Every once in a while, someone comes along and says exactly what I want to shout from the rooftops.
In his latest column, Erik Rush, whose column “Culture Shock” appears on WorldNetDaily.com, has some old school observations (and an old school hat) about black leftists.
There’s a war on right now — not just in Iraq, or on terrorism, but on the home front — for the hearts and minds of Americans. No longer is it a question of what’s good for America vs. what’s not so good for America — it’s a question of what might ensure America’s survival vs. what will most assuredly destroy this nation.The far Left — which is a minority — is nevertheless a strategically placed and highly vocal minority whose influence is inordinately potent. That they espouse policies which weaken America is, to me, a given. With lines becoming more clearly drawn every day, it is becoming increasingly important for ethnic minorities to become enlightened as to the stakes involved in this war, how they are being manipulated and what is truly in their best interests.
Any mention of the survival of our nation seems to fall on deaf leftists’ ears. Back in May, I wrote their seemingly suppressed sense of survival in post called The Loony Left, and it generated a lot of comments on my old blog. Rush continues:
There are some among minorities who regularly refer to the U.S. as a “racist state.” Others are of the opinion that while progress has been made, the possibility of some racist or separatist group or party gaining preeminence in America and reversing it all is a real possibility. Those of the first persuasion, I believe, are either delusional or are simply playing the game — making their gains through intimidation of the impressionable.Apparently, some minority individuals presume people like me are wholly insensitive to — and ignorant of — issues regarding race. Based on the rhetoric I hear directed at us, we’ve obviously never suffered the effects of prejudice, never been subjected to name-calling, have somehow avoided bigotry in schools, the workplace and in housing, and certainly never, ever had to fight over race or flee for our lives from parties who sought to harm or even kill us because of our race. We grew up in an idyllic, color-blind enclave someplace, were nurtured perfectly and lovingly, attended the best prep schools and Ivy League universities, sailed triumphantly into the job market through the connections of our color-blind white pals, and have been living large ever since.
At best, we’re misguided and clueless, at worst, we’re Uncle Toms and sellouts because we do not hold the line of those self-appointed career activists who rail against the U.S. as a “racist nation,” as though blacks still had to fear being lynched in the streets, and who continue to support the same socialist programs that have not only failed for nearly half a century, but which have debased minorities to a degree unimaginable 50 years ago, and which would do an old Jim Crow supporter proud.
I personally hold that minority civil-rights activists in this country are pimps — they’ve sold their integrity for personal aggrandizement, and they’ve encouraged those whom they claim to represent to sell their collective “favors.” And for what? Mere subsistence and, most importantly, absolution from any form of personal responsibility — in perpetuity.
Beautiful. If I say another word, I’d only be repeating what Erik Rush has said. Reading the rest of his column would not be a waste of your time.
I wish I could make thousands of fully-grown clones of him and plant them all over Washington, DC.
The world needs more Erik Rushes and fewer Michael Eric Dysons. Why do I say that? Stay tuned…
