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TempName14 October 15th, 2013 1:42pm

Black Americans are often ostracized if they don't toe the Democrat party line; e.g. "Uncle Tom," etc. They're treated like "traitors to their people." It seems like some think the Democrats have a "right" to them. Is this a "Plantation" mentality?

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Bankai In God we still trust
10/15/13 7:16 pm

democrats have been doing it since before the emancipation, making the black people their slaves.

comppete Las Vegas
10/15/13 2:27 pm

I consider it a form of racism as well.

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Liberty 4,032,064
10/15/13 1:18 pm

That's insulting to plantations...

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rons Thanks America
10/15/13 11:26 am

The democrats want to control the vote. So they provide free stuff to make it a dependency. They promote abortions to control the population. They have a plan.

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ScrewU Gone
10/15/13 2:56 pm

Supporting abortion doesn't make sense though if the intent is to control the vote. It's cut the black population in this country in half in just 30 years.

kut17
10/15/13 10:55 am

It's a mob mentality. That's why liberals are without logic; they're part of a huge organization that backs them up so they don't have to have facts.

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chickencookie disgusted
10/15/13 10:49 am

Black Conservatives are called behind scratching, black-anglo-saxon, boot-licking, buck-dancing, butt-kissing, co-caucasian, cocktail-sipping, foot shuffling, hi yaller, handkerchief-head, opporTOMist, Oreo TM cookie, cola, among other things.

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chickencookie disgusted
10/15/13 10:51 am

Yet black liberals are referred by conservatives as "liberals". Why is that.
The above was written by a black man in an article i found today.

dreamitliveit IDLH
10/15/13 10:27 am

Let's just all elect Dead Prez into office and call it a day.

rickvee Living the dream
10/15/13 7:35 am

Correct me if I'm wrong. But wasn't Abe Lincoln (who freed the slaves) a republican??

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Think Lovin Life
10/15/13 9:31 am

Rick ... he sure was!

JiveYoungKing The Banter Boy
10/15/13 7:33 am

That's a bit of a generalization, but sadly not too far off the mark. Blacks are waking up though. Not that I think Republicans are their answer, but Democrats certainly aren't.

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chinito Florida
10/15/13 8:14 am

Black were waking up until recently. Then their worst nightmare came to office: Barack Obama.

JiveYoungKing The Banter Boy
10/15/13 8:49 am

If I'm not mistaken the percentage of blacks who identify as Democrats is still on the decline. I believe at 75% now.

TempName14 Everywhere but nowhere
10/15/13 9:15 am

Jive. Do you think the mentality is changing because the younger people like yourself don't feel the same pressures as your parents generation did?

JiveYoungKing The Banter Boy
10/15/13 9:35 am

I'm not a good example. I've had very little interactions with my black family. Luckily, I was raised in an environment that promoted and allowed independent thinking. No ideology was ever pushed on me. I was able to look into it all on my own.

JiveYoungKing The Banter Boy
10/15/13 9:36 am

However, in regards to the black community as a whole, I feel they're slowly realizing that the Democrats have just blown smoke. Welfare is a poverty trap. Some need it obviously, but for many it's not a good thing. They're looking elsewhere.

TempName14 Everywhere but nowhere
10/15/13 9:43 am

You're a smart man jive.

makem Chinese Xinjiang Camp
10/15/13 7:29 am

they haven't changed one bit in these last 150 years

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ScottyDoesNo DailyWire.com
10/15/13 7:15 am

Blacks are still slaves and their modern day masters are the Democrat party.

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Think Lovin Life
10/15/13 7:32 am

So ... nothing has changed

Statek Im from the Internet
10/15/13 7:08 am

Well, the equivalent of republicans didn't exactly want to free the slaves

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SugarShaq
10/15/13 7:10 am

Yep, and Kennedy voted against civil rights, as well as Al Gore sr.

Statek Im from the Internet
10/15/13 7:12 am

Just saying
Conservatives did not want to abolish slavery

SugarShaq
10/15/13 7:29 am

"Conservatives" existed in the 1860's?

Statek Im from the Internet
10/15/13 7:30 am

Yes? People who wanted things to stay the same/as they have been have always existed

makem Chinese Xinjiang Camp
10/15/13 7:30 am

not conservatives, the begining of the republican party did though

Think Lovin Life
10/15/13 7:33 am

You've missed the point or ... recognized the shameful history of Democrats and attempted to change the subject.

Statek Im from the Internet
10/15/13 7:36 am

Or maybe you realized that democrats and republicans pretty much swapped over time?
And it's funny that you still think that I'm a democrat

geoag02 Dallas, TX
10/15/13 7:40 am

Abraham Lincoln was the first republican president, and last time I checked I think he wanted the slaves to be free.

SugarShaq
10/15/13 7:42 am

Funny how so many democrats have turned into "independents" since last November.

ScrewU Gone
10/15/13 7:47 am

Lincoln wanted the north to stay in the war, and he used their antipathy towards slavery to get it. The Emancipation proclamation didn't free a single slave (it didn't apply in the north) and after the war he wanted them all sent to Liberia.

Statek Im from the Internet
10/15/13 8:07 am

Funny how you say that as if both sides aren't full of bs to begin with
I've never considered myself to be one or the other, my votes are even exactly 50-50

Think Lovin Life
10/15/13 9:19 am

Statek ... it's absolutely understandable that some Democrats want to run from their heritage of hypocrisy. It's also true that some Republicans have strayed from their responsible roots.

But your revisionist story telling won't fly.

Think Lovin Life
10/15/13 9:21 am

Democrats have -- since their foundation even until today -- always sought to enslave to ensure their power. Republicans have from the beginning sought freedom and personal responsibility.

Where were John Kennedy & Democrats on Civil Rights?

Statek Im from the Internet
10/15/13 9:21 am

I like how you try to talk and sound strong without saying anything

Statek Im from the Internet
10/15/13 9:23 am

Said that before your second comment
Why are you even bringing this up, again?

Think Lovin Life
10/15/13 9:23 am

TheLate ... you're Democrats are flooding the Independent ranks as they attempt to appear apolitical. It's a ruse.

On these polls, I think ex have to lump Democrats and Independents together because so many Democrats are hiding!

Think Lovin Life
10/15/13 9:26 am

Statek ... it's ironic that you'd comment on the intelligence of the comments of others when everyone can see your own comments.

How's that glass house workin' out for you?

Statek Im from the Internet
10/15/13 9:26 am

Whoa
Talk about generalizing
I love how you still think you know what I am and think highly of yourself for this wrong accusation
It's "your," by the way

Think Lovin Life
10/15/13 9:27 am

TheLate ... not sure what happened ... auto-correct, or my fat fingers. A part of my comment got lost ... I meant to say ... you're right ...

Statek Im from the Internet
10/15/13 9:28 am

You are so blatantly ignorant and simply wrong
I'm gonna stop commenting
For everyone else, don't argue with stupid people, as the will try to bring you down to their level and win with experience

Think Lovin Life
10/15/13 9:29 am

Statek ... that's right, focus on spelling so as to distract from the shameful history of the Democrat party. And by so distracting, maybe you'll peal off a few of the easily distracted.

The point remains, Democrat leopard's spots are unchanged.

Think Lovin Life
10/15/13 9:30 am

Statek ... I agree, you should stop commenting before you hurt yourself.

geoag02 Dallas, TX
10/15/13 9:37 am

I agree that a lot of democrats have become independents on here over the past year or so, but I don't think it is any sort of conspiracy. Obviously they haven't completely changed everything that they believe in prior to changing their declared...

geoag02 Dallas, TX
10/15/13 9:39 am

...political affiliation. Nobody does that. But it is a sign that they are starting to reject the people that they have sent to Washington. I would encourage that sentiment among both democrats and republicans.

SugarShaq
10/15/13 11:52 am

Geo, I don't think it's a conspiracy. I think they want to disown Obama. Personally, I wish they would send emails and make phone calls demanding that Obama keep his campaign promises instead.

Wackacrat Harford County
10/15/13 7:07 am

If you have Netflix. Check out runaway slave. Great film.

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ScottyDoesNo DailyWire.com
10/15/13 7:14 am

Been wanting to watch that film for the longest time, so glad Netflix picked it up. Thanks!

HayleyS looking up.
10/15/13 7:04 am

I'm not really aware of this being a thing. But then again I haven't discussed politics with black people very many times.

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JiveYoungKing The Banter Boy
10/15/13 7:29 am

Not even in the hood? Gang meet ups? Damn, what you doing!?

think4yourself Not a safe space
10/15/13 8:46 am

That's racist! (unless you are black)

JiveYoungKing The Banter Boy
10/15/13 8:48 am

Lol I'm black. And Hayley and I joke that she's a thug. Just some banter :P

SugarShaq
10/15/13 6:57 am

Welfare: the modern plantation. Keep them down and dependent. It's not freedom.

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chinito Florida
10/15/13 8:10 am

It is funny that with Obama and his Entitlements, blacks are doing worse than ever. Even worse if you compare them to any other racial group. Record unemployments, lower incomes, more crimes...
He is not doing them any favor!

chinito Florida
10/15/13 8:11 am

I shouldn't have used the word funny. It is SAD

MrMilkdud
10/15/13 6:54 am

I agree with that. From my experience in social services it was often a foregone conclusion among my black colleagues that African American clients shared their political beliefs. And they had profoundly negative views of conservative blacks.

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makem Chinese Xinjiang Camp
10/15/13 7:31 am

I have a conservative black republican bus driver

CTYankee!!! Connecticut
10/15/13 6:52 am

In CT, everybody votes Democrat.
So it is hard to tell.

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gonzoboy Northern AZ
10/15/13 6:52 am

Immediately coming to mind are folks like Bill Cosby, Juan Williams, Dr. Benjamin Carson, Herman Cain, Alan Keyes. I've heard so many disparaging remarks of these folks, but I'm not sure 'bout the 'plantation thing'...

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SugarShaq
10/15/13 6:59 am

Allen West, look at how he was treated.

TempName14 Everywhere but nowhere
10/15/13 7:01 am

Those were the folks I was thinking about Gonzo.

gonzoboy Northern AZ
10/15/13 7:07 am

Okie, tell me what you think. Is this the mentality you reference?...

patriotupdate.com/articles/plantation-mentality-of-the-left/

gonzoboy Northern AZ
10/15/13 7:13 am

Allen West, YES. Dear heavens, was he excoriated!

SugarShaq
10/15/13 7:35 am

They are not allowed to be black, work hard, be successful and have their own views. It's disgraceful.

shellybaxter1234 Peaceful Place
10/15/13 6:50 am

I've never heard of that - I personally don't expect black people to vote as Dems, maybe it just doesn't work that way in California?

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TiltonAllStarz Outside Ur Comfort Zone
10/15/13 6:51 am

Also a good point, I'm sure it varies from state to state.

TempName14 Everywhere but nowhere
10/15/13 7:01 am

I bet that's true Shelly. Good point.

ScrewU Gone
10/15/13 6:49 am

It's exactly that "acting white" label that's holding them back. Much harder to be successful when your peer group demonizes success.

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SugarShaq
10/15/13 6:58 am

Why didn't they project this on Obama?

SugarShaq
10/15/13 8:03 am

Obama worked the system to be successful. ie, he received a full scholarship to Occidental College because he said he was a foreign student. White democrats like that because it assuages their guilt.

TiltonAllStarz Outside Ur Comfort Zone
10/15/13 6:48 am

"Plantation mentality?" A smidgeon too harsh. But the rest seems like an accurate portrayal of the situation, when it arises. Case in point, David Webb. They don't call him a "Right Winger", but an "Uncle Tom".

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jms in the middle of Nowhere
10/15/13 6:56 am

I've listened to David Webb for a year or so whenever I'm driving at night when his show is on. I only found out a few days ago that he's black. It surprised me in a good way.

TiltonAllStarz Outside Ur Comfort Zone
10/15/13 7:00 am

I don't listen to talk radio that much. I met him once, at a conference in downtown Boston. He has a good business sense.

EarlyBird Portland
10/15/13 6:45 am

I never thought of it that way but yes, I'd agree.

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