Are Republicans Racist Or Are Racists Republican?

What's happened to today's GOP is they have gotten sick eating up the Donkey droppings from the Democratic party.

First to go was the Dixiecrats, the formerly solidly Democratic South that had hated Republicans ever since the first Republican, Abraham Lincoln, beat the South in the Civil War. That piece of Democratic excrement dropped out when a Democratic President first signed the Civil Rights Act into law, then sent Federal Troops into Selma Alabama to enforce it. The Republican Party set the Southern Strategy and welcomed that Democrat detritus into their fold.

The "Moral Majority" finally gave up on influencing the Democratic Party to embrace an American Taliban approach, and Republicans welcomed them into the Big Tent of disparate interests.

Then the NeoCons dropped out from under the Donkey's tail when their fellow Democrats turned against the Vietnam War. NeoCons are for war everywhere all the time. And Republicans saw them as a chance to bolster their phony "strong on defense" creds. After all, Abraham Lincoln was the last Republican to win a real war. Wilson won WWI, FDR and Truman WWII and Truman the Korean War. Chicken Hawks prefer starting wars with small, third-world countries, but since they don't know how to win them, that's usually left to the "weak on defense" Democrats.

It brings a lot of special interest voters into a party that really is all about fixing poverty by raising taxes on the poor and slashing taxes on the very wealthy.

Rev. Wright has been widely accused of being a “racist,” but the available evidence does NOT support this accusation. This unsubstantiated accusation produced a straw man who became an easier target for Obama critics. Rev. Wright’s controversial statements may have been race baiting, but they do NOT meet the definition of “racist.”

Wikipedia defines “race baiting”:

“Race baiting is an act of using racially derisive language, actions or other forms of communication, to anger, intimidate or incite a person or groups of people, or to make those persons behave in ways that are inimical to their personal or group interests. This can also be accomplished by implying that there is an underlying race based motive in the actions of others towards the group baited, where none in fact exists. The term "race" in this context can be construed very broadly to include the social constructs which define race or racial difference, as well as ethnic, religious, gender and economic differences. Thus the use of any language or actions perceived to be for the purpose of exploiting weaknesses in persons who can be identified as members of certain groups, or to reinforce a group's perceived victimhood, can be contained within the concept of "race baiting." Many people who practice race baiting often believe in racism, or have an interest in making the group believe that racism is what motivates the actions of others.”

The definition of “racism,” per se, has significantly expanded since the 1970’s. It originally meant a belief in genetic superiority. Self-serving radicals attempted to redefine it as possible only within a dominant ethnic group. It now includes all racial prejudice, which involves making value judgments based on race, and is usually a precursor to racial discrimination. It also now includes the entire realm of racial discrimination, regardless of motivation, and involves treating people differently depending on race. Thus far, however, “racism” is a distinct phenomenon from race baiting.

There can be little doubt that the tirades of Rev. Wright constitute race baiting, and constitute the first of the aforementioned two levels regarding the Rev. Wright issue. His most infamous statement may be "The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied." This clearly indicates he believes that racism motivated the American government is this regard. Race baiting, however uninformed, is NOT racism!

Obama critics, however, misrepresent these race baiting statements as being “racist” themselves instead of being race baiting. By misrepresenting Rev. Wright as being motivated by racism, instead of recognizing his race baiting as a distinct phenomenon, Obama critics are themselves race baiting. They have an interest in making a group (mainstream America) believe that racism is what motivates Rev. Wright. Thus, the second level of race baiting occurs. When this triggers another race baiting reaction from Wright supporters, the cycle may repeat indefinitely:

Race baiting 1: Rev Wright accuses government of racism by inventing HIV against people of color.

Race baiting 2: Obama critics accuse Wright of racism in making HIV accusation.

Race baiting 3: Wright supporters accuse Obama critics of racism in attacking Wright.