Ebola Fear Mongering - GOP's new crazy racist Dog Whistle

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Ebola fearmongering is the GOP’s new crazy, racist dog whistle

With revelations of contagion among health care workers in Dallas, including one who traveled cross country by plane after being infected, Ebola panic is rising. While the chance of a significant domestic outbreak remains virtually nil, the round-the-clock media frenzy is nevertheless contributing to surging anxiety. So too is the rhetoric coming from the right.

In the immediate run-up to the midterm elections, we’re witnessing fear mongering about Ebola on the southern border from across the conservative spectrum, from fringe figures to relatively moderate Republicans. It should be obvious — though it is not, for reasons I will explore — that once again we are confronting an election conducted largely in dog whistle terms, with pundits and candidates hoping to use racially coded appeals to drive anxious white voters to the polls.

This could backfire -- we just convince dumbfuck Teabaggers that Ebola is spreading and don't go outdoors and election day....

what a partisan Hack. the rest of us are just worried about the disease spreading, cant really understand your guys thinking. Do you have the words RACISTS tattooed to the inside of your eyelids? you seem to see it everywhere.

Of course, like all political hacks your only thinking about the election. everything is always about the election

It isn't our fault that these African cultures practice bad hygiene.