Good stuff.
I also get dissappointed from time to time.
With so many things, eh?
There were a few decades of true independence
Wow, someone else who sees it. Good on you. They lived under tough conditions in terms of being "Americans", but from my study they had self-respect and that independent-mindedness. That, of course, was utterly unacceptable to those in power, so they proceeded to break out the wrecking gear and have at it. You have to admit that they made a really good job of it.
In my opinion, a lot of blacks just can not fathom the notion of no government looking out for them. It's sad in a way.
Thank the Democrats for that, mainly, the biggest bunch of crypto-racist scum on which you will ever have the displeasure of laying eyes or befouling your nose.
But dont make the mistake of lumping blacks together.
It is a common human failing to falsely categorize in this manner. Most everyone does it, or so it appears.
I think black Americans are more perceptive to libertarian principles than principles of conservative.
Good, if true - I've not seen this. But it makes sense that if a given black person chooses to be clued-in that libertarianism would make the best sense. Conservatism has not been much kinder to black people than has liberalism - they just shank them from the other side of the neck.
For example I also post on a hip hop forum, I am pretty popular there, although I do get into a lot of heated debates, people still value my point of view and I even get some of them interested(most of them black)in the liberty movement.
If you are libertarian-minded, I can well believe that people in the hip-hop thing would often want to take a swag at you. The hip-hop "culture" is revolting, IMO, but that's just me. When I was in college at CCNY (Harlem) I worked at the radio stations (WCCR/WHCR) and was one of a small minority of white d00dz. Most of my friends there were black and hispanic (big surprise, yes?) and we all looked at hip-hop as lame in those days (1980-84). To me it somehow figures that it would become so prominent... but I digress.
A couple even said they would vote for Ron Paul if Obama doesn't pull out of the Midde East in the next 2 years.
Keep working it. You may get some heads out of butts!
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I think there is more untapped potential in getting black Americans in the liberty movement than there is getting them involved in the Tea Parties, or the conservative movement.
The tea parties are a good idea, but it appears that just about everything here gets co-opted eventually. Money is a very long lever.
The problem is most of the so called "black leaders" are liberals, so you have a lot of fight against.
Most black "leaders" are traitorous scum. Back in early 85 Jesse Jackson came to my school (I was teaching as MCSM in Spanish Harlem). What a show that bastard put on. He went on about how he had become a drug addict but was a "good" addict because it was prescription drugs and not crack, the big topic du jour in those times.
He then pulled the stunt... got all preacher-daddy-like and asked those kids using drugs to stand up. To my shock, about 200 kids did just that (shock because ghetto kids don't usually fall for lines of shit like that, but I guess 'cause it was Jesse...). Then he went a step further and gathered them around him at the stage (how apropos) and took every name and address.
Later in 10th period, I was having trouble keeping the natives down, so I chose to forgo the lesson and let the kids talk about the visit. "What you think of Jesse?" to which I said "not much." Kids got all quiet and had that "he a racist?" look on their faces. So I got into it with them. Before we knew it, the high was gone and by day's end the kids left my room disillusioned and better for it. It was January and I told them to carefully watch for Jackson's promised help (several of my students were among those to whom Jackson promised help with their drug "problem"). Came the end of the year and naturally nobody had gotten word one from Jackson or one of his representatives. And we talked about that, too, and my boys and girls came to their own conclusions about him and I was glad to see them piece things together for themselves. Jackson, like all others of his ilk, is just a cheap pimp who will use any line of shit if he thinks it will get him what he is after. My kids learned it, and I was sorry that it was that way for them, but better to learn what is true than be deluded.
