When you delve into the world of Facebook or other such social links, you come to notice, at least I did, anyway, that there are blinded cullerds and out and out fools in great numbers. The ingrained hypocrisy of this joint doesn't matter to them, because they have been Accepted.
The reason? They have Accepted everything put out by the oligarchs. When the actor Terry Crews indulges in tomfoolery, 'Oh quit being so touchy!' When some obscure pol from the South shouts a disparaging remark during the President's State of the Union, 'He was just expressing his right of free speech!' And, 'Treyvon Martin should not have scared that poor misunderstood armed bullyboy!' These are the people who nod their heads when cloaked foul remarks are made and then say 'I understand what they meant'. One of the ironies of the Civil Rights Movement has been the rise of the House cullerds. 'Well, well, being conservative is part of our group character!'
It is what led to our ancestors enslavement. It is why some stay in positions of authority long past they're effective expiration date. It is why too many embrace such negative and denying thoughts, 'All that stuff in school don't mean nuthin', because they have no desire to "change and challenge" their place.
At the opposite end is the group who wallow in the mire of socalled 'Accepted' attitudes. "I'm a member of the country club, and my wife wears big hats for the Kentucky Derby, and it has been because of those rowdy nonrestrained others, that we are not welcome to the class reunion, but I understand, because I have gone out of my way to show I'm on their side. And the business I work for smiles when it denies another a raise or a loan, because there can be only so many of us succeding else it might cause trouble."
The Atlanta Compromise's line "...cast your bucket where you may!" was not answered with "What if you pull up a bucketload of shit?" The Talented Tenth ideal reeks of a placid elitism. Yet in some circles that is an ideal that has taken hold. Aren't the Accepted Talented Tenth the Howards, Allens, and Condis?
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