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Last year we wrote about how CPAC allowed notorious white nationalists to speak on multiple panels but banned the gay conservative group GOProud. This year the CPAC organizers, who arent entirely oblivious to the 2012 election, are trying to emphasize diversity. Theres even a panel entitled, Conservative Inclusion: Promoting the Freedom Message to all Americans, which boasts a racially diverse lineup of conservative activists.
Conservative inclusion is a nice idea, but it doesnt go very far at CPAC. For the second year in a row, the gay conservative group GOProud has been banned from the conference. So at best, inclusion at CPAC means straights only.
Even more telling is the roster of sponsors and exhibitors at CPAC. Most troubling is the inclusion of the anti-immigrant group ProEnglish, which is run by longtime white nationalist organizer Bob Vandervoort. The Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights has reported extensively on his activities:
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Also, CPAC is being held at the Gaylord Convention Center where guns are banned and the hotel is union run.
Apophis
(1,407 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)I can't conceive of hating taxes so much that I'd be willing to put up with people who desire my extinction.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I used to work with a gay guy who was a pretty vicious racist. I suspect he might have been Republican. He talked a LOT about lazy people takin' all his moneh.
Cha
(297,279 posts)It Takes All Kinds of Greed. Same with someone like SCJ Clarence Thomas.
Masochists for Greed and damn proud.
LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)I was introduced to a guy once by a mutual friend who thought we might "hit it off" because we both liked politics.
After less than 5 minutes he managed to tell me how n*****s just want everything handed to them and how ronald reagan should have his face on mount Rushmore.
People like that, in my opinion, are beyond being educated and are just not worth my time.