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Cam actually smilingly hugged and congratulated Peyton.
The irony is that, folks crying about being sore loser aren’ t any better. Who loves losing? Who loses the biggest game of their career and is all smiley and joyous? Like Cam said,“ Show me a good loser and I’ ll show you a loser”. People get so wrapped up in themselves and judgmental at times, they forget what it is to be human. They expect purity where none exist. They demand perfect when they are extremely faulty. But in all this, it is the hypocrisy that gets me. The fact that it should be better to pretend and be not oneself to please others. The fact that some would want us to think that being politically correct, or proper is better than being true to oneself and right. Since when did it not matter if one is honest? Since when did it not mean much to be human? Where is all this supremacism coming from? My closing thoughts on this issue is a quote from Cam Newton,“ If I offended anybody, that’ s cool, but I know who I am and I’ m not about to conform nor bend for anybody’ s expectations,
because yours or anybody’ s expectations would never exceed mine,”
The Conscious Black
Like many things, this is a misunderstood concept. Predominantly, the Hebrew Israelites have taken ownership of this philosophy. Ain’ t nothing anyone can say to make them release their grips. In fact, try talking reason to the that effect, and you would rather face the KKK than that lot. There are many seeking an alternative route to self-actualization, unfortunately, when they fall into bed with the more extreme bunch of Israelites, then just kiss their chances of redemption good bye for a while or eternity.
Here is the greatest issue with Hoteps is their false sense of self-realization of true existence. Their uncanny ability to read deep into the simplest of things often lead them way over the conspiracy line. I mean these guys can see beyond the beyond. And for the uninquiring minds, they hold little respect. This arrogance is often a result of ignorance. They see anyone and anything that is not subscribed to their ways simply as fools or foolish. There is no way around that.
Sadly, Hoteps seem to be drawing into its fold a bunch of lazy, racist black America who feel entitled and enlightened. Trying to call for reason in any situation, makes you a coon-agent of the system. Thus, within a mix of mixes, more layers get added.
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The simplest of situations that could be explained away by a million logical ways, are seen racially. They don’ t play the racial card. They live the life. They embody it. mind you, they would hardly lift their finger and harm someone, but that does not make one any less racist. Racism is more than just violence. It is more than just outward interpretation. It is equally complacency; equally a state of mind, a philosophy that lingers; one in which everything is viewed. The world is black and white for them. There are no inbetweens. Their color spectrum creates a worldview of for-me-or-against-me. It translates into a them versus us mentality.
On the one hand, Hoteps acknowledge that black on black crime is a problem. They concede that inter gang conflict takes too many lives, but many would prefer to ignore these as byproducts of the problem that could be solved once we are free of white domination. interprets in essence, let’ s gang up and rid ourselves of the oppressor and then we can fix our issues later. This is the world through the lenses are simply bicolor.
Race Faker
Before the fiasco of Rachel, the“ race faker”, race faking was mostly a one sided thing. Just as the One-Drop rule worked against blacks, some were working it to their favor. Things were fine until