Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin was on C-Span this morning, and she made a lot of good points. Now, I know she's not exactly my political cup of tea, but I think she was right on with what she said this morning.
People, we have to stop making ad hominem attacks, especially about race.
Why is it that if a conservative got on television and called a Jesse Jackson a traitor to his race, people would flip out and call him a racist; and yet, people like Condaleeza Rice, Michael Steele, Clarence Thomas, Bob Parks, et al, are referred to as "house niggers", "uncle toms", "aunt jemimas" and the like with no public outcry.
Hey, I don't like what Michelle Malkin writes. I don't like Condi's policies. I disagree with every opinion that Clarence Thomas wrote that I have read. But I believe that every one of them is honest in their belief that what they are saying and doing is right for them and right for the country.
And I also think that each one of them believes, first and foremost, that they are American.
They aren't "traitors to their race". They just value a set of ideals higher than they value their ethnicity.
I think that the Left needs to realize and recognize the validity of this modus of evaluation. I think that the Left needs to rely exclusively on reason and intellectual rigor in their debates and stop tolerating the people who make ad hominem attacks on people on the "other side". I think they need to stop calling names. Attack the postion, not the person. Address the issues. Allow the debate. Anything else is intellectually weak, and it cheapens the debate.
People, we have to stop making ad hominem attacks, especially about race.
Why is it that if a conservative got on television and called a Jesse Jackson a traitor to his race, people would flip out and call him a racist; and yet, people like Condaleeza Rice, Michael Steele, Clarence Thomas, Bob Parks, et al, are referred to as "house niggers", "uncle toms", "aunt jemimas" and the like with no public outcry.
Hey, I don't like what Michelle Malkin writes. I don't like Condi's policies. I disagree with every opinion that Clarence Thomas wrote that I have read. But I believe that every one of them is honest in their belief that what they are saying and doing is right for them and right for the country.
And I also think that each one of them believes, first and foremost, that they are American.
They aren't "traitors to their race". They just value a set of ideals higher than they value their ethnicity.
I think that the Left needs to realize and recognize the validity of this modus of evaluation. I think that the Left needs to rely exclusively on reason and intellectual rigor in their debates and stop tolerating the people who make ad hominem attacks on people on the "other side". I think they need to stop calling names. Attack the postion, not the person. Address the issues. Allow the debate. Anything else is intellectually weak, and it cheapens the debate.
posted by sadiq at 11/11/2005 10:38:00 AM
1 Comments:
Well said. I personally am tired of the race card.
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