This article first appeared in New English Review.
This week, Tim Scott (R-SC) announced that he is running for the Republican nomination for president in 2024. As could have been predicted, Scott's announcement was greeted by sheer ugliness on The View. Since Scott is a black conservative and a Republican, people like Joy Behar have nothing but contempt for him. It was Behar who showed her typical ignorance and hate by comparing Scott to Clarence Thomas (in an unfavorable light since she hates Thomas as well).
In a way, we should be thankful to Behar for helping bring an important argument out into the spotlight. The issue is how black conservatives are treated by the left. It is a disgraceful aspect of today's American culture.
I have said many times and written many times that, in my opinion, black conservatives are the most intellectually stimulating people in our society. That is because it takes real courage to go against the flow and take conservative opinions. It takes real courage for people like Scott, Thomas, Shelby Steele, Larry Elder, Thomas Sowell, and others to state that white racism is not the biggest challenge facing black Americans today. Yes, it takes real courage because when you step forward, there will be ignorant people like Behar and her colleagues on the view who will talk about you in the ugliest of terms.
I consider Scott to be a serious senator, unlike so many who simply occupy a seat and do nothing. At the moment, my favorite for the nomination is Ron DeSantis, but Scott is right behind him. I certainly would not mind seeing an eventual DeSantis-Scott (or Scott-DeSantis) ticket.
Now that Scott is in the race and Behar has made headlines with her typical ugly attack, this issue will be front and center. It is an issue that deserves more attention, and this may be the key to bringing it out in the open. Black conservatives deserve to have their voices heard just like anyone else, and we as conservatives (of any color) should support them. I wish Senator Scott well in his campaign, and as they say, don't let the bastards get you down.
If the only black people who you listen to are the ones telling you what you want to hear, then being intellectually stimulated is not what you're looking for.
ReplyDeleteAnd I see you're still shilling for book-banner DeSantis, who said that he'd consider giving a pardon to the January 6 insurrectionists. You "conservatives" would support a resurrected Benedict Arnold if he said the right talking points.
Are you implying that Desantis is like Benedict Arnold? Desantis, who graduated from the Naval Academy and served in Iraq?
ReplyDeleteAs for which black people I want to listen to, I have listened to people like Farrakhan, Al Sharpton, Maxine Waters my whole life. I could go on and on with my list. I know full well what their message is. It is refreshing to hear something different from blacks who refuse to live on the Democrat plantation. Scott is an honorable man, and he does not deserve the ugly commentaries that are coming at him from the left.
"Desantis, who graduated from the Naval Academy and served in Iraq?"
ReplyDeleteWhat, exactly, are you saying here, Fouse? Serving in the military automatically absolves anyone from future acts of treason? Is that what you're saying? Or are you trying to make my point for me, as Benedict Arnold served in the Continental Army and rose to the rank of general? (A feat that I would say far surpasses what DeSantis achieved before he changed sides.)
Or are you saying that you have no issue with pardoning the January 6 insurrectionists? Pardoning those who tried to overturn an election (and participated in an attack on our democracy) isn't akin to treason?
Seriously, what are you saying?
"I have listened to people like Farrakhan, Al Sharpton, Maxine Waters"
The fact that you put Farrakhan in the same category as the other two proves that you haven't listened to any of them at all. I'm no fan of any of them (and outright detest Farrakhan) but I wouldn't put the three of them in the same category.
" It is refreshing to hear something different from blacks who refuse to live on the Democrat plantation."
Plantation? What are you saying HERE, Fouse? The overwhelming majority of black people in this country are like slaves? (Pew research claims that 87% of African Americans identify as Democrats.)
What are you saying? That they don't know as well about their situation and what's in their best interests as YOU?
Look, if you want to make a case for black people being better off siding with the conservative cause, that's one thing. Using the word "plantation" in connection with those who disagree with you (which happens to be most black people) is extremely problematic. Can't you see that?
"Look, if you want to make a case for black people being better off siding with the conservative cause, that's one thing. Using the word "plantation" in connection with those who disagree with you (which happens to be most black people) is extremely problematic. Can't you see that?"
ReplyDeleteThe reference to plantations came about because blacks who dare not to follow the liberal, Democrat dogma are stigmatized and called names like Uncle Tom. You may not like the analogy, but that is why it was coined.
"Or are you saying that you have no issue with pardoning the January 6 insurrectionists? Pardoning those who tried to overturn an election (and participated in an attack on our democracy) isn't akin to treason?"
"What, exactly, are you saying here, Fouse? Serving in the military automatically absolves anyone from future acts of treason? Is that what you're saying?"
I didn't say that. I recall a guy named Bowe Bergdahl who served in the military.
You keep asking me what I am saying, but then you make up your own conclusions about what I said when I never said it. Wow.
And just what category would you put Sharpton and Waters? Are they bridge builders? Are they peacemakers? They may not be as despicable as Farrakhan, but that does not make them exactly admirable people in my book.
"The reference to plantations came about because blacks who dare not to follow the liberal, Democrat dogma are stigmatized and called names like Uncle Tom. You may not like the analogy, but that is why it was coined."
ReplyDeleteThat makes absolutely no sense at all. The thing is, while the Uncle Tom label is thrown about too loosely, sometimes it's a perfect fit - like when Larry Elder said that slavemasters deserved reparations just as much as the slaves did.
https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-elder-argued-that-slave-owners-were-owed-reparations-2021-9
That absolutely IS an Uncle Tom thing to say, if you actually understand what an Uncle Tom is.
But even if the phrase was never justified, that doesn't make it okay to associate 87% of black Americans with slaves on a plantation. Didn't your mother ever teach you that two wrongs don't make a right?
"I didn't say that. I recall a guy named Bowe Bergdahl who served in the military.
You keep asking me what I am saying, but then you make up your own conclusions about what I said when I never said it. Wow."
Wow indeed. This is really rich coming from a guy who misrepresents every argument that's not in line with neo-conservative talking points. You frequently misrepresent what CRT is. You did the same with same thing with DEI. You use the canard "pro-abortion" when it's about "pro-CHOICE".
And to make this doubly hilarious, you still don't answer the question. I'm genuinely asking you - why bring up DeSantis's military service as a counter to the notion that he's like Benedict Arnold? What is your point? You just agreed with me that somebody can have military service and still be a traitor. So, why bring it up then?
Or is it that you have no idea what you're saying? (This seems more and more likely all the time.)
"And just what category would you put Sharpton and Waters?"
I said that I wasn't a fan of either, so I don't know why you're trying to get me to defend them. I'm also not a fan of you, but I would take serious exception to somebody putting you in the same category as Charles Manson and Ted Bundy.
It is so exasperating trying to debate you when you jump to conclusions, put words in my mouth, and go from apples to cumquats. VRT, DEI. My post was about Tim Scott and Joy Behar's comment.
ReplyDeleteI think you waste a lot of your time and energy writing long dissertations trying to refuse my postings. In fact, I think you are a fan of me since I am apparently living rent free inside your head. At any rate, I don't care to expend this much time and energy arguing with you.
I don't want to censor you by deleting your comments. I generally reserve that for the Jew-haters who occasionally send me nasty grams, but maybe the best thing is to just post your comments without responding. Have to think about it.
I'm starting to think that each time you read a comment, it exists completely fresh in your head, as you seem completely unable to connect anything to a larger conversation within this thread or to your blog in general.
ReplyDeleteIs there an entire team of Gary Fouses who operate this thing with little communication amongst them? Is the comment section sent off to a sweatshop and managed by thirteen year olds?
You do have me that you live rent free in my head.
Duly noted. And there is only one Gary Fouse on this blog.
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