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This Black Conservative Didn't Own Anything But A Poor Argument

This Black Conservative Didn't Own Anything But A Poor Argument Rant #21 ( Opinion ) April 1, 2020 This video just bugged me as soon as it began: https://www.facebook.com/thehodgetwins/videos/813591575818557/ Wow, the one Black Trump supporter in that state soo "owned" the liberal there... K, first off, the KKK may've been originally founded by somebody who was a Democrat. Ok. And? Lincoln was a Republican. The parties had a different alignment back then. By no means do the party divisions of the Reconstruction era some 150 years ago have much to do with where they stand today on most issues. As a rough generalization, the GOP came about as a party which supported urbanization and manufacturing (the legacy of Hamiltonian ideology), eventually giving way to representing big business. But before that, the Republicans--beginning with Lincoln--did things to encourage education, by establishing public colleges; fostering railroads so that it could connect t...

Good People On Both Sides?

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"Good People On Both Sides?" Rant #7 ( Opinion ) Originally March 8, 2020 To whom it may concern, I get where you're coming from with this chart. It makes me cringe to say it like this, but "there are good people on both sides" who want the same endgame, that being a surviving and thriving America--their road maps just differ. At one point in time, I was a staunchly conservative person--a position which has since largely flipped. I was never a racist in my heart and soul when I felt that way, back in the Bush era. The vast majority of those who disagree with you have good intentions, just misaligned ideas on how things do and should work. Give those people the benefit of the doubt, until they say something that reveals any purely hateful sentiment (e.g. genuine racism). There do exist a large number of simply awful others, yet they make up the minority. Ignorance abounds in the rest. Remembering that is vital to maintaining the see...

Texas Turns Swing State, Hispanics Become White, and the Bolton Cover-Up

Texas Turns Swing State, Hispanics Become White, and the Bolton Cover-Up Rant #1 ( Opinion) Originally January 31, 2020 This is a rant that has to do with the idea that Texas will likely become a swing state in the near future, in part due to growing Hispanic populations. However, the White establishment may eventually absorb Hispanics to avoid becoming a minority population, much like they did with the Irish in an earlier era. And finally, some thoughts about the denial of John Bolton's witness testimony by the Senate and what that means. It is derived and cleaned up from a conversation I had with a friend today. Other portions of this conversation, also rants similar to this in form, may be posted later. 'Whites will be a minority by 2040.' Or 2050, 2045, whatever; the headline may have a range of potential years but they all point to the same thing: that the Hispanic population of the United States is growing rapidly, so much so that Non-Hispanic Whites will...