Well why don't Democrats just do it to white males too, and win every election with 95% of the vote?
gotta run to work - but you can't
both run by telling blacks that evil white men are out to "put them back in chains"
and run by telling whites that evil blacks are out to, I don't know, do whatever evil blacks would do.
Why do you suppose some groups are more susceptible to this kind of brainwashing than others?
I don't know, you would have to ask the african american spokesmen and women who have described it. But if I had to hazard a guess I would propose that the atrocious public school system that we doom a larger percentage of our african american populace to has something to do with it, as does our push decades ago to get a larger percentage of the african american populace on public assistance. people on the dole will vote for the party of the dole.
I really have no idea what the pick up truck comment was about; I almost never watch Keith Olbermann as I find him incredibly obnoxious. Is he even still on the air?
He does some kind of internet-stream, I think. He got kicked off of Al Gore's network apparently for being too much of a drama queen.
If it's just a matter of crying wolf, then Republicans would be doing better than 5% among black voters.
not really. like older people being more susceptible to mediscare, african americans are more susceptible to blaming the ills of the world on racism.
Some of them would see through the ruse, just like any other voting bloc.
yes. they are generally called "oreos", "house n-----rs", "aunt jemima's", and all other sorts of pleasant names. there is an incredibly self-destructive set of social pressures at play within the African American community - from the above mentioned to the notion that "education is a white thing" and that having baby-mama's makes you more of a man.
A few key differences between Democrats doing poorly among senior white males, and Republicans doing poorly among blacks:
1) Democrats don't really do THAT poorly among senior white males. I don't know if any exit polls get that specific, but I'd bet they still get 30-40% of that vote. Far more than the 0-5% of the black vote Republicans receive.
So 30-40%, much like the 5%, still fail to see that the Democrats hate them because
that's how sneaky Democrats are. You manage to keep your hatred of the elderly quiet, you use dog-whistles that only other ageists can hear.
(In a non-falsifiable thesis such as the one you have proposed, absence of evidence is corroboration, as is evidence of absence.)
2) Democrats have plenty of senior white males among their ranks; probably at least half of Democratic senators fall into that category.
and Republicans have plenty of minorities in their ranks as well. Democrat "tokens" and "self-hating older white men" don't excuse their bias.
3) Democrats talk about issues that senior white males actually care about (e.g. Medicare, social security).
yes, and Republicans talk about education reform, which black voters actually (deeply) care about, and traditional marriage, which black voters overwhelmingly support.
4) Democrats don't regularly use coded language specifically to malign senior white males, then continue doing it after they get called on it.
that is because
the coded language exists only in your imagination.
however, I can play this game too: whenever Demcorats talk about the great things that obamacare is going to do for us, they are talking about the IPAB (ie: the Death Panel) finally getting rid of older voters who do not support their party. When they talk about finding "efficiencies" in Medicare, this is a dog-whistle to the other ageists out there; it gets them all riled up, and fires up the Democrat base, which secretly hates the elderly, but can't come out and openly say it.
I'm saying that the fact that blacks perceive these debates as racially charged, combined with the Republican insistence on continuing the same line of attack ANYWAY, combined with the electoral results of overwhelming black disaffection with the Republican Party, points to that conclusion.
no, it doesn't. firstly, for this debate, you had shelby steele (who is black) telling chris matthews (who is white) that he was nuts because
the white guy was choosing to try to make a story about racism. To the extent that blacks
do see this debate as racially charged
it is because of people like Matthews and yourself who have a vested interest in ensuring that they do.
I'm not familiar with Herman Cain's comments. But if he's going on about black people being brainwashed, then yes, that's absolutely racist, as it calls into question the intelligence or critical thinking abilities of an entire race of people.
not really - intelligent people can be brainwashed as well. nor does it call into question someones' genetic ability; not when we are sending african american kids to the schools that we do. but the idea that herman caine is as racist against black people is ridiculous as the notion that I am racist against white 30 year olds.
It's a neat (although not terribly subtle) line of attack. Any minority who breaks from the democrat line must be evil to the extent that they do so.
Perhaps it's because the Republicans don't bother to talk to black voters about their views on social issues or education reform. Instead, they want to talk about the "food stamp president" and enact odious voter ID laws
we talk about the food stamp president to the population at large, and (wait for it)
much like the rest of the nation, a large majority of african americans support voter ID laws.
This is a fundamental misunderstanding of what racism is. It's not necessarily an outright hatred of black people. There is nothing inconsistent at all about being racist and defending a black person's comments, or even voting for a black person. There are plenty of racist Democrats who peddle the "I'm not racist because I voted for Obama" crap, which is just the newest variant on "I'm not racist because I have a black friend." This is especially true if the person has reason to see the black politician as an EXCEPTION to the stereotypes of his race.
what, you mean like for example if he thought that finally a nice, clean black guy had come along who spoke with no negro dialect unless he wanted to?
