Clipping Racism and Crowing Democrats

Mark Levy
Fri, 02 May 2014 21:00:00 -0700
Opinion

Dear Mark: Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was recorded by his mistress making some horribly racist remarks concerning blacks and, even more ironic, blacks attending his NBA games. The NBA took swift action and banned this man for life along with fining him. As usual, the talking heads on television are going crazy over this subject, but what does this really say about racism in America? — Conservative Against Racism

Dear Conservative: It really depends on whom you ask. As a diehard conservative who grew up in the south and abhors racism, I believe that America has made giant strides with regard to civil rights, but we do still have some moron racists running around spewing their brand of hate. But I also believe we have all the necessary governmental laws as well as private sector rules to tackle any civil rights grievances. Just look at the quick response from the NBA and its sponsors.

However, if you were to ask liberals and the race baiters who are bent on dividing this country to score political points, they would tell you that the Donald Sterling incident proves that racism runs rampant throughout our country, especially if you are a conservative, a Republican or a member of the Tea Party.
Updated: Sat May 03, 2014

Dear Mark: Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was recorded by his mistress making some horribly racist remarks concerning blacks and, even more ironic, blacks attending his NBA games. The NBA took swift action and banned this man for life along with fining him. As usual, the talking heads on television are going crazy over this subject, but what does this really say about racism in America? — Conservative Against Racism

Dear Conservative: It really depends on whom you ask. As a diehard conservative who grew up in the south and abhors racism, I believe that America has made giant strides with regard to civil rights, but we do still have some moron racists running around spewing their brand of hate. But I also believe we have all the necessary governmental laws as well as private sector rules to tackle any civil rights grievances. Just look at the quick response from the NBA and its sponsors.

However, if you were to ask liberals and the race baiters who are bent on dividing this country to score political points, they would tell you that the Donald Sterling incident proves that racism runs rampant throughout our country, especially if you are a conservative, a Republican or a member of the Tea Party.

The Sterling incident led Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, who is black, to write in reference to racism, Cliven Bundy and the Tea Party: "This is not to say that all or most Tea Party adherents share Bundy's ugly prejudices. But it has been obvious since the movement emerged that some Tea Partiers do. Media-savvy leaders eventually convinced those attending rallies to leave racist placards at home, but such discretion says nothing about what remains in those people's hearts and minds."

Wow, so now liberals can see what is in the hearts and minds of people. Despite the fact that conservatives regale black leaders such as Ben Carson, Condoleezza Rice, Clarence Thomas, Allen West, Rick Scott and numerous others, liberals somehow know that deep in their hearts conservatives are racist. That in itself is a brand of prejudice. Pardon me; I keep forgetting that in the world of liberals only conservative whites can be prejudicial.

Dear Mark: I keep hearing President Obama and the Democrats crowing about the number of people who signed up for Obamacare on the last day. Does it escape them that many of these people signed up to avoid a penalty and not because they favor Obamacare? Signing up to avoid a penalty is not the same as supporting it. The evidence speaks for itself. — Mystified in Texas

Dear Mystified: Don't sound so alarmed. Democrats have used this technique for years with its number one supporter - labor unions. Labor unions have notoriously forced workers to join their "organization" and de facto give their money to candidates they didn't support.

At one point in their history, Democrats would never have been in favor of the government forcing individuals to buy anything they didn't want. With Obamacare, not only are Americans forced by threat of fines to buy health insurance but they are forced to buy a policy that a government bureaucrat deems right for them. Just imagine if the government forced every American to buy a gun. That makes as much sense as forcing a 60-year-old man who's had a vasectomy to pay for maternity insurance.

Let's don't forget that the modern liberal movement began with the hippy response to the Vietnam War and the draft that forced young men into military service. Even though I don't agree with all of the lyrics, some of the best songs I've heard in my life were written during the sixties. Today I can't imagine Creedence Clearwater Revival writing a protest anthem against high deductibles and free birth control for men.