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LIMBAUGH: Roseanne, Trump And The Myth Of Conservatives' Racism
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Ubiquitous
Jun 2, 2018, 5:25:25 PM6/2/18
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Roseanne Barr posted what many are convinced was a racist tweet, and
ABC summarily canceled her sitcom. As Roseanne is considered a Donald
Trump supporter and Trump is widely accused of racism, people are
loosely smearing Trump as responsible for her, however indirectly.
Maybe I'm defensive about loose charges of racism, but if so, I've
acquired my defensiveness honestly, because racism has become the
left's favorite categorical smear of conservatives and Republicans.
It's not something I'm imagining. I've written about it many times,
basing it on my observations of leftists and Democrats in action.
I don't believe that Democrats are racists, but I do believe they
cynically exploit racial smears against Republicans as part of their
strategy to retain a disproportionate percentage of African-American
and other minority voters, without which they would be reduced to a
permanent minority party. Considering the closeness of so many national
elections, can you imagine the electoral impact of even a small
percentage of African-American voters leaving the Democratic Party and
voting Republican? Trust me, Democratic apparatchiks believe it — and
act accordingly. Their fear leads to such baseless, disgraceful claims
as the one about how George W. Bush purposely left blacks stranded on
rooftops in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina because they were
black and Republicans don't care about blacks.
It has always particularly frosted me that conservative policies are
associated with racism even though our policies, historically, expand
opportunity and prosperity for African-Americans and other minorities.
Indeed, we aspire to colorblindness rather than the individually
degrading identity politics habitually practiced by Democrats. We've
recently learned, for example, that African-American and Hispanic
unemployment numbers are at historical lows. You would think that after
a while, word would get out that Republican actions speak louder than
Democratic words and there would be a mass conversion of minorities
from the Democratic Party to the GOP. Frankly, I'm surprised it hasn't
happened already, not just because of the serial failure of Democratic
policies and the success of Republican ones but because of the
drippingly patronizing attitude Democratic politicians have toward
minorities. Why aren't minorities offended by their being used so
conspicuously? My guess is that many don't have much faith in Democrats
but they've been convinced that Republicans and conservatives truly are
racist.
Think about how outrageous my statement is — especially if it is true.
But I can't imagine a better explanation for African-Americans
consistently voting in the 90 percent range for Democrats. The
Democrats' slander, by the way, doesn't just hurt the Republican Party
and, by extension, the nation; it also hurts African-Americans and
other minorities who believe the lie that roughly half the nation
(Republicans) is somehow against them. How can it be healthy for
minorities to believe such a lie? How could it possibly lead to
improved race relations? Democrats constantly preach about diversity
and racial harmony, but they do more damage with their vilification
than with their destructive policies, and that's saying something.
Now back to the alleged connection between Roseanne Barr and Donald
Trump. Democrats and Republican never-Trumpers are tweeting and writing
that Roseanne's disgraceful Twitter outburst should be expected in the
Trump era because Trump has ushered in an era of racism — soft or hard,
racism nevertheless. Plus, Roseanne is a Trump supporter, so her
negatives must attach to him.
I think it's a major stretch to call Roseanne a conservative. She
clearly is not a social conservative, and I doubt she's much of a
conservative otherwise, but let's just assume, for discussion purposes,
that she is a Trump-supporting Republican.
How about the claim that Trump is a racist or has created a climate
conducive to racism? Well, the accusers have their talking points, and
they can tick them off with the discipline of an A student on exam day,
but instead of relitigating those specific statements (or actions, such
as Trump's challenging Barack Obama's birth certificate or calling MS-
13 gang members "animals"), I'll tell you what I think is at the root
of the smear. Trump is now a Republican, and thus he is fair game to be
cast as a racist for the reasons already stated. But a bigger point is
that Trump's signature policy is immigration enforcement. The left —
and an increasing number of open-borders advocates on the right —
associates that policy with nativism, which is a euphemism for racism,
and with outright racism. In addition, many believe that Trump is an
alt-right white supremacist or, at the very least, encourages the
support of this group through his policies and language.
I don't believe that Trump is a racist. I reject that his policies,
including his immigration policies, are racist, and I don't believe
there is a strong alt-right movement in this nation. Call me naive.
The charge is utterly predictable from leftists, but it is regrettable
that people on the right are willing to so carelessly malign Trump as a
racist and then blame him for the racially charged climate in this
country. I suppose it fits the Trump opponents' narrative that Trump is
the worst human being alive, someone with no redeeming character
qualities, but it is lazy and reckless.
Attempts to blame Trump for Roseanne Barr's ugly statements are the
same kind of categorical slur that makes racism a sin. Attempts to
denigrate Trump supporters by extension are even more objectionable,
and as you can tell, I'm using mild, non-incendiary language here that
understates my indignation on this issue.
But as racism is probably the worst sin with which to be branded,
people ought to be especially careful not to make such claims lightly.
Shame on them for trying to shame the rest of us, for we abhor real
racism every bit as much as they do — probably way more, but as I say,
my purpose here is not to inflame.
:David Limbaugh is a writer, author and attorney. His latest book is
:"The True Jesus: Uncovering the Divinity of Christ in the Gospels."
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
ABC summarily canceled her sitcom. As Roseanne is considered a Donald
Trump supporter and Trump is widely accused of racism, people are
loosely smearing Trump as responsible for her, however indirectly.
Maybe I'm defensive about loose charges of racism, but if so, I've
acquired my defensiveness honestly, because racism has become the
left's favorite categorical smear of conservatives and Republicans.
It's not something I'm imagining. I've written about it many times,
basing it on my observations of leftists and Democrats in action.
I don't believe that Democrats are racists, but I do believe they
cynically exploit racial smears against Republicans as part of their
strategy to retain a disproportionate percentage of African-American
and other minority voters, without which they would be reduced to a
permanent minority party. Considering the closeness of so many national
elections, can you imagine the electoral impact of even a small
percentage of African-American voters leaving the Democratic Party and
voting Republican? Trust me, Democratic apparatchiks believe it — and
act accordingly. Their fear leads to such baseless, disgraceful claims
as the one about how George W. Bush purposely left blacks stranded on
rooftops in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina because they were
black and Republicans don't care about blacks.
It has always particularly frosted me that conservative policies are
associated with racism even though our policies, historically, expand
opportunity and prosperity for African-Americans and other minorities.
Indeed, we aspire to colorblindness rather than the individually
degrading identity politics habitually practiced by Democrats. We've
recently learned, for example, that African-American and Hispanic
unemployment numbers are at historical lows. You would think that after
a while, word would get out that Republican actions speak louder than
Democratic words and there would be a mass conversion of minorities
from the Democratic Party to the GOP. Frankly, I'm surprised it hasn't
happened already, not just because of the serial failure of Democratic
policies and the success of Republican ones but because of the
drippingly patronizing attitude Democratic politicians have toward
minorities. Why aren't minorities offended by their being used so
conspicuously? My guess is that many don't have much faith in Democrats
but they've been convinced that Republicans and conservatives truly are
racist.
Think about how outrageous my statement is — especially if it is true.
But I can't imagine a better explanation for African-Americans
consistently voting in the 90 percent range for Democrats. The
Democrats' slander, by the way, doesn't just hurt the Republican Party
and, by extension, the nation; it also hurts African-Americans and
other minorities who believe the lie that roughly half the nation
(Republicans) is somehow against them. How can it be healthy for
minorities to believe such a lie? How could it possibly lead to
improved race relations? Democrats constantly preach about diversity
and racial harmony, but they do more damage with their vilification
than with their destructive policies, and that's saying something.
Now back to the alleged connection between Roseanne Barr and Donald
Trump. Democrats and Republican never-Trumpers are tweeting and writing
that Roseanne's disgraceful Twitter outburst should be expected in the
Trump era because Trump has ushered in an era of racism — soft or hard,
racism nevertheless. Plus, Roseanne is a Trump supporter, so her
negatives must attach to him.
I think it's a major stretch to call Roseanne a conservative. She
clearly is not a social conservative, and I doubt she's much of a
conservative otherwise, but let's just assume, for discussion purposes,
that she is a Trump-supporting Republican.
How about the claim that Trump is a racist or has created a climate
conducive to racism? Well, the accusers have their talking points, and
they can tick them off with the discipline of an A student on exam day,
but instead of relitigating those specific statements (or actions, such
as Trump's challenging Barack Obama's birth certificate or calling MS-
13 gang members "animals"), I'll tell you what I think is at the root
of the smear. Trump is now a Republican, and thus he is fair game to be
cast as a racist for the reasons already stated. But a bigger point is
that Trump's signature policy is immigration enforcement. The left —
and an increasing number of open-borders advocates on the right —
associates that policy with nativism, which is a euphemism for racism,
and with outright racism. In addition, many believe that Trump is an
alt-right white supremacist or, at the very least, encourages the
support of this group through his policies and language.
I don't believe that Trump is a racist. I reject that his policies,
including his immigration policies, are racist, and I don't believe
there is a strong alt-right movement in this nation. Call me naive.
The charge is utterly predictable from leftists, but it is regrettable
that people on the right are willing to so carelessly malign Trump as a
racist and then blame him for the racially charged climate in this
country. I suppose it fits the Trump opponents' narrative that Trump is
the worst human being alive, someone with no redeeming character
qualities, but it is lazy and reckless.
Attempts to blame Trump for Roseanne Barr's ugly statements are the
same kind of categorical slur that makes racism a sin. Attempts to
denigrate Trump supporters by extension are even more objectionable,
and as you can tell, I'm using mild, non-incendiary language here that
understates my indignation on this issue.
But as racism is probably the worst sin with which to be branded,
people ought to be especially careful not to make such claims lightly.
Shame on them for trying to shame the rest of us, for we abhor real
racism every bit as much as they do — probably way more, but as I say,
my purpose here is not to inflame.
:David Limbaugh is a writer, author and attorney. His latest book is
:"The True Jesus: Uncovering the Divinity of Christ in the Gospels."
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
FPP
Jun 2, 2018, 6:25:52 PM6/2/18
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On 6/1/18 10:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> Maybe I'm defensive about loose charges of racism, but if so, I've
> acquired my defensiveness honestly, because racism has become the
> left's favorite categorical smear of conservatives and Republicans.
Can't think of why that would happen?
> Maybe I'm defensive about loose charges of racism, but if so, I've
> acquired my defensiveness honestly, because racism has become the
> left's favorite categorical smear of conservatives and Republicans.
I mean, it wasn't Limbaugh who played the song "Barack the Magic Negro",
over and over and over again.
Oh... wait!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_FAJUFutyw
--
"I'm all the way down now. I can see all the way to the bottom.
They said there were two fathers, one above, one below.
They lied. There was only ever the Devil.
When you look up from the bottom, it was just his reflection, laughing
back down at you." -James Delos (Westworld 5-12-18)
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