tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26340222.post3020723862396939401..comments2023-09-28T04:08:46.005-04:00Comments on The Hankster: The Black Independent: A new political category (and a cultural revolution)Nancy Hankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17428253702914703243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26340222.post-9166870970640560382008-11-23T09:55:00.000-05:002008-11-23T09:55:00.000-05:00J - thanks for your comment. You may well be an in...J - thanks for your comment. You may well be an independent -- whether or not you choose to call yourself independent... And, in my experience, independents are all over the place politically and socially, however agree that the parties are corrupt to the core and are hurting us. The cutting edge issue for independents is political reform. The "CUIP wing" of the independent movement tends to be more left, but we are dedicated to inclusion and a nonideological approach to base building. Hope you'll stick around a while and consider that option!<BR/>NancyNancy Hankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428253702914703243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26340222.post-49016252695061877282008-11-21T22:44:00.000-05:002008-11-21T22:44:00.000-05:00I have pondered this for myself for quite a while,...I have pondered this for myself for quite a while, given the following:<BR/>1. Republicans have tarnished the values that many blacks hold by both "overbranding" them as their own and subsequently tarnishing those values on a regular basis. However...<BR/>2. One big part of the tarnishing is selling all of those "values" with tacit acceptance of clear anti-black sentiment and vibe if not outright denigration. The fact that they only reluctantly quell the supposed outliers makes us suspect them as much more than outliers.<BR/>3. We don't particularly jibe with the emblematic left democrat and that left democrat proves not to have moved much past the Mike and Gloria Stivik model, lots of compassion, which without thought and courage is only patronizing.<BR/><BR/>So, I've thought myself a new black republican at times, i.e. not one who can be defined by saying those words too closely together, but rather as one who rejects the blackrepublicans who seem not to have principled stances as much as scripts in hands from their own leaders. but maybe republican is still too strong a brand to reform, not to mention black republican. <BR/><BR/>All I know is that there's not much of a defined/labeled place for a black christian who believes in Jesus but is grossly troubled by the religious right, megachurches, and us black folk preaching social gospel vs. just the gospel; who believes in affirmative action as a mathematical remedy; who doesn't believe in abortion; who believes in paying taxes but also in fiercely prosecuting those who betray that fiduciary trust - get your own fire trucks and army if you don't want to pay taxes; who believes in capitalism but without government handouts to the most able of corporations; who doesn't believe in blanket immunity for immigrants but who gives a break until we prosecute the ones providing jobs w/o healthcare and fair wages. <BR/><BR/>In short, left-leaning pragmatic not tricked by the reagandemocrat but open to be challenged, recognizing that all of us see ourselves as pragmatic.<BR/><BR/>anyway. nuf ramble. i may well be an independent. or not.<BR/><BR/>hustleandfloe<BR/>http://www.hustleandfloe.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705980152006119230noreply@blogger.com