BLACK CONSERVATIVES (REPRISED)

Beneath the Spin*Eric L. Wattree

EXCELLENCE IS THE KEY TO BLACK EQUALITY

BLACK CONSERVATIVES (REPRISED)

Black conservatives are not just ignorant, but they aren't even bright enough to understand the English language. The very word "Conservative" is defined as dedicated to "Conserving" the traditions of the past. In the case of Black people, that means conserving the tradition of racism, bigoty, and lynching Black people at will. What the hell do you think they mean when they say, "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN?" They mean take America back to the “good ole days” when they could lynch any Black person who pissed them off. If you doubt that, tell me when America “was great” the first time.  Give me a year. 
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Between the end of the Great Depression and the Civil Rights Movement the Democratic and Republican Party completely reversed their political philosophies. Due to the Democratic Party's support for the Civil Rights Movement, the conservative Dixiecrats in the Democratic Party switched to the Republican Party, and the liberals in the Republican Party became Democrats. So their relative political polarities completely changed. But let there be no doubt about it, conservatives have ALWAYS been this country's bigots, regardless to what party they were in.

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But in spite of that clear and obvious fact, we continue to have bigot-huggers among us in the Black community. They euphemistically refer to themselves as “Black conservatives” but in reality they’re just a bunch of ignorant-ass, bigot-huggin' idiots. They’re the direct descendants of that little wimp in elementary school who used to stay after class everyday to spit-shine the blackboard for the most hated teacher in school. You remember him, the one who used to say, “Mr. Wilson is mean to you guys, but he likes me.” You remember that wimp. Every school had one. They’re completely motivated by self-service, and therefore, an irresistible need to suck up.

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So bigot huggers are nothing new in American society. Bigot-huggin' is a mental disorder that's been around for over 400 years. It stems from a lack of self-esteem, the casual acceptance of inherent inferiority, and a need to cuddle-up next to what is perceived to be power. Instead of fighting for equality and respect, such people find it easier to simply cave in and grovel for acceptance and an occasional pat on the head – reference Ben Carson and Clarence Thomas.

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We were all raised to be conservative as children, because before we developed the experience and capacity to think efficiently we needed the direction of more experienced adults for guidance. So a "good child" was an obedient child. But as we grew older and developed the intellectual capacity to think for ourselves, most of us moved on to become independent thinkers, or what's commonly referred to as "progressive".

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But a minority of us never develop the capacity to become independent thinkers.  As a result of religious training, culture, or possibly something as simple as retarded intellectual development, such people never managed to become independent in their ability to think. That's why everything that comes out of their mouth sounds like they're reading it off a Fox News teleprompter. These people are overly reliant on preachers, politicians, or the consensus of "group-think" to formulate their thoughts for them and guide their lives. We call such people conservatives, and their need to have their thoughts pre-chewed for them by others is why conservatives are invariably either highly religious, or connected at the hip to their particular group - and with regard to Black conservatives, you'll invariably find them desperately trying to prove themselves worthy of White people and their groups, and willing to do anything to fit in.  

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So, ANY Black person who aligns him or herself with conservatism is a weak-minded idiot by definition. A true conservative doesn’t even like poor White people, so you know damn well they don’t give a damn about your ignorant ass. So if you’re a Black conservative, you’re actually much more than just that – you’re also a goddamn fool.

Eric L. Wattree

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BLACK WRITERS, INTELLECTUALS, AND INDEPENDENT THINKERS
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Religion: It's not that I hate everyone who doesn't look, think, and act like me - it's just that God does. 

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Speak To Minds Yet Unborn

Beneath the Spin * Eric L. Wattree

 Speak To Minds Yet Unborn

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When I was 13, Ralph Waldo Emerson reached across time to grab my young mind and changed my life forever. That is my ambition - not to gather wealth and fame by telling my contemporaries what they want to hear, but to help minds yet unborn to gain wisdom through seeing my world, and my time, through my eyes. Injustice should be made to pay dividends.

                                       -Eric L. Wattree

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 It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion, and it is easy in solitude to live after one’s own; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness, the independence of solitude.

                                                 -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thank you, Ralph.

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Eric L. Wattree
http://wattree.blogspot.com/
Ewattree@Gmail.com
Citizens Against Reckless Middle-Class Abuse (CARMA)
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Religious bigotry: It's not that I hate everyone who doesn't look, think, and act like me - it's just that God does.

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About Independent thought

Beneath the Spin * Eric L. Wattree

About Independent thought.

Michael, you said,

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"Aristotle is the father of Western logic. Everything you write about "efficient and logical" thought, you owe to Aristotle. He is one of if not the most brilliant human being in history. He could out-think and out-logic you all day long."

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You’re making several unwarranted assumptions. First, I’m the father of my ability to think, and I don’t owe Aristotle shit. I would think the exact same way that I do regardless to whether or not Aristotle ever set foot on Earth. Aristotle didn’t INVENT logical thought, he merely DESCRIBED it. So what you’re actually saying is, if I don’t except your definition of brilliance there’s a flaw in my thinking. In short, you're demanding that I embrace your intellectual heroes, or embrace the people who you've been indoctrinated to believe every "educated" person is required to embrace. But the fact is, I don't have intellectual heroes. The very first rule of independent thought is to become your own hero.
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You should NEVER give anyone else's ability to think priority over your own. Yes, you should objectively assess the point of view of others, and take any specialized knowledge that they may have into account, but you should ALWAYS connect the dots for yourself. Thus, from my point of view, your position represents the very height of presumptive hubris.  

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We should never assume that because a person is celebrated, that he’s brilliant. If you tell me a person is brilliant, and I later find out that he believes in talking snakes, I’m going to challenge your assumption. A brilliant person thinks brilliantly. That’s simple logic. So if the person is prone to make stupid assumptions - and a racist mind-set certainly falls into that category - BY DEFINITION, he's less than brilliant; I don’t care what his name is, or how celebrated he’s been throughout history.

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And further, just because a person has a given skill in one area, that doesn’t make him brilliant; it simply means that he's skilled in a given area. But based on what seems to be your definition of brilliance, I’d have to say that my mechanic is undoubtedly one of the greatest minds of all time.

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This is not the first time I’ve been involved in a debate regarding this issue. I’ve been in debates with people where they’d say something like, "Well, Martin Luther King said . . ." The implication is, because MLK said something that's at variance with what I’m saying, that should end the debate. But my response is, I don’t care what Martin said. I disagree with him.

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I’ll challenge the thinking of ANYBODY if I think they’re wrong. I don’t care if it’s Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Aristotle, or Jesus Christ. While you might consider that arrogant, I consider it independent thinking - and we need a whole lot more of it in this country.

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Thus, while I'll listen to Albert Einstein in the area of mathematics or physics, when it comes to any other area of knowledge, his opinion is no better than anyone else's, because I recognize that man is notorious for giving people more credit than they're due - especially after their dead. If you doubt that, go to any deadbeat's funeral. You won't even recognize who they're talking about.

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Taking that into consideration, Aristotle died 300 years before the birth of Christ, and every admirer who wrote about him over these two thousand years added to the myth of what he represented. So do I question his brilliance? You damn right I do. I question everything - that’s called critical thinking.

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Aristotle was just another celebrated writer - as was Voltaire, and/or Shakespeare. In fact, many consider Shakespeare the most "brilliant" writer in the history of English literature, but personally, I’d rather spend a day in jail than have to agonize through an entire day of his plays. At least in jail I could sleep through the day, or read Harpers or Time Magazine.

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But of course, there are many who would be shocked by that statement, and they’d write me off as uncultured. But from my point of view, that attitude betrays the fact that such people are more indoctrinated than they are educated. They’ve been taught WHAT to think, rather than HOW to think. If I was that narrow-minded in my thinking, I’d insist that anyone who didn’t appreciate Thelonious Monk was undereducated and without culture. But since I was educated in HOW to think whether than WHAT to think, I’m not that big a fool.

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Eric L. Wattree

http://wattree.blogspot.com/

Ewattree@Gmail.com

Citizens Against Reckless Middle-Class Abuse (CARMA)

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