Teaching the Black Man to Fish

Some years ago, I was thinking about the constant complaint, even in the new millennium, that the white man is keeping the black man down. Now, I started my thoughts, anyone with a brain that isn't already washed knows that keeping the black man down is a thing of the past. But it seems more fashionable than ever to accuse the white man of just this. So I began to ponder...

For the sake of argument, I thought to myself: IF I were going to keep the black man down, how would I do it? As I tossed ideas around in my head, I noticed my dog looking at me, begging for food like he always did. A light bulb went off! I realized that, in a way, I keep my pet down. Sure, he's just a dog, so this is the best he can do anyway. But my dog does what I want him to, goes where I want him to, even performs tricks at my behest, and is happy to do it. Why? Because I take care of him! I am the master! Then I realized that, while I already knew conservatives (i.e. Republicans, for you simple minded folk) didn't keep down the black man, the liberal Democrats actually did! I was shocked to realize that some white men DO keep the black man down, albeit with the black man's help.

Allow me to explain. Liberal Democrats have dug their heels in to a policy of socialistic welfare. If allowed to, they would completely subsidize the black community with welfare, food stamps, and whatever else they could think of. This sort of policy eliminates the incentives for a man to make something of himself. Well, a subsidized man might think, I could go get a job. Or, I could sit here and get paid and fed for doing nothing. But that's not all. To give the black man a handout, a freebie, is to tell him in so many words: you can't make it in the white man's world! What other message does "affirmative action" send? They go even further by awarding unwed mothers by sending them a bigger welfare check for each child they pop out. Liberal Democrats, by endorsing the policies they do, are saying to the black man that he can't make it in the white man's world anyway... but since the liberals are such good people, they give him something to live on. And to think! So many blacks have bought this hook, line, and sinker! They actually think that I, the conservative, who would rather they make it on their own, am against them! When you look at the bravery and resolve of the black community in the sixties, it is a shame that this was the result for the next two generations.

So can you deny the two-pronged attack on the black man by the liberal Democrats that has kept him down? Not only has the liberal white man made so many blacks dependent upon him, he has also brainwashed him into thinking that he can't make it without a white man's help. No, a white man's charity. All this, and somehow, simultaneously, blaming the conservative who would have them free of all this.

The policies of the liberal Democrats have clearly not done a thing to help the impoverished black communities. The housing projects are trashed. Blacks still have large poverty rates. Crime is still rampant in many primarily black communities. This is because only the conservative has the answer. The conservative is not racist- the conservative agrees with Martin Luther King Jr. when he said people ought to be "judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." The conservative agrees with the Declaration of Independence, when it says that "all men are created equal." The conservative believes fully in the right known as the "pursuit of happiness." (By the way, "pursuit of happiness" means striving to be all you can be. The emotion of joy has nothing to do with it.) The liberal Democrat clearly does not- after all, they are the ones drawing the lines of distinction; treating blacks as if they need special help. Liberal Democrat politicians and other celebrities- especially those that are black themselves- are the ones who stir up racial tensions whenever possible. Need I remind you of the Duke Lacrosse case? The conservative would simply eliminate the psychological and physical chains of welfare and free handouts. The conservative, believing in equality, has a greater vision of the black man, of all men. The conservative does not encourage cries of racism to try to stir up a riot. To put it simply, the conservative believes that the black man can make it just as the white man, and any other color man can, if not kept down.

We have all heard the saying "give a man a fish, you've fed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you've fed him forever." This is only half true. You see, if you give a man a fish, and keep doing so, you can eventually make him your slave. This is the liberal Democrats' vision for all of us, not just blacks. But, if you teach a man to fish, he just might open his own fishing business and prosper. This is the conservatives' vision for all.

Now, I am sure that many people reading this will call me a racist. Well, if that is all you can take away from this, go ahead, your loss. But ask yourself this: between the liberal Democrat and me, the conservative... which side is giving the black man a fish, and which side wants the black man to learn to fish?