Sorry, I thought this whole thing was over until he started gloating over here this morning. I apologize for the abuse to your comments. Keep up the great work on your blog.

IP

Gee, that’s funny. When you airily asked “what is the “clear and bright line” between his ideology and the Right Wing of the GOP?” I understood it to mean that you were calling me a racist. Perhaps I should have said segregationist. Regardless, the fact that you’re a jerk still applies.

For the past 24 hours, you’ve been all about making the same disgusting implication over, and over, and over, and over, on multiple sites, until I pointed out something that you already knew about that showed you how wrong you are. Now, you want to claim that you’re not about bludgeoning people? And you wonder why I’m upset?

IP, I have a right to say pretty much whatever in a political discussion. You have the right to rebut or refute it.

Believe it or not I am in favor of increasing understanding of issues and thinking about them in new ways. I’m not trying to bludgeon you into agreeing to something you don’t support.

First, I consider myself to be from the right-wing of the GOP. So when you say that we’re the racist wing of the party, that upsets me. And when you do it repeatedly, that makes you a jerk. How is that worse than you calling me a racist?

Code language? You’re telling me that you know better than I do how to interpret what I believe? You can read my mind now? You somehow know when I don’t really mean what I’m saying, that what I really mean when I talk about something is that black people should be subjugated and discriminated against? Who the F do you think you are? I mean, what gives you the right to say the things you do? It’s absolutely reprehensible, and you just won’t stop.

I do request you dispense with the namecalling.

Quoting some high-minded ideels from a party platform hardly proves what the party is about.

The discussion started about the Right Wing of the GOP, not the mainstream party. But I’m willing to discuss both.

Your position is that the GOP favors equality and opposes segregation, is this correct?

My position is that the GOP has used code language to appeal to Whites that think government has done too much to advance the cause of Blacks, feminists, homosexuals and immigrants. And that the GOP is willing to discriminate against Blacks when it suits its interests.

Go here: http://www.gop.com/media/2004platform.pdf

Top of page 75: “Our nation is a land of opportunity for all, and our communities must represent
the ideal of equality and justice for every citizen. The Republican Party favors
aggressive, proactive measures to ensure that no individual is discriminated against on
the basis of race, national origin, gender, or other characteristics covered by our civil
rights laws.”

Jeez, you’re a jerk.

Anybody want to comment on this?

When someone tells you that we must “reach out” to moderate republicans.. that we must “be more like them” to win.. remember that this is what hides under the the bedrock of the Gop. No.. they arent all racists.. or terrorists.. or even hatemongers. But they provide it cover. They provide it aid and comfort. They use its tactics and approve by silence their actions.

Wow! This post really got under IlliniPundit’s skin.

Read his response on his blog.