Comments on: A Response to Eric Holder

By: Ivan Ivanovich

Ivan Ivanovich — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:11:20 +0000

“a nation of cowards,” sounds like a line from a Rev. J. Wright’s sermon. Not a lot of honest discussion there.

By: Mountain Man

Mountain Man — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:28:44 +0000

jprairie,

While agreeing with the substance of your post, I have never liked the word “empower.” Its use has been the general domain of the Left as they embrace the victimhood of those from whom they want votes.

Even regarding individuals, I think there is no such thing as empowerment. It suggests that there is some sort of quantifiable status that can be mystically bestowed on otherwise hapless persons.

Like the self esteem purveyors in public education, most of those who talk of empowerment are simply engaging in psychobabble.

By: jprairie

jprairie — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:14:53 +0000

A dialog on race is only relevent from a historical perspective. Cowards or people profiting from group or race generalizations, continue to caterogize people and society this way.

Brave people talk solely in terms of access to education, middle class culture and economic power on an individual basis.

We can generalize about current and past situations, but only empower individuals.

By: Patrick Mulligan

Patrick Mulligan — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:17:52 +0000

The problem is that liberals and their designated victim groups do not know the difference between a “dialogue” and a “monologue” – a conversation and a lecture. When Eric Holder says he desires a “dialog” about race, what he really wants is a pulpit from which to deliver a monologue to what he sees as oppressor groups on behelf of what he sees as oppressed groups. Even if he does desire an actual two-way dialog, it is a scripted one wherein the oppresor group makes apologies to the oppresed group, and the oppressed group helps the oppressor group to understand how they can be more sensitive and less oppressive.

By: highlama

highlama — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:20:35 +0000

The reality is that “white guilt” is too precious a commodity to squander and it must be carefully cultivated to keep it growing strong. If it can produce a black president, imagine what else it can do! Holder’s comment only serves to embellish white guilt, making white’s even more defensive and confused when dealing with race issues. But Liberals, not actually required to think, must believe Holder’s claims as true (otherwise they would be racist), and since they know they are not cowards (otherwise they would be racist) they can only assume that Holder was referring to white conservatives.

Ultimately the media handling of the issue will be based on whether or not they wish broach the question of conservative cowardice … and it must be understood, from the onset, that any position conservatives take will be interpreted as cowardice (the AG says so).

Having been raised a Liberal, and having black progeny, I have run the gamut of the racial dialog, and can say with reasonable confidence: While many conservatives may be afraid to express their views on racial issues, Liberals (of all races) are generally too afraid to even develop their own views on race.