Joe Biden And Other Democrats by Randy Johnson Joe Biden and other democrats are using scare tactics. [153 words]
It's Not Just Trump Conservatives Are Wrong
All For Your Good by Vincent Michael This is something you need to hear and understand. [203 words]
The Mothership Has Landed by Cedric McClester - [152 words]
I Believe In Love by Cedric McClester - [259 words]
Tips For Taking A Semester Off From College by Serene Banks - [973 words]
The Truth Lied by Oluwatobi Oladokun - [1,235 words]
John Brown's Drug Use by Randy Johnson Dedicated to John W. Brown (1970-2019) [161 words]
Papua New Guinea by Amber Lee - [81 words]
Head Held High by Ravi Ranjan Memoirs of a common man [4,694 words]
Geography by Amber Lee - [108 words]
Aboriginal Australians by Amber Lee - [128 words]
Internet Friends by Saranekha Saravanan - [728 words]
Rambling by Jinx - [584 words]
Msflights: The Article by Nathaniel A Miller An in depth grievance and warning to all about the shady practicves of their site. [748 words]
Once Indistinguishable Wasting, Sources, Brother Replaced, Unite. by Uxuxocuke Inaridoo http://buyfinasteride-propecia.com/ - Buy Fin... [8 words]
Nutrition For Overall Well-Being by Joseph Albrecht Key information on how our choices of food/beverages/herbs & spices affects ou... [949 words]
Memoirs Of A United States Navy Soldier by Nathaniel A Miller The journey to and first night at Great Lakes Naval Training Center (Fo... [1,687 words]
Gaining Maximum Worms; Rag Age-Related. by Arumvowitbuj Ihaceconava http://buyfinasteride-propecia.com/ - Propecia Online Ventolin http://z... [7 words]
Dark Castle Mud Game: An Article by Nathaniel A Miller My first article in over eighteen years about a text game called a MUD that wa... [819 words]
Hazards Of Coconut Oil (And Little Brothers) by Tanisha Thanuj A short paragraph on typical day with my younger brother who seem... [195 words]
Middle Of The Night by John Lauda Being in your cell alone in prison in the middle of the night. [1,055 words]
Lockdown by John Lauda Sitting in prison cell during lock down with the temperature well past 100 degrees, and time moving at... [1,138 words]
The Thing(S) by Rube They're everywhere [164 words]
Passionate Appeal To Dstv Concerning Big Brother Africa (Bba) by Kennedy O Obohwemu It's all about recognising the need to preserve t... [389 words]
Media Commentary And Invitation To A Different Life by Joseph Albrecht Living the life of sustainability which many just preach ab... [295 words]
Letter To Nyc Mayor Bloomberg by Joseph Albrecht A call to action on behalf of struggling NYC workers. [241 words]
Book Review: Re-Made In The Usa-Todd Lipscomb by Joseph Albrecht Americans wanting to help heal their nation should read this insp... [156 words]
Margaret Thatcher's Funeral by Colin Baker - [270 words]
Military Mighttaxpayer Fright by Joseph Albrecht How those outside the beltway view America's militarism and imperialistic policie... [789 words]
Conversations With Glenn: Relaxed Engineer by Shelley J Alongi Or, maybe it's me who's relaxed? Train talk. Sweet. [2,841 words]
Climate Change: Alarms And Silencers by Joseph Albrecht Where the most insightful voices are coming from to weigh in on climate ch... [448 words]
Fruit Of The Earth: My Joy Of Homesteading by Joseph Albrecht About gardening from scratch. [442 words]
Withdrawn Loners And Sparkling Drops by Colin Baker The recent shooting at Sandy Hook school in Connecticut USA is tragic beyo... [856 words]
The Right To Work For Less by Joseph Albrecht A piece about the current state of American working conditions. [422 words]
The Power Of Nonviolence by Joseph Albrecht A speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. clarifying what nonviolent resistance is and wh... [207 words]
Benefit Cutting For Dummies by Colin Baker Benefit cutting is politically and ideologically motivated. [2,411 words]
Shoot For The Moon: If You Miss, You Need A Bigger Gun by Joseph Albrecht A piece on America's fervent addiction to the second ame... [549 words]
Rocky Anderson's Speech On Political Duopoly by Joseph Albrecht A speech by this year's Justice Party Candidate and former Mayor o... [1,398 words]
Pregnancy And Politics by Colin Baker An argument against capitalism [1,096 words]
Pakistan by Muhammad Umar Asif About Pakistan [38 words]
Ends And Means by Colin Baker The world we currently live in is a topsy turvy place. [215 words]
All Clear For Nuclear by Joseph Albrecht A paper on the benefits of nuclear nonproliferation. [1,005 words]
Social Inequality Is Not One-Sided by Colin Baker - [1,035 words]
Why Bother At All? by Colin Baker Why bother struggling to save a decaying economic system like capitalism? [483 words]
The Majority Of The Mentally Ill Are Harmless by Randy Johnson - [216 words]
Fruit And Vegetable Shortages by Colin Baker A spurious argument [269 words]
Ian's Gang - An Announcement by Ian Kidd Ian's Gang has entered a new dimension. Find out where! [210 words]
The Human Form Divine - Norman A. Rubin by Norman A Rubin Ancient sculptures, statuettes and figurines of wide-ranging artistic ... [2,659 words]
A Hand To Hold by Jared Barcelos A piece of creative nonfiction that I wrote for a class this semester. This segmented essay hig... [1,733 words]
Adventures In Darkness by Tom Sullivan This was a speech that was delivered on April 20th, 2011 in Indianpolis Indiana. [1,610 words]
Dandelion by Patience R Stojic-Somers Life. [1,964 words]
2011 Interview With Steve Alten by Owen J Hollifield An interview with the New York Times best selling author Steve Alten [869 words]
What We Are Not Told About War by Joseph Albrecht This is information that I have gathered from two books: 'Death of the Liberal C... [2,401 words]
!!!!!!!It's Not Wrong!!!!!!!!! by E-C MacKay NO I AM NOT A LESBO OR GAY- I AM STRAIGHT BUT I HATE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE THINK ... [574 words]
Now Mama Teach Me by Wanda Clark A creative non fiction writing a a twent six year old young lady asks her mother to teach her... [220 words]
Interview With Detective Steve Ainsworth by Leland Gaines An interview with Boulder County, Colorado Detective Steve Ainsworth, ... [1,623 words]
Interview With Chris Castillo by Leland Gaines An interview with murder victim survivor Chris Castillo, whose mother was murdere... [2,360 words]
They Call Me Mellow Yellow by Skyler Drevan Complexion [2,063 words]
Near Life Experience by Gregory W Burkett Near Death Experience [548 words]
Final Satori? by Gregory W Burkett Transcending the ego and the first phase of enlightenment. Release from karma. [428 words]
Caught In A Storm by Brad Lewkow Captivating non-fiction story of a time when things were not so bright. [765 words]
Looking Over The Berlin Wall: by Dave Springer Personal Memories of a Divided Berlin [993 words]
John And Juan: Colombia's Facebook Killers by Randall Barfield - [594 words]
Value Of A Relationship Based Approach To Autism by Dr Dan Edmunds relationship based approaches and autism and developmental dif... [1,066 words]
The Religion Of Bio-Psychiatry by Dr Dan Edmunds critical analysis of bio-psychiatry [290 words]
The War On Weed. Pt.1 How The High Became A Low. by Dream Rinsed - [139 words]
Rip Up The System! by Dream Rinsed Death to the Status Quo! (brutal industrial funk) [117 words]
Anarcho-Psychology by Dr Dan Edmunds - [1,519 words]
Love Junkie by Dream Rinsed and God created Love. (discojazzfunk) [175 words]
Taking A Closer Look by Joseph Albrecht Reinforcement of beliefs, values, and curiosity can help throughout life. [373 words]
Interview With Jack Ketchum by Iron Dave An interview with Bram Stoker winner Jack Ketchum, author of Off Season and The Gir... [1,341 words]
A Conversation With Clive Barker - Part 1 by Iron Dave A phone conversation with Clive Barker conducted in 2008 [1,319 words]
Year Baby Died. by Terry Collett - [107 words]
The Double Cure: A Closer Look by Randall Barfield - [1,118 words]
Panic by Madeline Maddy Marie Keene My second panic attack [1,091 words]
The Ellipsis (The Loner And The Saint) by Josh Wroblewski A story about 2 friends of mine and how I perceived the events. [191 words]
Morning After by Dream Rinsed a song about waking up after a one night stand. (slow moody funk) [157 words]
Loser Wins! by Dream Rinsed Gamer gamed by the love game,yet da loser wins love! (late 70s Ashford & Simpson type disco) [173 words]
Let No Man Tell My Story by Piper Davenport - [1,274 words]
Before I Go Mad by Tamsin Butler Im sorry, I just needed to write this somewhere to get it out of my head. [286 words]
Steve Alten Interview 2009 by Owen Hollifield A new interview with New York Times best selling author Steve Alten [702 words]
Syndicated World-Exclusive Interview: Mario-Max Prince Schaumburg-Lippe - Never Stop Moving by Mario-Max Prince Schaumburg-Lippe To really get to kn... [1,120 words]
Near Death Experience Opens Doorway by Colleen Barnes- Jones A doorway to the spiritual realm was opened somehow following a near death ... [809 words]
The Dish Star: Stories From Bay St. Louis, 2005 by Shelley J Alongi In December 2005 I had a chance to work at a relief kitchen in ... [8,310 words]
How To Have Money In Your Life by Randall Barfield - [423 words]
Metrolink111: Icecream And The Umbrella by Shelley J Alongi Three trips to the Fullerton train station all have these things in com... [3,107 words]
Three Words by Adam Bradley How I got sober [579 words]
Somewhere Near The Maricopas: Elizabeth Lucas-Taylor Interview by Randall Barfield Elizabeth Lucas-Taylor, Arizona writer, poet, se... [4,700 words]
My Dream About The Chatsworth Train Wreck by Shelley J Alongi You know how dreams are. No revelations, no judgement calls, just a s... [1,082 words]
How My Cell-Phone Made Me Spend A Night In Jail by Philip Matthew Alarie - [8,700 words]
Why Is He Calling? Or (Pass Me Not) by Randall Barfield She's dead (Frances Jane or Fanny) but she isn't. Right? [706 words]
Myths About Essay Writing by Denise Hurst Essay writing myths debunked. Learn how to write effective essays without these misco... [369 words]
Metrolink 111: Love A New Rail Fan by Shelley J Alongi On this journey to Santa Barbara I pass through the Metrolink 111 accident s... [3,285 words]
Kitty Kisses: Adventures With Pearl The Cat's Meow by Shelley J Alongi Confident little Pearl knows she has nothing to worry about ... [939 words]
Freelance Writing Perks by Erika Turner Freelancing perks to enjoy on your writing gigs. [331 words]
Exploratory Essay: Start To Know by Amy Sue Exploratory Essay writing is limited for the brave hearts. If one is not whole... [361 words]
Kitty Kisses: The Brandy Police by Shelley J Alongi Even if I bring home the bacon, Brandy insists on running the house her way or ... [1,254 words]
Liliana's Decision by Randall Barfield - [488 words]
Ralph Carmichael: A Great American Musician by Randall Barfield - [463 words]
Johnny Cash's Life by Weird Willychuck A biography on Johnny Cash. [282 words]
Friday 18th January 2008 Some Sexual Content by Sooz *Decency warning* contains some sexual reference [2,151 words]
Bill Gaither: True Follower by Randall Barfield - [641 words]
About Respect And Prestige by Randall Barfield - [352 words]
About Daddy Series by Randall Barfield - [4,424 words]
Wednesday 16th Jan 2008 by Sooz - [1,252 words]
Wednesday 16th Jan 2008, Bloody Kids by Sooz Jane doe .... and domstics [1,350 words]
Thursday 17th Jan by Sooz Ructions [1,252 words]
Saturday 12th Jan. by Sooz Muses on writing and ponderings on life... and almost no lizards! [1,296 words]
Jane Doe Seven 2008 by Sooz New year, new book, here we go again. [976 words]
Friday 11th Jan 2008 by Sooz New lizard arriving today. [2,828 words]
Go to page: [1] 2 3 4 5
| |
TITLE (EDIT)
It's Not Just Trump Conservatives Are Wrong |
DESCRIPTION
Donald Trump merely joined a movement that had already become extremist
[1,095 words] |
AUTHOR
Kennth Bryant |
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
-
[January 2023] |
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (3)
Liberals And Capitalism (Essays) Liberals are not against business or markets, but they understand the need for rules and safety nets [610 words]
Race And The Idea Of Individualism (Essays) Talking about society in terms of individualism keeps us from addressing systemic racism [1,240 words]
Working People Don't Care About Inequality (Essays) Working people don't blame their struggles on the system or inequality [1,026 words]
|
It's Not Just Trump Conservatives Are Wrong
Kennth Bryant
Critics of former President Donald Trump along with the political pundits and media continue to claim his election in 2016 ruined conservatism, the Republican Party, and American politics. They say our society and political democracy were fine before Donald Trump came along and messed up everything. The establishment is wrong ! Our economy hasn't benefitted working people for more than forty years. At the same time we have not made nearly enough progress towards a free and equal society for all. Conservative politics is partly responsible for our problems. Not only has the political right undermined our economy in order to advance the interests of big corporations and the wealthy; conservatives have used racism, sexism, xenophobia, and homophobia to mobilize their base. Trump didn't start any of this. He joined the Republican Right for power and glory. Its not just Trump conservatives are wrong. This has been the case for a long time.
Conservatives have been using race for years to get white votes. They made crime, welfare, and affirmative action race problems - things that threaten white people by pushing certain narratives. Black men are criminals who endanger white lives and property. This requires more money for law enforcement, long prison sentences, police racially profiling, stopping, and frisking any black man they see. There's also the image of a black woman with multiple children getting cash, food stamps, housing, and healthcare from the government taking tax dollars from hardworking white people. Reagan popularized this notion of the " Welfare Queen" while running for President in 1980 when the conservative ascendancy in American politics began. All this feeds resentment among whites.
Fast forward to 2021 now the problem is critical race theory in public schools. Critical Race theory was developed by academics especially the late Derrick Bell, a Harvard law professor, and others beginning in the 1970s. It posits the systemic racist nature of American law and public policy past and present. The theory has always been controversial within academia and was usually a graduate level university course. However conservatives falsely claim it is being taught in history and social studies to elementary and high school kids. They claim it makes America and white people out as racists shaming white children. Conservative commentators and media pushed this idea in the aftermath of protests and racial unrest surrounding the killing of George Floyd setting off a populist backlash among white parents. It led to heated arguments and violence at local school board meetings across the country. Whites claimed their rights to control their children's education were being taken away. In the race for Governor of Virginia Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe by making this a central issue.
However, the most dangerous idea coming from conservatives includng Fox News personality Tucker Carlson is Great Replacement Theory. The idea that non whites through immigration and higher birthrates are going to replace whites as the majority in America. This will mean less political power for white people. Furthermore the political left and Democrats through open border policies are driving the trend to build their political base. Of course this leads to fear and anger among whites who have turned to violence. The idea inspired Patrick Crusius to kill 23 Hispanic Americans in an El Paso Texas Walmart in 2019. More recently at the time of this post another white man armed with an assault rifle - Payton Gendron killed 10 black people in a Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo New York. Both men posted online about the Great Replacement prior to the attacks. This politics of white resentment over changes that began with the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s is motivated by ideology and opportunism. What's worse racists and political extremists usually on the fringe are becoming part of the mainstream thanks to the Republican Right.
Xenophobia is closely tied racism on the political right too. Patrick Buchanan a former official in the Nixon Administration, television personality, and columnist was opposing both legal and illegal immigration claiming it would end American and Western Christian Civilization before Donald Trump even became a Republican. He even wrote a book The Death of the West : How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization. Many people might forget Buchanan ran for President three times between 1992 and 2000. He failed to get the GOP nomination in 1992 and 1996 before running as the Reform Party candidate in 2000. Over the years Buchanan was fiercely critical of free trade too especially the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA) and globalism which he claimed destroyed American manufacturing and working class people's lives. This combined with anti abortion social conservatism predated Donald Trump by two decades. For conservatives, especially whites. immigration is viewed with suspicion and hostility even if it's legal. Immigrants are associated with crime, job loss, and cultural change. For many people on the political right it's like they're "taking over." Donald Trump's brand of nationalist, xenophobic, populism is right where it belongs in the conservative Republican Party.
While President Trump introduced a travel ban on Muslims after taking office in 2017 his right leaning Republican opponents appear hypocritical because Islamophobia was a political tool to engage their base before Trump came along.
After the 9/11 terrorist attack anti Islamic sentiment spread across the country and many conservatives helped spread the notion that Islam is synonymous with terrorism. Right wing commentators and activists pushed the idea as the US went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq billing it as a clash between the America and the Christian West versus the Islamic world. Many on the right claim that no Muslim can be a loyal American. By 2010 anti Islamic groups with strong conservative ties were pushing anti Sharia Law legislation in numerous states with 201 bills proposed and 14 enacted including those in Texas and Arkansas. Supporters claimed the laws were needed to keep Sharia from being imposed on Americans. It didn't matter that nothing like that was happening. Sharia has to do with personal faith and living within Islam. It's rooted in the Quran and Sunnah (which are personal sayings attributed to the Phrophet Muhammad). It has nothing to do with law in a legal sense. Moreover Muslims disagree about it's nature and application. Of course none of this mattered to activists wrongly claiming it subverts the American legal system. So if you think Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green's anti Muslim rhetoric and attacks on fellow representative Ilhan Omar are something new and you blame Donald Trump think again. This has been part of Conservatism for years.
|
|
Submit Your Review for It's Not Just Trump Conservatives Are Wrong
Required fields are marked with (*).
Your e-mail address will not be displayed.
|
|
Submit Your Rating for It's Not Just Trump Conservatives Are Wrong
|
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
© 2022 Kennth Bryant |
STORYMANIA PUBLICATION DATE
December 2022 |
NUMBER OF TIMES TITLE VIEWED
2246
|
|
