151 Years Ago Today – Republicans Freed the Slaves

No, I haven't.

You stated he was a racist. You made the accusation. I've asked you to back up your assertion. Rule 10. I don't want your baseless blather. I want you to link to his quotes that you claim back up your statement that he is a racist, as you've accused him of being.

My guess this is a bull(*)(*)(*)(*) insult and baseless ad hom personal attack, but I'm giving you a last opportunity to back up, or retract, your statement and accusation.

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You're claim is that folks who bring up race issues are racists? You must think there are an awful lot of racists on this board, and the vast bulk of them are not liberals. Would you like me to give you a few examples?

 

Whatever.

I am claiming that people who bring up race all the time are the racists.
He cannot help himself. He and one other bring up race all the time. There are two I am aware of on this board.

 

You made a baseless personal attack and ad hom insult accusing him of being a racist, that you've now proven you have nothing to back it up.

I occasionally call others "racist" too, but when I do, I back up why by quoting their racist statements.

 

Didn't I just say "Whatever"?

It won't take him long to bring up race again, and again, and again. It is his thing. Your thing is hatred for free markets. In both cases it is a left thing.

 

No. Nice try though. A slave is not a piece of property one can clear and build a road on.

 

Might want to edit that list of yours.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism
Progressivism is a general political philosophy based on the Idea of Progress that asserts that advances in science, technology, economic development, and social organization, can improve the human condition

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The term "progressive" is today often used in place of "liberal".[citation needed] Although the two are related in some ways, they are separate and distinct political ideologies. In the U.S. in particular, the term "progressive" tends to have the same value as the European term social democrat, which is scarcely used in American political language.[citation needed]

The reason for this confusion in the U.S. might partly be rooted in the political spectrum being two-dimensional; social liberalism is a tenet of modern progressivism, whereas economic liberalism (and its associated deregulation) is not. According to John Halpin, senior advisor on the staff of the center-left Center for American Progress, "Progressivism is an orientation towards politics. It's not a long-standing ideology like liberalism, but an historically-grounded concept... that accepts the world as dynamic." [25]

Cultural liberalism[clarification needed] is ultimately founded on the belief that the major purpose of the government is to protect rights. Liberals are often called "left-wing", in contrast to "right-wing" conservatives. The progressive school, as a unique branch of contemporary political thought, tends to advocate certain center-left or left-wing views that may conflict with mainstream liberal views, despite the fact that modern liberalism and progressivism may still both support many of the same policies (such as the concept of war as a general last resort).[citation needed]

American progressives tend to advocate progressive taxation and oppose what they describe as the growing and negative influence of large corporations. Progressives are typically in agreement on an international scale with left-liberalism in that they support organized labor and trade unions, they usually wish to introduce a living wage, and they often support the creation of a universal health care system. In the United States, liberals and progressives are often conflated, and in general are the primary voters of the Democratic Party which has a "large tent" policy, combining similar if not congruent ideologies into large voting blocs. Many progressives also support the Green Party or local parties such as the Vermont Progressive Party

 

Your thing is hatred of our nation. It's a right wing thing.

 

Eminent domain is not restricted to building roads.

 

I had forgotten how distasteful interactions with you are.

 

So is Reagan, who came up with free phone service for the poor, the King of Welfare?

The ignorance within the minds of the right is laughable. It's like they have no knowledge of history (other than what they learn from FOX) and Nixon's Southern Strategy.

 

Can dish, can't take. Folks like you usually feel that way.

 

Maybe not today. But prior to the present policy of seizing property for any reason eminent domain was used for general public purposes. This was a non-starter. I think the more likely scenario was for individuals to purchase slaves and then free them.

 

Yep. It would be different if your barbs were better. I will work on mine. You work on yours.

 

What barbs are you working on? Ad hom insults and personal attacks baselessly accusing others of being a racist?

 

You work on yours. I will work on mine. We can all watch Johnny. It won't take him very long to bring up race again. And you, it won't take you very long to display your next attack against capitalism.

 

So the government decides to purchase every slave for "public use" and then someone passes a bill to let them go.

 

Sure thing. Anyone can accuse anyone of anything and make baseless personal attacks and insults. Only honest folks can back them up.

 

It was unworkable then. I believe it would have been unconstitutional.

 

No more unconstitutional than holding someone against their will and torturing them for wanting freedom.

 

It was a crime fightining and emergency services iniatitive.

Now Nixon is a welfare king. You act like all the Dems that passed Jim Crowe didnt stick with you until they lost to republicans later.


You still haven't named one year where the democrats didnt support more equality them republicans. You won't and you will dodge this challenge with no response.

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Yes. That is how the media and democrats have gotten away with calling everyone racists to cover up dismal results.

Keep blocking poor kids from the private schools your politicians send your kids too. That is real compassion.

 

Quote my post where you claim that I've called everyone racists to cover up results.

Sounds like more baseless BS to me.

I haven't blocked anyone. Down here most private schools cost over $20k a year and I haven't seen any of our conservative friends showing their compassion by offering to pay the tuition for poor kids. But I'll give you the address of a couple kids and you can show yours for them.

 

Given that it did not happen let's agree to disagree.

 

The premise of the OP is hilarious. It implies that Republicans aren't for economic slavery. Quite humorous, indeed.

 

I believe you have confused the nation with its tyrannical government. Love the first. Return the other to its Constitutional basis. It is a Constitutional Conservative thing.

 

So slaves who attempted to flee to freedom weren't tortured?