25 Lies

25 Lies by Vince Everett Ellison

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Vince Everett Ellison has a Manichaean view of reality. On the one hand, there is the sump of absolute evil, i.e., the Democrat Party. On the other hand, is Jesus Christ and the freedom offered by Jesus Christ. Most everything else is being fought over by these two powers.

Not just anyone can describe the Democrat Party as evil in this day and age, but Ellison has a unique standing to do so granted by the Democrat Party, i.e., he is an African-American. He is also not afraid to say obvious truths out loud and without apology. It has always been amazing to me - but never more so until I was listening to this book - that out of the great cleansing of culture from any vestige of “racism” the Democrat Party has never been touched. This is weird because the Democrat Party is the only institution that remains from slavery, much less Jim Crow and lynching days. But no one brings up the idea of eradicating an institution that ought to bear more opprobrium that Confederate statues, as long as we are handing out opprobrium.

To say no one, I am excluding Ellison, to whom this idea has definitely occurred. Ellison extends the paradox of the Democrats being passed over by the angel of racist cleansing of society by pointing out that all the anti-racist riots of 2020 occurred in Democrat-controlled areas and that everywhere where there has been Democrat control, blacks have not only not been socially advanced but have regressed. Democrat-controlled schools turn out students with lower test scores. Democrat-controlled policies have turned out more illegitimacy and fewer marriages. Ellison points out that the Civil Rights era was essentially a failure.

From listening to this book, it was not clear to me if Ellison was arguing African-Americans should segregate themselves. He certainly is opposed to forced integration, largely because of the implication of African-American inferiority, which Ellison vehemently condemns. Ellison seems to have a strong belief that African-Americans should preserve African-American uniqueness and culture. At times, it sounded like he was advocating an apartness to do so. I'm conflicted. I would hope for a broad integration of everyone into a common culture, but, on the other hand, certainly, there is much value in preserving diversity. If we look at the Catholic ethnics of America, it seems that we have achieved integration at the expense of diversity. The trick is always balancing the two interest.

Ellison writes like a preacher. This is actually quite effective. There is no uncertainty in Ellison's call for the involvement of Christian principles in social policy. At times, his calls for freedom and condemnation of Democrat evil has the feel of a revival. I also liked his quotation of authorities.

Ellison supported his book with facts and anecdotes. One of Ellison's points that I want to check out is his claim that Republicans conspired with Democrats to create majority-minority districts. This deal had the obvious advantage of guaranteeing certain seats to Democrats, while at the same time taking Democrat voters out of Republican areas. Republicans capped off this deal by never supporting any candidates in these districts, which has had the effect of abandoning African-American voters to the Democrats for decades. This explains the monolithic black vote for Democrats.

Another point that I think is suspicious is Ellison's claim that African-Americans have been voting for Democrats since Reconstruction. He blames African-American politicians and voters for not preventing white former Confederates from retaking government, after all, he points out, these whites retook the southern state governments while they were still outlawed from voting.

I'm going to have check that claim out.

Obviously, this will not be a book for everyone. If you want nuance, then this is not your book. On the other hand, if you want to hear the voice of someone presenting a perspective that has largely been extinguished.