Racism -- It's Everywhere! It's Everywhere!
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
It's sobering how much race dominates the public discourse today. But as long as we're discussing stereotypes, we should note that leftists and elites are the ones obsessed with race, not the flyover Neanderthals to whom they impute this evil. Give it a rest, eggheads.
Leftists can scarcely discuss any issue without injecting this toxicity. They imagine it everywhere -- the ubiquitous boogeyman that validates their perpetual vilification of conservatives. (Note: I considered using "white men" instead of "conservatives" in the preceding sentence but realized it would be unwise because A) as a possessor and unwitting purveyor of white privilege, I'm not allowed to opine publicly on these matters and B) though race-baiting elites pretend white privilege is the culprit, neither women nor African-Americans are exempt from the taint if they are political conservatives.)
Think about it. Liberals invoke race in discussions of immigration, voting, sports, education, taxes, health care, welfare and law enforcement. It is sick stuff. Consider a few examples.
--President Trump calls himself a nationalist, and liberals accuse him of speaking in code -- signaling to his supposedly alt-right base that he's a neo-Nazi. Sorry, but Trump doesn't speak in code. What you see is what you get, and to him and his grateful base, "nationalism" means patriotism. They appreciate an American president who's unapologetically bullish on America.
--Border enforcement hawks don't see immigration through a racial lens. That leftists believe or pretend to believe we do may indicate they are projecting their own prejudices onto us. For us, it's about the rule of law, our national sovereignty and our national identity, which is distinctly based on ideas grounded in liberty, not race. We are a melting pot, and a compelling reason to control our borders is to ensure that immigrants enter at an orderly pace and learn to assimilate into our culture rather than settle into Balkanized ethnic enclaves.
--Democrats constantly harp on alleged threats to "our democracy" -- which is odd, given their authoritarian proclivities, but again, they project. They see no inconsistency in advocating that immigrants here illegally be allowed to vote and railing against foreign interference in our elections. Here again, they invoke race. Republicans, they baselessly claim, suppress minority votes. If liberals truly cared about the integrity of "our democracy," they'd support voter identification measures, because reasonable people understand that you should have to prove you are who you claim to be before you can vote. How patronizing of Democrats to suggest that minorities are incapable of accomplishing this menial task as a condition for participating.
--With Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith's victory in the Mississippi runoff election, Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris may be removed from the Senate Judiciary Committee, because Republicans will be entitled to another committee seat and Harris is the least senior member. But -- you guessed it -- Democrats are saying it's not about her seniority but about her race.
--Speaking of Sen. Hyde-Smith, Democrats, in a desperate effort to elect Mike Espy, shamelessly smeared her as a racist based on certain lighthearted remarks she made. In the weeks between the midterm election and the runoff, Democrats ignored issues affecting the nation -- the economy and foreign policy, for example -- and framed the contest solely around whether Hyde-Smith is a dastardly racist. It didn't work.
--I just read a long essay in which the author critiqued the "Rocky" movie series in light of the latest installment, "Creed II," which he believes redeems the series from its racist themes. If I understand the piece -- and I readily admit I may not -- the series has provided white racists the vicarious enjoyment of seeing a "great white hope" defeating a superior black boxing champion. I've watched every "Rocky" movie, and race never entered my mind. Like most people, I rooted for Rocky because he was an underdog, not because his opponent, Apollo Creed, was a stand-in for Muhammad Ali, whom whites presumably loathed. Sorry again, but I was a Muhammad Ali superfan, beginning with his first fight against Sonny Liston. I rooted for him in every fight, irrespective of his opponent's race. As a Michael Jordan superfan, I rooted for him and the Bulls against Larry Bird and Bill Laimbeer. I doubt I'm much different from most white sports fans.
The left's cynical exploitation of race is wrongheaded, twisted, patronizing and incalculably destructive to society. One can pray that with improvement in economic conditions for minority communities as a direct result of conservative policies, minorities will eventually rebel against the political party that casts them as permanent victims and support the one that sees them as individuals with equal dignity, equal rights and equal aptitudes for success.
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The difference is one is on their own time the other they are on the clock working at a high paying job.
So racism is ok as long as it's off the clock? You moved the goal posts so far that it's not even on the same planet.
Does taking a knee during the anthem interfer in players job performance?
Not moving anything. Free speech must be protected. I agree with the ACLU director and why he fought for their free speech.
If I were the team owner or coach I’d tell them to stand. Their actions affect ticket sales and viewership. I wouldn’t stand for political crap like that when they are on the clock.
If the player's pay was dependant on the ticket sales at each game I wonder how long this would go on for ?
I would stop playing the anthem. No need to play it at a game anyway.
I always figure there were multiple reasons for playing the national anthem before games and other events. It's to energize and or jass up the crowd as one, many times before events like games where everyone soon kinda wants to beat the shit outta the other side.
Maybe they should play it at the end. lol
No, trumps reaction is what hurt ticket sales. Imagine that, one of the core beliefs of socialism is government interference in private business....and trump does it all the time.
If those so called "Border Hawks" were not primarily motivated by racial animus then armed militias would be outside the Newark International Airport lining up all those visa jumping Eastern Europeans and Russians in their goddamn gun sights.
How do these Eastern Europeans and Russians get past the immigration officials at the airport?
I am a little curious about it.
They walse past customs on tourist visas then hire immigration lawyers.
You would hardly believe how many rich Russians and Easter Europeans vacation here to give birth either. Gives them a leg up. So does purchasing expensive condos at Trump Tower or Kushner's 666 Park Ave. I am surprised you do not know this. 701,900 tourists overstayed their US tourist visas just last year alone...
I'd call or write the president and ask for a job in one of his businesses.
I wanted to see if you had any other perspectives. You never know, there might be something new.
Here is the full DHS-Homeland Security report for all overstays. The link says 2018. The report says 2017 and at the end is also, a 2016 Total.
It is a pdf file that shows all overstays."The out of country overstays" column means folks who overstayed, but left by the time the data for the report was gathered.
The DHS-Homeland Security site doesn't have the link to the most recent report, so I have to give this google link.
These people are playing with fire. This action puts them on track to lose any possibility of ever gaining permanent status.
We instantly applied for extensions on arrival to begin processing.
He just about shut down all immigration from Ukraine as of last May, so I don't know how that might work.
That's OK I'm a good lier, and o yeah, "I'm from MEXICO."
Trump-owned companies that have sought to import at least 1,100 foreign workers on temporary visas since 2000.
The Trump companies have sought at least 850 H-2B visa workers.
The H-2B program, which receives little government oversight, is used by companies in sectors ranging from hospitality to forestry to hire foreign workers for temporary jobs.
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Surely some of those people have moved on by now.
All that sounds like trouble to me.
Did you look at that report? The metrics are further down in the body of the report.
Also, here is a direct link to the DHS-Homeland Security site with access to a couple prior years.
Again, it is for visitors from all countries.
How could being in America be trouble.... You know, I just want a job. Isn't trump hiring ?
I promise I'll leave when my time is up.
LOL
That's the story line.
We stay as far away from that as possible.
When you have a POTUS that is a white nationalist and has a LONG history of racist behavior, racists come out of the closet and wear their colors proudly.
Uh, excuse me, I live in this state and most people around here agree that what hyde-smith said was racist.
She knew exactly what she was saying. She is also on record for wanting to make it harder to vote.
No amount of spin will change what is real.
townhall is obsessed with racism.
Correct. They are a far right wing conspiracy and fake news website.
I have never had an altar and I don't own a golden calf.
The phrase "very strong right-wing bias" is an obvious euphemism for conspiracy theory and fake news.
You are becoming more unhinged by the day when you mention MBFC. I had never heard of it until you began to rant.
Nobody is forcing you to be a member here, so if you don't like Perrie's rules then leave. If I don't like a site I quietly leave instead of [Deleted]
Are sites you like often identified for fake news or foreign propaganda?
Perrie's rules ?
If I'm not mistaken I believe the rules are voted on here. I'm sure it was a quick oversight. but, I just thought that was important.
Sorry for intruding.
My irony meter just exploded.