Under the category of things you learn while blogclicking, were you folks aware that (at least according to some old curmudgeon running another of those {self-named} WTF? sites found via BlogClicker.com) simply being Republican means you must be a racist pig, and that only the liberal Democratic party welcomes people of color to their party?
I guess the self admitted curmudgeon, who claims to have lived a long life, and supposedly remembers a long history of politics (back towards civil war times, and wounds that never heal, etc.), must never have dealt with Dixie-crats, doesn't remember the difficulties that Lyndon Baines Johnson had in getting his own party to pass civil rights legislation,and also apparently doesn't remember that it was the party of Lincoln that "freed the slaves."
Some people make me sick. I won't generalize and say "some liberals" (or even, possibly more appropriate "all liberals") make me sick. I'm smart enough not to make such generalizations, and smart enough to know that some bad apples does not a whole barrel make.
Unfortunately it's been true over the years that the Republican party has attracted clowns and racist pigs such as David Dukes. On the other hand, there have been black sheep in the Democratic party that have made outrageous claims too.
Neither side is perfect, and probably never will even come close. With that said though, it does turn my stomach that there are idiots out there that make claims such as the one that inspired this article. Mr. (or Mrs.) Curmudgeon can be thankful I can't VARB rate their site down to zero (as they apparently weren't smart enough to apply on BlogMad, or weren't accepted there thanks to their content, who knows for sure?!).
Feel free to use the comment area here to tell me why you think I'm just blowin' smoke here and am ignoring the long history of racism that must automatically enter my life thanks to my choosen political party. I'm man enough to take it.
