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It has always been my experience that the Republican party is the party for the racially insensitive. So I'd like to get the perspective of blacks who have chosen to be Republicans. How did you become a Republican, what turned you off to Democrats? What say you about my racial insenstivity observation?
Thanks for your insights.
What a bigoted, stereotyping, ignorant post.
I haven't read the responses but I sure hope nobody has dignified this with some sort of race-based answer.
You truly think people should vote based on race rather than on the issues we believe in? You truly believe black people are such sheep that they are all standing in line with their hands out waiting for Obama to hand them a bunch of charity programs?
Mindsets like this are what keeps minority folks in the cycle of victimhood and oppression. Self-imposed because people like you tell them that's what you expect.
I don't support Republicans becuase I have some sort of hate for the less well off, but becuase as I have matured into a young adult, I feel they more closley align with my views.
Reason 1:
I Don't support government control over my life. More socialism may help with inequality, yes, but it has a cost. Look at Britian and it's CCTV camera system. Do you really want to live like that? The thought of the government having the size and power to dictate and direct society, even if for the good, rarley if ever works out well. Even Hitler, in the end, said he felt he needed to do what he did for "The Greater Good". Hmmm, sound familiar? Take Healthcare for instance: What happens when in an effort to cut costs, they take away fatty foods. Then next maybe it's alcohol. Maybe then it's not providing care to the disablied (see how the Liberals are smashing Pailn for keeping a Downs Syndrome kid). It's a slippery slope.
Reason 2:
The moral rot that has penetrated the US (as well as Western Europe) is the result of almost 50 years of "If it feels good, do it" ideology. I'm not a Anti-gay nut, a prude, or someone trying to get into the preisthood. But having said that, both as a citizen and as a christian, we are heading for a clockwork orange world, and I fear for what that may do for our children. While the Repubs are just as morally corrput as anyone, by shifting more monies into faith and humanist based programs, I feel we can invigorate a healthier debate on human consciousness and the role of morality in daily life. Also, I feel socialism subsidizes bad behaviors.
Reason 3:
I don't think the economics of socialism is sustainable. While I don't scream bloody murder at every little penny like Murdoch or Forbes, we already consume a quarter of our GDP in Washington. That's alot! Frankly, I wouldn't be opposed to many government programs if they didn't cost so much. But this is what happens when government becomes a job creation agency. It isn't the programs themselves per-say that are the problem, but it's the fact that the government has zero incentive to cost save and actually deliver what is intended. If a buisness operated like Washington, it would be bankrupt in 24 hours. Well, it's been 232 years and counting, yet no one seems to be any closer to finding a sure fire way to hold Congresses feet to the fire.
Reason 4:
This personally may be the straw that broke the camel's back for me in turning me away from the Left, but even when you post here on P&OC, you can definetly tell right away how the Left-leaning posters are always ready with the personal and crass attacks. I don't agree with everyone all the time, but I consider myself a very tolerant person. To me, to show the outright egotism and arrogance so much of Hollywood, Netroots and the Establishment show towards anyone not like them (See: "Typical White People" Comment). Also, as it pertains to color, ask any white liberal about Blacks and it's like were all in the ghetto smoking crack and listening to MC Hammer remixes. Yes, there is still a color and class divide in this country, but show me another country where Blacks have risen to the ranks of Oprah, Colin Powell, Clarence Tomhas, The CEO of American express (yes, he is a Black man), and countless others. For a party built on "Tolerance", it seems in short supply whenever the convo features left-thinking people. That, and the tendancy to treat people of color as victims rather than people needed a hand up, is extremely condiscending to me.
"...but even when you post here on P&OC, you can definetly tell right away how the Left-leaning posters are always ready with the personal and crass attacks."
It has always been my experience that the Republican party is the party for the racially insensitive. So I'd like to get the perspective of blacks who have chosen to be Republicans. How did you become a Republican, what turned you off to Democrats? What say you about my racial insenstivity observation?
Why should people put race above any other issue? Isn't it possible to be human before being a certain race?
i cant tell..... which is why they are called the national black republican association and not just republicans, are they not allowed in the normal republican associations.
I really hate that this website is infested with posters such as yourself.
1. Who cares about what you really hate?
2. No one said they ASK for free stuff. Democrats are always offering them bribes (promises) of thngs they can't deliver and have no right to offer. And they exchange their votes for these bribes. Like the Indians taking strings of pretty beads and giving away Manhattan Island.
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). It's a slippery slope. 
Are you saying black people are always asking for free stuff?
