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Cyrano

(15,388 posts) Sun Oct 13, 2013, 01:22 PM Oct 2013

How can any black person be a Republican? [View all]

I find black Republicans to be mind-boggling. What's wrong with them? Self-hatred? Brain damage? How can any black person stand to be among people who hate them, oppress them and would just as soon lynch them as talk to them?

The only possible rationale I can come up with is that it's all about money. Republicans need token blacks to help disguise their true goals. And any black person who plays along gets well compensated.

Nonetheless, I find the idea of being black and being a Republican incomprehensible. Can someone explain it?

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How can any black person be a Republican? [View all] Cyrano Oct 2013 OP

It isn't the skin, but the way way the mind works. How can any gay peson be Republican? They also Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #1

True.... FarPoint Oct 2013 #6

Or a woman, for that matter. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #19

My first thought. Aerows Oct 2013 #52

Exactly. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #56

Mine, too. Aerows Oct 2013 #62

I'm a heterosexual woman who is well past child-bearing SheilaT Oct 2013 #59

It always amazes me, it's almost, if not, masochistic in the big picture IMO. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2013 #57

Same goes for a woman, member of the LGBT community, Hispanic, or union member gopiscrap Oct 2013 #2

How can any gay person be a Republican? How can any woman be a Republican? we can do it Oct 2013 #3

Maybe you need to talk to Ted Cruz and tell him he is in the wrong party too. dkf Oct 2013 #4

Actually, Cruz is in the right party. Cyrano Oct 2013 #7

Also, the Cubans who ran afoul of Castro, were mostly upper class Cleita Oct 2013 #10

How can any woman be a puke? JEB Oct 2013 #5

Boggles the mind, doesn't it? BlueCaliDem Oct 2013 #34

Good grief n/t leftstreet Oct 2013 #8

Or Latino, any woman or LBGT person for that matter. Cleita Oct 2013 #9

When someone says "black Republican", I think of Uncle Ruckus LittleBlue Oct 2013 #11

Same. sakabatou Oct 2013 #14

How can any "sane person" be a republican Andy823 Oct 2013 #12

I find the idea of anyone being a Republican incomprehensible. JaneyVee Oct 2013 #13

Do you question how any white male can be a Democrat? former9thward Oct 2013 #15

I know it's not meant this way, woolldog Oct 2013 #16

There's this assumption that Igel Oct 2013 #21

yeah... limited like forced ultrasounds.... annabanana Oct 2013 #31

I knew someone would infer that Cyrano Oct 2013 #33

You, Sir, need to read some more history.... Adam-Bomb Oct 2013 #54

It started to change until Cyrano Oct 2013 #58

I believe a black transsexual lesbian teabagger might be the ultimate political masochist. nt Zorra Oct 2013 #17

Only if (s)he's an unwed mother on unemployment receiving food stamps FarCenter Oct 2013 #29

One example of my white privilege is that nobody questions my politics based on race. Throd Oct 2013 #18

Racist drivel. egduj Oct 2013 #20

Wrong. The OP is asking based on anti-minority policies pushed by Republicans. Why would any BlueCaliDem Oct 2013 #36

See reply 33 above. Cyrano Oct 2013 #37

Sounds like a duck... and all. egduj Oct 2013 #46

I guess we're going to Cyrano Oct 2013 #49

Or any woman. aquart Oct 2013 #22

I know a black chiropractor PasadenaTrudy Oct 2013 #23

This is going around on facebook by rightwing: Thomas Sowell Bryn Oct 2013 #24

The same can be asked of many Whites. Remember that the republican party was once bluestate10 Oct 2013 #25

I dont get it either..especially aznativ Oct 2013 #26

Welcome to DU! BlueCaliDem Oct 2013 #38

Thank you! aznativ Oct 2013 #41

It's not in the least racist. Cyrano Oct 2013 #39

Greed, self-loathing, ignorance and fear. last1standing Oct 2013 #27

How could any working person be a Republican? n/t doc03 Oct 2013 #28

Find one and ask? Yo_Mama Oct 2013 #30

As a reaction to people with your view, to give one example jberryhill Oct 2013 #32

See post 33 above. Cyrano Oct 2013 #40

$$$. Selfishness. grahamhgreen Oct 2013 #35

agreed ! nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #61

Post removed Post removed Oct 2013 #42

See post 33 above. Cyrano Oct 2013 #44

ignorance is colorblind spanone Oct 2013 #43

we should vote for all black people Enrique Oct 2013 #45

You post sarcasm, but that's exactly what the OP is implying. egduj Oct 2013 #47

See post 33 above. Cyrano Oct 2013 #48

It's either Jamaal510 Oct 2013 #50

Thanks for your thoughtful response. Cyrano Oct 2013 #53

This OP is so full of fail I can't even begin to wrap my mind around it. NuclearDem Oct 2013 #51

See post 33 above. Cyrano Oct 2013 #55

If you're rich/high-income and selfish, the Republicans are a natural fit steve2470 Oct 2013 #60

First of all, there are very very few black Republicans Hippo_Tron Oct 2013 #63