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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
n David,
Does McDaniel have a negative racial reputation in the State of Mississippi that predates this election?
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I've spent a while reading various liberal blogs to see why McDaniel's has been labeled a racist. Most are the same complaint over and over.
1) Hip Hop
McDaniel had the audacity to blame gun violence on hip hop. O. M. G. The nerve of this guy!
Here's what McDaniel said:
"The reason Canada is breaking out with brand new gun violence has nothing to do with the United States and guns. It has everything to do with a culture that is morally bankrupt. What kind of culture is that? It's called hip hop."
"Name a redeeming quality of hip hop. I want to know anything about hip hop that has been good for this country. And it's not---before you get carried away---
this has nothing to do with race. Because there are just as many hip hopping white kids and Asian kids as there are hip hopping black kids. It's a problem of a culture that values prison more than college; a culture that values rap and destruction of community values more than it does poetry; a culture that can't stand education. It's that culture that can't get control of itself."
Now, JD, where is the racism in this? Please show me where this is racist. That was "evidence" of McDaniel's racism on several blogs. Talking Points Memo, Slate, and a couple others I found.
BTW, I completely agree and applaud his comments on this. It's absolutely true. It's a culture. It has nothing to do with race.
2) McDaniel and the Sons of Confederate Veterans
The same liberal blogs have tried making SCV into a racist organization. SCV was founded in (IIRC) 1896. One requirement for membership is having to be a descendant of a Confederate soldier.
Look, like it or not, there was a Confederate army. And like it or not, there are still people who descended from those soldiers who want to honor their sacrifice. The overwhelming majority of people in SCV are honest people who are not racist. In fact, in early 2000s, there were extremists trying to take over the organization, but they were unsuccessful.
It's like liberals see the word "Confederate" and assume it's a bunch of neo-nazi skinhead racists. Not everything named "Confederate" is like that.
3) McDaniel and slave reparations
According to Slate, McDaniel once threated to stop paying taxes if reparations were ever passed.
"If they pass reparations, and my taxes are going up, I ain't paying taxes. Isn't that sad? And believe me I have the greatest respect for the IRS. I fear the IRS. Fear. Fear. How you gonna make me pay for something that I had nothing to do with? How you gonna do that to me? I don't get it."
Again, where is the racism in those comments? He made a valid point. Forget that it's about reparations, pretend it's about obamacare penalty tax. No one would have cared if he said it about obamacare. But because it's about slave reparations, well, it's automatically racist because he didn't agree with it.
4) Compared Vanilla Ice to minstrel shows
"Now look, minstrel shows were very offensive because what you had was a white guy dressed as a black guy and acting black, kinda like Vanilla Ice did in the 80s. That's kinda what he was doing, except he didn't have the blackface on and if he had it on he woulda been in trouble. You don't want to do that. It's never good to make fun of somebody's race merely because of the race."
This is becoming ridiculous. Again, show me the racism in that remark? He says minstrel shows were "very offensive" and that it's "never good to make fun of somebody's race." Yet this comment is deemed racist by the Talking Points Memo? Are they serious?
5) Mamacita
This is a load of tripe, it really is. Now TPM says he's racist for talking about the word "Mamacita."
"Mamacita works. You say that at the wrong place and the wrong time you will get beat down. Mamacita. It's not a bad word. It's indicative. I think it basically means -- I'm an English-speaking Anglo. I have no idea what it means, actually, but I've said it a few times, just for, you know, fun. And I think it basically means, 'Hey, hot mama.' Or, you know, 'You're a fine looking young thing.' It's a Rolling Stones song is what it is."
Let's play "Find the racism in that quote!" Apparently I'm racist, cause before I was married, I dated some mamacita's. My church is 90% latino, the block we live on is 98% latino. Our family and one other couple are the only white folk on the block. I've heard the word used a lot. And McDaniel is right, in the wrong setting you can get beat down for using the word, but it's a word used a lot.
Interestingly, TPM mentions it briefly, but McDaniel pulled out of a speaking appearance due to a noted white supremacist who was a vendor at the event. Of course, he's still a racist, cause he told the truth about hip hop.
That about covers what I've read and heard about McDaniel's alleged racism. It's overblown and completely wrong.
If he is, I doubt he has any friends after this.
Let's hope there wasn't any vote-buying. I'd rather have this guy be lying, than for Cochron to be some weasel paying out $15 to get black people to vote for him. I'd be offended if someone only offered me $15 to vote for them. I'm not cheap! If you try buying my vote, you better bring something more than a little envelope!
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