* If I was a Democratic party bigwig, I’d be terrified of this stuff — how stuff you said 20 years ago in a completely different political environment could come back and haunt you for being insufficiently progressive by modern standards.
I wonder how all this must look to, say, politically ambitious kids of about high school age. I’ve always thought the hyper-ambitious Marco Rubio types that political parties depend on have their political views shaped at least partially by their own career self-interest — whichever ideology seems the most likely to deliver a person like themselves to the Oval Office is the one they naturally find the most persuasive.
Well, right now, there’s an entire generation of ambitious, charismatic young white kids who are constantly being pounded over the head with the message that they have no future in the Democratic Party. How could they? In addition to being hostile to white people in general, the party presents no plausible career path to anybody who’s not black, gay or transgender. Hillary Clinton checked the right boxes at every single stage of her entire career and she’s on the verge of being bamboozled — again — by yet another freak electoral phenomenon that nobody would have seen coming just two years ago. And here’s Genius T. Coates roasting her over coals for doing what, back in the 90s, was considered the smart move. If you’re a calculating Tracy Flick type, how do you plan for any of this?
Meanwhile, you look at the Republican race, and it’s full of folks that you just know were president of every club in high school. Even the wild card Trump presents a plausible model for an ambitious kid who has loads of charisma. What go-getter student government nerd looks at Bernie Sanders and says, “if I play my cards right, that could be me?”
* “Hillary Clinton checked the right boxes at every single stage of her entire career and she’s on the verge of being bamboozled — again — by yet another freak electoral phenomenon that nobody would have seen coming just two years ago.”
Referring to Hillary Clinton losing the nomination as a “freak electoral phenomenon” brings to mind Ben Stiller’s line from “Zoolander” about a “freak gasoline fight accident.”
* The left really lives in this bizarro-world-echo-chamber where mediocre black writers’ opinions on who should be president are worthy of national headlines.
I wish nothing but self-awareness upon on them. Because that will be worse than an atom bomb to their egos.
* Don’t forget that Hillary had more black support then Obama in 2007. They did not know what to make of the half-white guy with the funny name. Most blacks are low information voters who go by name recognition. They also tend to be brand loyal. For example, blacks stuck with Cadillac long after whites started shifting to foreign luxury cars.
It was only when Obama started winning primaries (thanks to white antiwar voters) that blacks started to take him seriously.
* Interesting to note that TNC was asked for his opinion on the Democratic primary, and the best he could come up with was that 20 years ago Hilary Clinton used a word that triggered him. This is not exactly what I would expect from someone who aspires to be “America’s most foremost public intellectual.”
It’s hard to conceive of the political-cultural climate becoming any more moronic.
* I have always wondered what it feels like to know that the only way you can win an election is due to the support of people from a different racial or ethnic group. I mean most people running for office would like to think that they are representative of their community or group. Most probably take it for granted that they will have the support of their community, and in national elections, their home state (Al Gore).
But in the case of Hillary, she was soundly rejected in New Hampshire by an overwhelming number of white gentiles while a Jewish man carried the day. However, her hopes now rest upon getting the black vote. If she had connected with other white, American gentiles, she’d have this in the bag. She still has a great chance of winning. But it will have to be done by appealing to a different demographic.
I just wonder what this feels like to be rejected by your own people and now be forced to depend upon others to get elected. That, in and of itself, is almost an indictment against the candidate who can’t even take their own demographic, isn’t it?
* Bernie should seek the Beyoncé endorsement, that really could put a nail in the coffin of the Hillary campaign. Normally someone as affluent as Beyoncé might not want to promote socialism, however Bernie could offer the “minority oppression tax exemption” from his 90% top tax rate on the rich. For pre-designated members of the coalition of the fringes, there top rate would max out at just 30%.
* Weaker black kids may be set upon by stronger black kids, and there may be some fear associated with this… but also pride.
After all, we do identify by race. So, even if black kids act like thugs, they be acting tough and strong. So, even if the Hissy Coates was sometimes pushed around by them, he also exulted in their black power.
If a white kid is bullied by blacks, he is totally defeated as both individual and whitey.
But if a black kid is bullied by blacks, he is defeated as an individual but may feel a bit of pride in that blacks are so tough.
We see such toady behavior among whites too. After all, plenty of toady whites hang around as sidekicks to bigger stronger whites. Even as they get pushed around, they feel flattered that they are part of the tough guy community.
Guys like Spike Flea and The Hissy Coates feel something strange in relation to blacks. They are smarter than most Negroes and creative or ‘intellectual’(if not exactly genius). And their interests don’t appeal to most Negroes who be into rap, sports, and thuggery. So, someone like Flea and Hissy would have been nowhere without white support since white Libs are more into art cinema and social ‘philosophy’. And on some level, Flea and Hissy must be grateful to whites. But they also feel like buppie sellouts who butter their bread by appealing to white bread.
So, they make a big fuss about how they be black, proud, and angry too.
But in fact, most blacks don’t care about what they’re into. And Flea and Hissy would be safer among whites and even white cops than among da brothaz and sistaz.
But this makes them feel like sellouts.
Also, even they fear black fury and rage, they are proud of it cuz it’s so badass. They wouldn’t want to live blacks thugs, but they is proud that black thugs are the alphas of American Culture.
Flea and Hissy are impressed by black thuggery and want to be associated with its badass power.
But then, they are also sensitive about blacks being thought of as ‘thugs’ cuz that be ‘racist’.
Blacks love Thug Pride but don’t want to be called thugs.
It’s like feminists now…love Slut Pride but don’t want to be called sluts.
And Jews love chutzpah pride (and take great joy in running circles around goyim) but don’t want to be seen as pushy Jews.
