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Colin Powell, a real stiff who was very responsible for getting us into the disastrous Middle East Wars, just announced he will be voting for another stiff, Sleepy Joe Biden. Didn’t Powell say that Iraq had “weapons of mass destruction?” They didn’t, but off we went to WAR!
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Is Pleading “Guilty” (or at least, “No Contest”) to Every Accusation of Racism the Only Way to Achieve “Racial Reconciliation”?

I was recently listening to a radio talk show on which the host and various guests were discussing the distressingly relevant subject of “racial reconciliation.” I was hearing two primary messages, one which I agree with wholeheartedly, but the other—not so much.

What I agree with is the absolute, unreserved, and unequivocal repudiation of any form of racism, along with the expression of sympathy and understanding toward those who have (in reality) suffered from it. Enough said on that one.

But, beyond that, the host and guests were further suggesting that every one of us non-minority people ought to bury ourselves in dust and ashes while prostrating ourselves in unconditional surrender to the accusations of “widespread,” “systemic,” and even “congenital” racism. This groveling capitulation to the full extent of the professedly perceived injustices suffered by our accusers is allegedly the only way to achieve “racial reconciliation.” In fact, it was actually asserted that if you deny any accusation of racism, you are being uncharitable and insensitive to the accuser!

So therefore, we should all be worshiping before the golden image of inherent white guilt erected by the extreme politically-correct race-baiters of the age, placing ourselves in abject and shamefaced acquiescence to any and all accusations of racism (if not made strictly individually, then certainly on a corporate basis). Such a categorical and unquestioning assent to the charges of racism (or at least the gratuitous readiness to tolerate the indiscriminate leveling of those charges—pun not tended)—and the compliant acceptance of the retribution that would naturally accompany such atrocity—is, after all, the only just and reasonable way to achieve “reconciliation” with those who have suffered the blight of racism, now isn’t it?

I’m terribly sorry, but my first inclination at hearing something like that is to say: “Uh—Not No, but Bloody H – E – Double-Framing-Squares NO!” I am what some sociologists would describe as a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (although, to be sure, not part of the “elite”), but I am not a racist. I loathe and detest racism. I have never been a racist, and so I have no personal history of racial bigotry to apologize for, thank you very much. (I guess the “racism gene” widely reputed to be irredeemably and inextricably woven into the very fiber of Caucasian DNA somehow missed me, or it was so recessive in my case as to manifest no evidence of its presence—although it supposedly lingers there like a tapeworm ensconced in the bowels of my soul.) And so, as a decidedly non-racist person who has always been decidedly non-racist, I simply do not see how it can be claimed that genuine racial reconciliation can only be achieved by me graciously taking upon myself the mantle of corporate racism thrust upon me by certain accusers, among whom there happens to be many who have a vested interest in the benefit they can reap from driving a hyperinflated racist victimhood narrative, even though that very narrative is itself racist because of its denigration of me solely on the basis of my skin color!

“Reverse Racism” (whether perpetrating it, or groveling before it) is not the way to amend the evils of racism! Racism was not the “original sin” of Caucasian people, and I refuse to accept the presumptive imputation of it in accordance with some depraved theology of “Racial Federalism” being proposed by people who demand that I bleed for the sins of my collective pigmentation group, past and present!

Is there racism in modern society? Undoubtedly, there is. For the sake of discussion, are there people with, let’s say, red hair who happen to be racist? Assuredly, there must be. But does that mean that all redheads are therefore necessarily racists, and in fact have an intrinsic predisposition to racism? Certainly not! But, because there have been some redheads in the ranks of racists, does that mean that every living redhead today must beat their breasts in collective repentance and self-abhorrent solidarity with the whole mass of racist redheads throughout history? Such a proposition is self-evidently absurd, and it is every bit as twisted and unjust as the actual racism it purports to redress!

Were there racists and slaveholders among my ancestors? Yes, indeed. But, were there also non-racists and abolitionists among my ancestors? Absolutely, there were. So, I think the relevant question is: Do my attitudes, convictions, and actions align me, personally and individually, more closely with the racists of my past, or with the abolitionists? And now, here’s the real kicker of a question: If I am absolutely an abolitionist, and absolutely a non-racist (both of which are true), exactly how does having my “teeth set on edge” remedy the fact that a certain number of my forefathers have “eaten sour grapes” (Ezekiel 18:2)? But even that analogy is too constrictive, because I am being asked to wear the robes of wickedness that were woven by people with whom I have no familial relation and, in fact, share nothing whatsoever in common, beyond the color of my skin!

Do I think we should “weep with those who weep” (Rom. 12:15) and be sincerely and extremely sensitive to the genuine pain and plight of those who have truly suffered from racism, both now and in the past? Absolutely, we should—with great compassion and strenuous sympathy! But I see no valid imperative for me to accede to the role of scapegoat in bearing the sins of others and receiving a scourging-by-proxy in the stead of those who were directly guilty of the crime, but who (inconveniently) are not immediately present, and thus not capable of receiving the vengeance they merited for themselves. Neither do I perceive the legitimacy of someone ascribing to me an ineluctable predisposition toward racism simply on the basis of the skin color I happen to have in common with some racists. On the contrary, I feel that going along with this whole idea of associational guilt and retribution—even if the proposition is motivated by sincere sympathy for the sufferers of racism—is endorsing something that is essentially fallacious, and thus destructive of genuine racial reconciliation, which does not happen on the basis of mere realignment of group identity ascendancy, but can only succeed in the context of universal respect for, and acknowledgement of, the dignity of individual personhood—or, as otherwise stated: on the basis of the content of a person’s character, not on the color of his skin. You don’t solve a slavery problem by making the former masters into slaves and the former slaves into masters—you solve a slavery problem by making everybody free!

So, can I promote “racial reconciliation” only by capitulating to every accusation of racism and abjectly owning it, whether it is corporately or individually assigned? Or, am I so blinded by “white privilege” that I am utterly incapable of perceiving my own intrinsic racism, or the rectitude of embracing my culpability-by-association in the crimes and evils of racism, which is the only adequate and tangible way for me to express sympathy with its victims?

If this last-resort appeal to the insuperably self-delusive quality of “white privilege” is going to be the broad and all-encompassing repudiation of the points I have made, then I’m terribly sorry to say it, but “racial reconciliation” is still a long way off, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “dream” continues to languish, perpetually supplanted by the nightmare of race-baiters who take advantage of the tragic fact that there has been—and continues to be—some real racism in order to either excuse their desire to loot, pillage, and destroy, or (in a more subtle and less immediately barbaric way) to perpetrate individual or corporate character-assassination with false accusations of racism in order to achieve or magnify a political benefit (even while making the ridiculous claim that such brutality represents “justice”).

The purveyors of such pathetic slander fail to realize that every false accusation of racism dilutes, marginalizes, and overshadows any of the real instances of racism that actually do exist.

When will people learn that the antidote to falsehood is truth, not the mere substitution of another contravening falsehood?

Can’t We Just Say It? This Wuhan Panic Was a Fraud Driven by Politics and for the Aggrandizement of Power

The projections would have been farcical had they not destroyed lives and businesses. Stay-at-home orders emptied hospitals and killed droves of people who were too terrorized to seek treatment for heart attacks and strokes and who were unable to get scheduled cancer treatments. We were told asymptomatic carriers were highly contagious, presumably to justify the demand that everyone wear a mask, only to find that no, that isn’t the case. Actual doctors reported that people who had survived Wuhan virus were, again unlike any other virus of that family, able to be immediately reinfected. This, fortunately, was another false alarm. And no discussion of the ‘science’ would be complete without the observation that there is zero evidence, other than bald assertions, that the lockdowns, and face masks, and hysteria had any more effect than sacrificing a chicken to the Moon God. The infection rate in those states which did not go along with the insanity is better than those with the most Draconian measures. When Texas and Georgia and Florida released the totalitarian controls the ‘scientists’ predicted a huge spike in infections and deaths. This, to say the least, did not happen.

In reality, it was a calculated assault upon capitalism and individual freedom that was aided and abetted by members of the federal government who, one can only hope, knew what they were saying was utter bullsh**–I say that because I understand that these people are partisans and, for the most part, militant progressives who loathe America and individual freedom but to think that they actually believed the crap that they were peddling would mean they were incompetent buffoons. If someone is going to destroy our country I really want them to understand and appreciate what they are doing.

Over the past week, with the protests/riots associated somewhat loosely with the death of George Floyd while some Minneapolis cop knelt on his neck, the true agenda behind the Wuhan virus became much more evident. We’ve seen alleged ‘public health experts’ proclaim that the danger posed by not rioting is greater than the danger from Wuhan virus BUT the danger from going to church or work or protesting the utter thrashing of the US Constitution is unconscionable because of Wuhan.

We have been had. Are people just to embarrassed to admit it?

All the exit polls had Clinton winning the race in 2016.

Jerry Nadler becomes instant meme, as Dem theatrics get ripped to smithereens

Damned sure you'd never see Republicans supporting social justice in any form.

George W. Bush spokesman calls NYT article claiming he won't vote for Trump 'completely made up'​​

But in an email to the Texas Tribune after the news broke, Freddy Ford, a spokesman for Bush, suggested that the assertion is totally false.

"This is completely made up," Ford wrote. "He is retired from presidential politics and has not indicated how he will vote."

"The Narrative Has Failed" - Ron Paul On The Incredible Disappearing Coronavirus