Comments on: The Left’s view of the racist right and the problem of Herman Cain https://thenewneo.com/2011/10/29/the-lefts-view-of-the-racist-right-and-the-problem-of-herman-cain/ A blog about political change, among other things Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:17:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Trebuchet https://thenewneo.com/2011/10/29/the-lefts-view-of-the-racist-right-and-the-problem-of-herman-cain/#comment-278054 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:17:06 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=10855#comment-278054 Liberal Logic:

1.Horses have an even number of legs.

2.They have two legs in back and fore legs in front.

3.This makes a total of six legs, which certainly is an odd number of legs for a horse.

4.But the only number that is both odd and even is infinity.

5.Therefore, horses must have an infinite number of legs.

]]> By: Artfldgr https://thenewneo.com/2011/10/29/the-lefts-view-of-the-racist-right-and-the-problem-of-herman-cain/#comment-278007 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:34:06 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=10855#comment-278007 Behar is an idiot. Why does she have a microphone to spout her ignorance?

because her idiocy parallels the party line

]]> By: Artfldgr https://thenewneo.com/2011/10/29/the-lefts-view-of-the-racist-right-and-the-problem-of-herman-cain/#comment-278006 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:32:29 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=10855#comment-278006 Given the lefts ACTUAL history with african americans, it is more likely that she is equalizing the playing field by saying about the conservatives what is truthful of her own party and circles. ie… she and her folk would never put up such for any real reason (including obama), and so neither can the other side.

no mental gymnastics if she is only declaring what is already for her size, and so her only way to see it for the other side. shocked and appalled that they would do the same thing, she wants to reveal it

]]> By: foxmarks https://thenewneo.com/2011/10/29/the-lefts-view-of-the-racist-right-and-the-problem-of-herman-cain/#comment-277969 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:06:55 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=10855#comment-277969 The informed lefty response to the history of the Republican Party is to dismiss the facts as irrelevant ancient history. The Southern Strategy flipped 60s racist Democrats to the R party. This left the modern Ds as more pure champions of justice and made the modern Rs custodians of our national legacy of racism.

It’s a crap answer, but it’s like telling a Catholic that sacramental wine is not chemically transformed by their beliefs.

Once a year I like to wear my “MLK was a Republican” T-shirt. As BB points out above, the response is terribly predictable.

]]> By: Motorcyclist https://thenewneo.com/2011/10/29/the-lefts-view-of-the-racist-right-and-the-problem-of-herman-cain/#comment-277926 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:09:52 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=10855#comment-277926 This is why it’s pointless to answer (let alone argue) with liberals. THEY know they’re lying, WE know they’re lying, and THEY KNOW THAT WE KNOW they’re lying.

They are a distant minority and getting more distant every day. WE WIN by discussing what’s wrong and how to fix it. Anyone who can’t see what’s going on, is simply too stupid to worry about.

]]> By: BurkeanBadger https://thenewneo.com/2011/10/29/the-lefts-view-of-the-racist-right-and-the-problem-of-herman-cain/#comment-277915 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:35:19 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=10855#comment-277915 “Oh man. Cain is going to make leftist become totally unhinged from reality. This is getting terribly interesting.”

More like, terribly predictable. As I have said before, it’s important to understand the simple, Manichean worldview most liberals (at least most liberal celebrities and intellectuals) adopt. Republicans and conservatives ARE (by definition) greedy, oppressive, racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic hate-spewing white men along with their delusional, air-headed, barbie doll wives. Whenever anything or anyone challenges this worldview, the liberal intelligentsia goes into a catatonic fit. This worldview CANNOT be wrong! Never!

Herman Cain poses a very direct and extremely troubling challenge to this worldview in that he is not only African American, but he grew up poor in the Jim Crow south. How can anyone like that EVER be anything but a passionately liberal Democrat? He cannot, cannot cannot!! No, no, no! The liberal stamps his foot and covers his ears.

Since the liberals’ definition of a Republican/conservative is, prima facie, true there can only be one explanation. Something is terribly wrong with Cain. He is an “Uncle Tom”. He appeals to whites because he “knows his place”. White conservatives like him and are supporting him because they want to conceal their deep seated racism. Yes, as Alex Bensky pointed out, this is projection. The left is obsessed with race and racism, because it is obsessed with identity politics. And one of those identities is that African Americans ARE liberal and loyal Democrats, reliable votes for the party and reliable, obedient supporters of progressivism. When a prominent African American steps out of that role, all hell breaks loose.

So yes, in that sense, Herman Cain is a black man who doesn’t know his place. As he once said, he left the Democratic plantation years ago. How dare he!

As everyone knows, I am not a Cain supporter by any means and I highly doubt he will be the nominee or even come close. But SteveH is right, his presence is making the celebutards of the left come completely unhinged. It’s amusing (and also a little depressing) to watch. Oh, and FYI: If and when Cain does slip and start to fade away, that will be due to racism too. Don’t you see? It’s racist to support him and it’s racist not to support him. X = -X in the liberal logic.

]]> By: SteveH https://thenewneo.com/2011/10/29/the-lefts-view-of-the-racist-right-and-the-problem-of-herman-cain/#comment-277907 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:19:24 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=10855#comment-277907 Oh man. Cain is going to make leftist become totally unhinged from reality. This is getting terribly interesting.

]]> By: Gary Rosen https://thenewneo.com/2011/10/29/the-lefts-view-of-the-racist-right-and-the-problem-of-herman-cain/#comment-277885 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:45:08 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=10855#comment-277885 To speak of “views” or “logic” gives them way too much credit. It is simply knee-jerk tendentious political thuggery, because a black GOP candidate blows their narrative. Same reason why Palin got an extra dose of their vitriol because she is female.

]]> By: nolanimrod https://thenewneo.com/2011/10/29/the-lefts-view-of-the-racist-right-and-the-problem-of-herman-cain/#comment-277873 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 07:10:40 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=10855#comment-277873

if Behar isn’t even aware of the actual history of the Republican Party and its noble fight against slavery and racism, than we can add abysmal ignorance to her resume.

As we saw with Clinton, as we saw with Palin, as we see with Cain, whether one is a sexual power-predator, has a vagina, or is actually black depends a lot upon the politics of the observer.

]]> By: Alex Bensky https://thenewneo.com/2011/10/29/the-lefts-view-of-the-racist-right-and-the-problem-of-herman-cain/#comment-277838 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 03:48:22 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=10855#comment-277838 Yes, indeed, the left–which sees itself as anti-racist–is drenched in race, obsessed by race, unable to see anyone except in terms of race. Thus claiming that people should be viewed as individuals in “racism.”

I think psychologists call this “projection.”

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