I play referee between two respected blogger/pundits. They happen to be Black. Steve Gilliard kicks things off with a post that defies description. Robert George weighs in after dropping hints to Andrew Sullivan and, one imagines, a few others...
My comments to Steve Gilliard are here. To Robert George here. It seems to me that Steve has pushed the envelop too far, yet again, while Robert has played to "liberals are racist too" card, one more time.
The posts are racking up on both sites... Definitely worth a look see...
My comments to Steve Gilliard are here. To Robert George here. It seems to me that Steve has pushed the envelop too far, yet again, while Robert has played to "liberals are racist too" card, one more time.
The posts are racking up on both sites... Definitely worth a look see...
Comments
Yes, in criticizing Gilliard, I used the phrase "IOKIYAL" in the context of racist imagery, but that was mocking the liberal-blog phrase IOKIYAR (It's OK if you are Republican) as much as anything. Be fair and look over my blog or any of my other writings and show me where I've used "liberals are racist" as some regular mantra. On the contrary, while I've often criticized the impact of liberal policies on black people, I've also said that the movement and the GOP have a heavier burden because of various tactical decisions such as Goldwater choosing to toss off a century or more of black support to get white votes in the '64 election -- and the subsequent "Southern strategy" that developed.
That said, the title of your piece and it's brevity (before updates) left little to go on except that Steve's racist tirade was a "reason" that the Democrats held no appeal for you. I still contend that Steve's excessive style hardly represents a fair anti-Democratic talking point. As I've posted, there are jerks on both sides of the aisle.
Despite Kelso's categorizations, I seek to see both sides of an issue, before I make my opinion known. We landed on the same side of Steve's outrageous post; but I cannot follow you into a rationalization of conservative superiority on that basis.
Being a moderate certainly hasn't amped my page views, but it keeps MY VIEWS honest.
P.S. I hope you saw my post about Nighthawk and have given it a chance.