Pat Powers are Cory Heidelberger are again on the same page in pushing the establishment's agenda. This from a post Cory titled, "Progress! LaFleur’s Racism Unacceptable to SDGOP Establishment":
Terry LaFleur, who failed to submit enough valid signatures to run for governor as a Republican, chose Easter Monday to promulgate racism by asking on Facebook, “Why is it okay for Every race to be proud of their heritage except for white people?”
Now LaFleur wasn’t really asking—people who post that question are just trying to excuse their own prejudices and insularity. But if anyone wants an answer to LaFleur’s rhetorical question, it’s simple: “White Pride” is a slogan used by Klansmen and other racist members of the historically privileged class to perpetuate their oppression of other races. “Racial Pride” is not a two-way street amidst a cultural power differential. “White Pride” really means “Privilege Pride,” and that privilege is wrong. LaFleur’s cry is as wrong as white people dressing in blackface or in stereotypical Indian garb. LaFleur’s cry is as wrong as shouting “Blue Lives Matter!” back at “Black Lives Matter” protestors, since it seeks to reinforce the unjust use of power against a disempowered minority.
And, to his credit, SDGOP spin blogger Pat Powers appears to agree:
When candidates for Governor post memes like this, we can be glad they want to represent a different political party [Pat Powers, “Kind of Glad that LaFleur Didn’t Make the Ballot, and Is Now Running in the Constitution Party,” Dakota War College, 2018.04.02].
It’s nice to see Powers join me in critiquing LaFleur’s brand of racism. Powers only errs in referring to LaFleur as an “outlier.” We know, from SDGOP Senators Tapio and Novstrup to SDGOP leader Lederman to the Republican Party leader who occupies the White House, prejudice is not a bug in the Republican Party; it’s a feature.
Cory doesn't understand that the SDGOP Establishment is using the white-hating racism of the cultural Neo-Marxist to further their economic development agenda. And Cory's whites oppress minorities argument doesn't hold water as he supports Somalia refugees who persecute Christians and "seeks to reinforce the unjust use of power against a disempowered minority":
Over the last few years, the situation for Christians in Somalia has only worsened. Islamic militants have intensified their hunt for Christians, whom al-Shabaab operatives regard as high-value targets. Upon discovery, Christians are often killed on the spot. Al-Shabaab holds to the strict Islamic doctrine of Wahhabism and advocates for Sharia law in every facet of life for Somalis. While al-Shabaab poses a severe threat to Christians in Somalia, believers are also persecuted by their families and the community at large. If a Somali is suspected of conversion, their family members and clan leaders will harass, intimidate or even kill them.
We should consider Christians of Somalia to be refugees, not those who are behind their persecution.
The source of this violent Jihad that is oppressing Christians in Somalia is Islamic supremacy:
Islamic doctrine—which teaches that Muslims are superior to non-Muslims, who are further compared to dogs and cattle—imbues Muslims with this sense of supremacism over the rest of mankind. And a good portion of Islamic history—when Muslims were for centuries on the warpath, subjugating large swathes of the Old Word—further enforced it.
This sense of Islamic supremacism was dramatically humbled after European powers defeated and colonized much of the Muslim world. Bred on the notion that “might makes right,” Muslims, for a time, even began emulating the unapologetic and triumphant West. Turkey, for example, went from being the epitome of Islamic supremacy and jihad against Christian Europe for five centuries to desperately emulating Europe in all ways. By the mid-1900s, Turkey became perhaps the most Westernized/secularized “Muslim” nation.
Today, however, as Western peoples willingly capitulate to Islamic mores—in the name of tolerance, multiculturalism, political correctness, or just plain cowardice—Muslims are becoming more emboldened, making more demands and threats, as they realize they need not militarily defeat the West in order to resuscitate their supremacist birthright. (More appeasement from the bullied always brings about more demands from the bully.)
To understand all this, one need only look to Muslim behavior where it is dominant and not in need of pretense, that is, in the Muslim world. There, non-Muslim minorities are habitually treated as inferiors. But unlike the many Western appeasers who willingly accept a subservient role to Islam, these religious minorities have no choice in the matter.
So according to Cory's own definition, he is supporting the import of hatred into South Dakota of those who want to gain dominance and oppress all who refuse to follow Sharia Law. Sadly, "In the name of tolerance, multiculturalism, political correctness, or just plain cowardice", Cory is using the actions of white supremacists to justify Islamic supremacy. What we need is to find agreement that both are wrong and work to minimize the impact of both of these movements. Instead Pat Powers and Cory Heidelberger are finding agreement on the lies being used by those who want to control the political arena, by creating a false war between Democrats and Republicans. The same forces are controlling the agenda of both party establishments. And it was that very argument that got me banned for Cory's comment section. You see, the truth makes Cory look stupid, so he has to shield his readers from it by any totalitarian means available to him. We certainly don't want South Dakota to become run by those who comprise Dakota Free Press. Pat Powers should reconsider his position whenever Cory Heidelberger finds agreement on it.
Terry LaFleur raises an interesting question whose answer is: white supremacy and cultural Neo-Marxists are both wrong because they are fueled by those who hate those they disagree with. His question does not automatically make him a racist. That is a lie fueled by those who want to use race to divide and conquer America. And that is what makes Cory Heidelberger a white-hating racist. He makes the false equivalency that promoting America is promoting white supremacy.
Biblical Christian know that there is just one race, the human race, who has common heritage...Adam and Eve, which does include Muslims. Sadly, too many Muslims are willing to kill for the sake of a god who has no son. Therein lies the difference between Islamists and Christians, and that difference has nothing to do with race.
Mr. LaFleur is the perfect choice for principled conservatives! Now, does anyone know an attorney with his conservative credentials to run for Attorney General as a third party or unaffiliated candidate?
Posted by: larry kurtz | April 04, 2018 at 07:30 AM
Pat and Cory are often on the same page. They also refuse to allow opposing views express their thoughts. Since I questioned what the difference was between Dan Lederman being registered as a Democrat while leading the SDGOP and the Libertarian candidate not being registered as a Libertarian, I was no longer given a voice on SDWC. To boot, I quoted the Argus and the post kept getting taken down.
Sometimes it just takes time to expose people's true colors and SDWC is clearly promoting the Establishment. I'm actually surprised to see Jackley and Noem continue to advertise there.
I get a kick out of PP's disgust for people who post anonymously. If he didn't allow anonymous comments, there would only be a handful of thoughts and many would be the same... a boring bubble.
I am so excited for Anni Cyrus to come and speak in South Dakota. Wouldn't it be something to watch her debate Taneeza Islam?
Posted by: KM | April 04, 2018 at 02:37 PM