Are Protesters Against Racism Phony, Or Are Their Critics Phony?

THE REVEREND AL SHARPTON @ the Reverend Jesse Jackson are hustlers who have turned racism into a profitable industry, according to some conservatives, most notably, the ubiquitous Rush Limbaugh. In other words, their constant dwelling on the issue of racism in America is not an attempt to end it, but, rather, an attempt to perpetuate it, presumably for their own profit. Twisted though this reasoning sounds, it deserves consideration, as do, really, all points of view. Did slavery exist for 246 years in America? Was there such a thing as "Jim Crow" laws, or were they simply part of some science fiction novel? Has there ever been anti-African-American racism in America, is there any now, or was it all merely an illusion, a fabrication in a cheap novel? Well, it seems like, the answer should be "yes", it really did happen; it was not made up. There does seem to be evidence of it, a pattern to it. Now, there seems to be a pattern of white cops mistreating, once in a while, black law breakers, or is that also a fabrication of the far left? One must be open minded in asking these questions. Limbaugh quoted Booker T. Washington, a late nineteenth- early twentieth century advocate for African-American opportunity, who himself seemed to feel that some fellow advocates advocated only for the purpose of supporting their own fame, fortune, and power. Could it have been that Booker T. simply felt the competition of fellow advocates a bit too closely, and was in fact promoting his own career? Herbert Hoover believed that depression era protesters were communist plants, not World War One Veterans. Richard Nixon thought that anti-Viet Nam war protesters were thugs, snobs, commies, and trouble makers, who really didn't give a damn about ending a war. And Rush Limbaugh thinks that prominent black people who claim to try to end racism in America really don't want to end it, they want to extend it, for their own careers. Could it be that Hoover, Nixon, and Limbaugh were themselves trying to promote their own careers, by positioning themselves against people whose causes were just, but unwinnable, by demonizing the protesting anti-establishment while self promoting from the safety of the establishment? Heaven only knows.