Bigoted Paternalism Behind “Russians Targeted African-Americans” NY Times Article

This morning, the New York Times decided to stop insulting our intelligence and instead chose to insult decency. In an article written by Scott Shane and Sheera Frenkel, Russians allegedly unleashed an intricate plot to targeted African-Americans in order to foment discontent and dupe “black people” to vote against their self-interest. According to the corporate recorders at the NY Times, the reason that African-Americans did not uniformly vote for Hillary Clinton and the Democrats is because they were too dimwitted to think for themselves and were subsequently manipulated by foreign agents. This yellow press drivel is nothing more that propaganda that could have been written by George Wallace.

Sure enough, within short order, the “liberal” establishment latched on to this pathetic and racist story line to feign shock and dismay that Trump and his allies took advantage of the weak and vulnerable. With rank paternalism and bigotry worthy of David Duke, these supposed progressives are inferring that we can’t think for ourselves and that only they can act on our behalf. We are “their Negroes” and if we are not walking in lock step with Democrats, it’s not because we are critical thinkers but because we are fragile people who need to be spoken for. Where the Republican Party has perfected bigotry to cater to their base, Democrats are equally adept at belittling their supporters and being condescending to the point of outright offensiveness. Click To Tweet

Let me dispel some myths here about people who refused to vote for Hillary since I happen to be one of them. I chose to withhold my support not because Russians conditioned me to think that way but because I refused to support a warmongering sociopath otherwise known as John McCain in pantsuits. I’ve followed Hillary’s career long enough to know that she is a corporate courtesan who can’t get enough of destabilizing nations and enriching herself by trading access for cash. Eight years of Obama catering to Wall Street and furthering George Bush’s war first policies was enough for me to tap out.

In other words, just because my skin color is “black” does not mean I owe my vote and loyalty to Democrats. True enough, there was a time where I was an unflinching supporter of team blue, but after seeing how Democrats are no different than Republicans, I chose to wake up. I know some vacuous voices like Jake Tapper and Amy Siskind think that I’ve arrived at this conclusion because I’ve been brainwashed by Russians, but rest assured that I am not some dunce who is prone to be hoodwinked by anybody.

The level of duplicity on display by establishment voices is truly astounding. If leading Democrats and media personalities want to know who is responsible for the rise of Trump, they should look in the mirror. After all, it was Hillary Clinton’s “pied piper” strategy—heeded by her sycophants in the press—that elevated a reality show clown into a serious contender. Hillary Clinton and her cronies rigged the primaries, spent more than $1.2 billion and Trump was given more than a billion dollars in free media by CNN, MSNBC and their ilk, yet we are supposed to believe that $5,000 in Google ads and $50,000 on Facebook was enough to tilt the outcome of the 2016 elections.

Let me dispel some myths here about people who refused to vote for Hillary since I happen to be one of them. I chose to withhold my support not because Russians conditioned me to think that way but because I refused to support a warmongering sociopath otherwise known as John McCain in pantsuits...

To be honest, this entire Russian farce is not only insulting to African-Americans but to every American. Our elections have been subverted a long time ago, the lesser of two evils a Democracy does not make. The Democrat Party and the Republican Party are wholly owned subsidiaries of the military-financial racket, they give us platitudes and rhetoric while policies are reserved for the richest 1%. Russians did not undermine our elections, Citizens United and the billions of unaccounted dollars did that long before 2016. Mainstream media “journalists” would write about this and speak up against this cancer that ate away at our Republic if they too were not muzzled by the paychecks they are getting from their corporate overlords.

Here is a radical idea, instead of pointing fingers, how about our national leaders fix the issues that has most Americans up in arms? If someone wants to stop being called a thief, perhaps they should stop robbing banks. In that same vein, perhaps Democrats should not have run a candidate in 2016 that had the likability of herpes and the relatability of Rasputin. Maybe more Americans would have faith in our government if elected officials spent as much time listening to us as they do chasing headlines and donations. Alas, it is easier to displace and blame than it is to act like adults and lead.

For the record, just because I did not vote for Hillary Clinton does not mean I voted for Trump. It is sad that I even have to stipulate this, but we have been so conditioned to see politics through binaries that people assume that you can only see blue or red. Though one would be forgiven for thinking different, the truth is that a vast majority of Americans don’t identify with either party—more and more people are walking away from these two equally malicious parties. I write this not because I’m under the spell of foreign actors but because I am a free thinking American. I do not owe my vote to Democrats or Republicans, they will either earn my support or they can go to hell. That makes me independent, toadies in mainstream media call people like me Russian bots.

“Half a truth is often a great lie.” ~ Benjamin Franklin