Vision Circle

A Response To Cobb

This is generated by a post Cobb/Mike did on his blog.

I put this in his comments section, but decided to do it here as well.

Interesting defense.

Where were public Black conservatives concerning Tulia, TX? Larry Elder, who has written about the War on Drugs and it being wrong headed, had a great opportunity to build upon what he has written and said, and produced zip.

Where were the public Black conservatives when a study came out stating that employers appeared to discard resumes containing "ethnic sounding names" vs. "traditional names"?

Where were the public Black conservatives when a study done by doctors came out stating that Blacks, even when socio-economic status is taken into account, get less aggressive heart aliment treatment?

On Star Parker and welfare, I can show you a woman who was on welfare for 4 years, before her child went into elementary school. From some of the commentary that Parker has written or said, the woman I can point out was a "victim of government handouts" when it was far from the case.

Her husband died, she got fired, and she went on welfare while taking care of her child because she didn't trust day care and close family members worked during the day.

Plainly put, the public face of Black conservatives are what the writer is commenting upon. If it ain't you, fine it ain't you. But I STILL find it interesting that some Black conservatives get fired up over the image of the "sterotypical" Black conservative but say nothing about the "sterotypical" everyday Black person:

• Depending on the government.
• Always whining about racism.
• Blindly following "Black leaders".
• Not doing anything about negative aspects happening in the Black community.

Come on Mike. You KNOW what I'm writing is true. How is it that you can be so ticked off and justified in your ticked off-ness but people like me are dismissed as being a liberal and "on the plantation" when I'm ticked off about the garbage coming from "the Black right"?

I'm going to end with this quote from Joseph C. Phillips, a blog mate of Cobb's Conservative Brotherhood.

And it is not just those on the left who are guilty. There is an old saying that when you point one finger at others, you point three fingers at yourself. Those of us on the right have engaged in our share of outrageous rhetoric. I have not cut off my Democratic friends, but I cannot claim innocence. The fact that I am now mourning the loss of a cherished friend has convinced me that we must turn down the fire. Political passions run deep but what do we accomplish by raising the temperature so high that we are unable to speak to one another, no longer able to recognize each other's humanity?

I do not have the luxury of discussing in the abstract air of theory issues of importance to this great land. I am a married father of three boys. Do I not care about healthcare? I must provide it for a family of five. Do I not care about education? I have three school age children. Do I not care about our foreign policy? I have three boys who will be called upon to offer their lives and service. The same is true of millions of other families who did not vote as I did on November 4, 2004.