Pretty much, this from Glen Reynolds sums it up:
IT’S COME TO THIS: Tim Scott, nation’s only black Senator, not invited to speak at March on Washington.
I have a dream, that one day black Republicans won’t be turned into nonpersons by the establishment.
Nor Mia Love, Dr. Walter Williams, Dr. Ben Carson, Dr. Thomas Sowell or SCOTUS’s Clarence Thomas nor David Webb. In fact, if you peruse the list of speakers, I didn’t see one black speaker that could be considered to be a conservative. Or a white person. Or even a person of color whose political beliefs vary from that list of speakers.
I’ve been reading the blogosphere with an eye to the recreation of the March on Washington – and pretty much got the idea of what was to happen. And it did. Most of us remember the sterling words of “they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character” and have thought ever since that the first March’s purpose to look beyond a person’s covering and into their heart and mind. Sadly, in reading the various reports about the event (no, I did not watch it), it seems that to further the efforts of Dr. King, the Civil Rights movement’s leaders have adopted every single Liberal / Progressive nostrum known to earth. Not only that, the ONLY explanations that were given in response to the push-back to these Progressive goals is that Conservatives like me can only be rationalized by racism. Pure and simple – and no other explanation will ever be listened to. Nice to see that a broad swath of America is viewed in such a manner (and the Progressives say that only we act based on stereotypes?).
We speak of ideas here at GraniteGrok – timeless ones, ones to amplify freedom for individuals, the ability for them to choose for themselves. Yet, we are called racists (Chris Matthews says it well), that the TEA Party is merely the rise of the Confederacy once again. Jesse Jackson calls the TEA Party the rise of the Confederacy. Imputed racism around every corner even when none exists. “By the content of their character?” – not so much nowadays it seems. Racism is now based on, not on one’s character, but by one’s political belief if you disagree with theirs. I grow weary of being called a racist simply because I want Government to only do the things it is supposed based on our Foundational Documents. I grow weary of being called racist simply because I do not want Government to spend more than it has. I grow weary of being called a racist simply because I really don’t want to see someone’s color – only their character.
And they won’t let me. But too bad – I never did take out a withdrawal from the white guilt bank. Much has been acomplished and I am glad of it. But I cannot make that turn to Progressivism simply to no longer be called bad names. Especially when those same Progressive policies, even if touted to fix a problem, have made them far, far worse.
