I've never said he made race relations worse, I'm saying that he has wasted a golden opportunity.Of course I do.Early candidate for Straw Man of the Day award!Many Americans thought or hoped Obama would be that person in 2008.
Sadly, he has only made race relations worse.
Very true
He made race relations worse by being black
He should have realized that before he accepted the office
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I think you don't understand what that word means
A straw man is the act of creating an argument that wasn't made so that the overall point can be easily attacked. Sure, it's dishonest, but it's one of the foundational "debate" techniques of partisan ideologues on both ends.
No one said "he made race relations worse by being black", you did, in a dishonest effort to discredit the entire real point.
That's okay, I'm used to that here!
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OK, let us examine your real point
How exactly did Obama make relations worst?
What did he do? What should he have done instead?
Look, I have some ideas on what you are talking about. But I think it is better to flesh out your point for the other side so they can understand.
There has never been a President better equipped - not even close, not by a million miles - to address the issue of race in America than Barack Obama.
He was The Guy who could have made both ends of the issue really look in the mirror and clean their own houses before pointing the finger at the other. He could have stayed on it, and it would not have taken any significant time from other issues he has had to address. And, more than anything anyone has done before him, that might actually have made a real difference. Instead, he chose not to do so, and in a few cases, he chose to look like he was picking sides.
I suspect you're not going to agree with that, but that is my point.
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