I have been reading the different post since this morning. Trying to think about how I would want to respond. I’m white not black. Yet we are both made from the same God. Sometimes I don’t feel I can voice my opinion about something I don’t know a whole lot about. This post has given me the opportunity to do so.

I'm going to address this gross error tomorrow. You're way off the mark here.

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But conservative also do not approve of a totally atomised society of individuals and hold that there are traditional, volitional ties that can bind and hold. Such as families or church congregations or an ethnic culture. The conservative is not an extremist and understands that there can be a balance struck between love of the nation and love of family/religion/the Buffalo Bills.
Suppose that you are Irish. That you are conservative and patriotic does not mean that you should feel guilty if you feel affinity towards people who wear green and play bagpipes on St. Patrick's day. If there is a balance of priorities I do not see any problem(If the Irish invade will you defend the nation? Do you cherish your American heritage too?).
The problem is, however, if a group considers itself apart and seperate, with completely different loyalties. Especially if the group has been or feels that it is currently discriminated by the nation at large, the group will tend to mistrust others outside of the group and will start to pass on lies and rumors against those outside of the group. Hence, Koreans are bloodsuckers, Caucasians are crackers, KFC's owners put chemicals in their fried chicken to sterilize black males. And those among the group who say otherwise or who actively consort with those outside the group will be the very black sheep of the group.

As my days in high school draw to an end, all those silly cliques and fights, suddenly take on a new meaning.

But anyway, even the black sheep are still sheep. The sheeple in the group cannot, if they are half way reasonable, denounce the dissenter outright if his words are true. He is one of them, the lies do not apply to him, and yet, he thinks differently and what he says seems true. They can wrap him up and try to block out his words but what gets through will shake their deepest thoughts. TVs can be turned off and books not looked at, but the black sheep can be in their face 24/7(well, not literally).

Yes, some liberals have radically different values and are hopeless cases, but I've seen many liberals who are budding conservatives-its just when the liberal doctrine conflicts with their values they have had no one to point that out, nothing to make them think clearly about what they believe in. You can't make a horse drink, but you can fill his trough and try to make him understand what thirst is. And that is what every black sheep should do. Point out alternative views to doctrines. Make people rethink their positions.

Like Buddhaboy wrote, Conservativism is not simply knowledge. Every crack made in their mentality will be met with disbelief, denial, and sometimes anger. And the process will be painstakingly slow. But there are things only you, sir, can do, as a black conservative. No amount of poundings from podiums will matter if people like you do not take action. I salute you, MA_knight, and all other conservatives who debate and fight victimism in the very hearts it infects.