tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post7606726155432835461..comments2024-03-22T20:34:13.792-05:00Comments on Indomitable | The online home of Chauncey DeVega: Tea Party GOP Meme Alert: Destroy the Federal Government Cause It Employs Too Many of "The Blacks!"Lady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09138154899923808806noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-11348906303621751372011-08-31T03:20:04.897-05:002011-08-31T03:20:04.897-05:00Or is the "federal government equals employme...<i>Or is the "federal government equals employment for undeserving blacks and minorities" (and others, here meaning you lazy teachers and union members) a top down talking point, ... </i><br /><br />I would say it's a belief, now become an article of faith. AFAIC, this is why McVeigh bombed the Federal Building in OK, and of course why today's teabagging confederates hate the government.<br /><br />The sentiment never went away and because of our 24/7 media, is only becoming louder and louder again.<br /><br />I expect the 2012 race to be extremely nasty.Oh Craphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08569760594341619659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-6014274455570139442011-08-30T19:43:42.755-05:002011-08-30T19:43:42.755-05:00AND ONE MORE THING How on earth does he say with a...AND ONE MORE THING How on earth does he say with a straight face that what's happening to whites now (whatever that is) is the same thing that happened to blacks back in the day? Do they believe their own hype?!Henri B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00892218291117471971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-3271722637562969372011-08-30T19:35:43.509-05:002011-08-30T19:35:43.509-05:00I don't know if it was from your blog but I re...I don't know if it was from your blog but I recently read that blacks often choose government employment because of the stability it offers. It struck me because I had honestly never heard this anywhere else and it caused me to examine my motives for gravitating to government employment despite my hostility toward "the man". <br /><br />Someone like Pat isn't interested in facts, and this might be a facilely drawn conclusion but remember back in the day when the fact that black and brown people were over-represented in the military became an anti-war talking point? Guess where we go when we get out of the military? The federal government. And as a veteran who is happy to see many other black veterans in Portland (the supposed whitest city in America) we're qualified and we earned those positions. The only "preference" we get is veterans preference. If Pat and his posse have a problem with that, they can always enlist.<br /><br />On the other hand, it's nice to be accused of stealing JOBS for a change.Henri B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00892218291117471971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-59364062673484877372011-08-30T19:24:53.172-05:002011-08-30T19:24:53.172-05:00@Shady. All praise the p funk! Yes, it is a two wa...@Shady. All praise the p funk! Yes, it is a two way street the meme comes down gets recirculated and then goes back down again for confirmation. One hell of a feed back loop.<br /><br />@Sharp. History ain't even past its yesterday. But folks don't want to here that.chaunceydevegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652406326490873337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-64653166911546881272011-08-30T10:45:30.321-05:002011-08-30T10:45:30.321-05:00Love that P-Funk...where else can you see a black ...Love that P-Funk...where else can you see a black man with dreads in a dress leading the baddest funk band on the earth? No fear of a black planet here.....Chris Sharpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-3484589804363697412011-08-30T10:31:25.593-05:002011-08-30T10:31:25.593-05:00It's from P-Funk but I think they took it from...It's from P-Funk but I think they took it from Sanford and Son. So either way.Shady_Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00996625985002373392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-64790421826322412442011-08-30T10:13:19.414-05:002011-08-30T10:13:19.414-05:00CD: I have to agree with Shady Grady (from Sanfor...CD: I have to agree with Shady Grady (from Sanford and Son?) on this one. I think the modern version of this "system artifact" has become a "top down talking point" that is being used with brutal efficiency to stoke the flames of the current class/race divide in America. Unfortunately, I think we may slowly be returning to a time when people were less inclined to speak in "code" about these issues, and more likely to wear their racism on their sleeve. As a white guy, I have definitely noticed other white people using racial epithets more freely since Obama was elected, but then again I live in Florida, where they never really stopped in the first place, as suggested by my recent post about the segregated bar up near Tallahassee. <br /><br />People like Buchanan and other conservative/Tea party leaders are too smart not to know what they are doing with these types of arguments and innuendo. And many of the rank and file Tea Partiers appear blissfully unaware that they are once again being manipulated just like the poor whites were during Bacon's Rebellion, the Antebellum South, the Reconstruction South, the Civil Rights movement, etc. <br /><br />What I find particularly disturbing about the current media debate is that the racial overtones (or is it undertones) are no longer referred to by code words, as shown by Buchanan's articles. This will only further increase the racial divide in our country, at a time when we can least afford it given the state of our economy and the looming signs of real class warfare down the road. <br /><br />In that sense I guess its just old wine in a new bottle, but this time, it is fueled by a vast right wind media empire and echo chamber that allows this dangerous message to be amplified and spread to even more people who are willing to run with the ball. Scary stuff if you ask me, and unfortunately, the Progressive movement seems incapable of effectively countering the message.Chris Sharpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-91992924059238570492011-08-30T09:17:29.546-05:002011-08-30T09:17:29.546-05:00It's not either/or. It's both/and.
It is s...It's not either/or. It's both/and.<br />It is spoken from above and below.<br />The resentment is real and needs to be dealt with. It is a big part of the reason that the Tea Party and associated fellow travelers are able to be successful.Shady_Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00996625985002373392noreply@blogger.com