What is becoming more and more the case it seems to me is that the GOP and conservative cause more and more are making political appeals that increasingly it will be difficult for minorities to regard as anything but openly hostile. The kind of rhetoric seen on a daily basis around the conservative web make it hard to conclude anything other than that the currently ascendant far right of the party, those who regard Rush as the ideological heartbeat of the GOP, hold blacks in sneering contempt. The hostility of that segment of the party colors and influences the tone of dialogue of the rest of the party.

And its no answer to say “liberals do it”. I actually regard this as a giant pansy of an excuse. Conservatives love to say we have a higher standard. If so, stand on that, but this response of how liberals do it too is really poor and it is most often the most spirited defense we make when called to task for hostile commentary filled with racial undertones.

This issue of whether or not the GOP is going to decide to actually engage the black community as a political constituency in a serious way is key. Otherwise, we can forget about making the ranks of black conservatives grow.

They’ve also laid on black conservative Bob Parks (whose posts they’ve promoted in the past), demanding that he “apologize for smearing the site and falling for a smear campaign by a known liberal racist instigator.” Mind you, Mr. Parks’ criticism…

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There’s also a half-dozen other threads about the topic up and they’re filled with the same kind of bating, vile statements that got the original thread in trouble. I’m disgusted that Jim Robinson is actively encouraging this lie that it was all the fault of “liberal plants”. Own your site’s hate, Mr. Robinson.

Conservatives have a different standard and we have to hold that up. I have slipped from time to time, but try to catch myself. We cannot sink to the Daily Kos, Huffington Post level. Liberals have no values, anything goes. Marital affair? No big deal. Drug possession?? No big deal. Racial slurs and personal attacks? No big deal, anything to win. Liberals usually just get the go ahead from a few racial groups before attacking any conservative minorities. Most of the time, though, they know that conservative minorities are fair game.

So there you have it. Values vs. no values. I used to have respect for the Democratic party. My affiliation is conservative, but Democrats have their points, too. But when the Daily Kos, Move On, ACORN and the rest of the “new breed” Dems came into play, that respect is gone. Their no principal machiavellian approach to the political game has sunk to a new low. Conservatives are not innocent,either, but I don’t see the same filth and mind-boggling stupid comments that are on the liberal sites. I could go on any site and make a idiotic accusation about a conservative and it would be considered.

We have one arm tied behind our back, but that also means we have standards we try to live by.