The Politics of Bigotry

In the times which we live there is perhaps no more toxic label, short of pedophile, to hurl at an individual then that of racist.

Without any evidence, absent any video, void of any audio, with no witness to offer testimony, the national board of the NAACP has adopted a resolution "condemning racism" within the movement known as the Tea Party (Associated Press). Which has the political effect of condemning the Party itself as racist.

Their national president, Ben Jealous (whose name congers up a whole host of apt puns), "Calls on the tea party and all people of good will to repudiate the racist element and activities within ..." He said something could evolve "and become more dangerous ... We don't have a problem with the tea party's existence. We have an issue with their acceptance and welcoming of white supremacists into their organizations ..."

As an observer of history I understand fully that accusing your opponent of the most vile of acts has been a weapon in the arsenal of tyranny since man first stepped from Eden in order to form his own kingdom. But as an open warning to "all people of good will" I contend that if we accept as doctrine the idea that in 2010 any man has arrived at his current station in life by means other than the totality of his own decisions, then we have not only betrayed American exceptionalism but abandoned the precepts of liberty herself. The moral hammer once wielded by Civil Rights activists, embodied in such organizations as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has turned its smashing power on their own principles. Defying Darwin they have devolved into nothing more than partisan bandits bent on a campaign of political thuggery which should serve as an effort in inspiration for third rate despots the world over. The evil inherent in racism is surpassed only by those whom would falsely accuse their brother; and as false is the moral rightness for which that verdict of conviction without trial is proffered.

If employing those tools and devices of Martin Luther King and Gandhi is to be judged racist, nay dangerous by the van guards of moral righteousness, then it is the accusers themselves whom have released all claims on the truth from this day forward.

Dear Mr. Jealous, your premise is rejected. Your words hollow. Your defeat ... assured. For I shall not lay my voice down upon the alter of intimidation.