"There’s a Black Man in the White House"

There is a difference between bigotry and institutionalized racism. There has been more examples of the institutionalized racism than outright hateful bigotry. It is institutionalized racism that demands that the first black President show us his birth certificate.
 
the right has run on its southern strategy since the civil rights act was signed. most people understand that. when you talk about "law and order" and "food stamp president", everyone knows what images that's supposed to conjure up. there have certainly been enough republican operatives who discussed it... it's why the GOP has a gender gap, a race gap and an age gap.

the hysterics that accompanied this president's election was unlike anything we've ever seen... not even when our president got appointed by the court in 2000 did you see this type of vitriole (we're not talking about AFTER Bush implemented his failed policies...we're talking about the day after election day). I'd also point out that at a time of crisis, most of the country stood behind bush. (i think his approval rating was some ridiculously high number after his post-9/11 speech at the cathedral).

with this president, all we've heard about is that he's a muslimkenyansocialistfasict and had his harvard credentials questioned... because, you know, it's that whole affirmative action thing....

so yes, a lot of it is about racism. bashir may not be 100% correct, but the right certainly opened the door to his conclusions.


Bashir's comments are just a tiny, tiny piece of the problem. He's just the latest example. The Left finds racism in everything right now, everything is a "dog whistle", everything is a big conspiracy. They're diluting the real problem, and I don't think they see it.

I do believe that you don't see this. I think it's entirely possible that you're being sincere. But calling everything racism is more destructive than helpful.

And you mention that "Bashir may not be 100% correct," as if the times he's NOT correct are no big deal. I think those times are a DAMN big deal, because the charge he and the Left are constantly leveling is very serious.

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so do you think the right isn't trying to use imagery and language to play on people's racism? you think this president was treated like any other president from day one?


First, I think that partisan ideology has made people batshit crazy, so the last couple of Presidents have had to endure shit that is embarrassing and destructive. Is there a racial component? In some cases, of course, no doubt, because there are (still) some brick-headed racists out there. You bet.

But screaming "racism" at every word is not helping anything. It's a serious charge - at least I think it's serious - and it's not something to be thrown around "just in case". It's being used as a political weapon.

So let me ask you: Do you really think that constantly screaming "racism" is helping heal racial divides in this country? Really? Isn't that why it's being done, isn't that the point of constantly screaming the word?

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Would Mac agree that some of the calls for Obama to show his BC and transcripts are dog whistles?

Would Mac agree that some of those people labeling Obama a "food stamp President" or accusing him of waiving work requirements for welfare are doing so to drum up race ceased fears?
 
There is a difference between bigotry and institutionalized racism. There has been more examples of the institutionalized racism than outright hateful bigotry. It is institutionalized racism that demands that the first black President show us his birth certificate.

it's an institution?
my god are you stupid
 
There is a difference between bigotry and institutionalized racism. There has been more examples of the institutionalized racism than outright hateful bigotry. It is institutionalized racism that demands that the first black President show us his birth certificate.

it's an institution?
my god are you stupid

Now that's what I call irony. You don't know what institutional racism is, but I'm the stupid one? :lol:

Google is your friend Berry boy, give it spin.
 
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Bashir's hate is like a freakin' laser beam.

Funny thing is, he's just average at MSNBC.

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it isn't racist to point out racism. i don't know why that confuses some people.

it also seems to confuse some people who say your against Obama because he is black after you get through describing a policy he is for that you dont like.....Dean and Lakota are big on doing this.....
 
There is a difference between bigotry and institutionalized racism. There has been more examples of the institutionalized racism than outright hateful bigotry. It is institutionalized racism that demands that the first black President show us his birth certificate.

it's an institution?
my god are you stupid

Before accusing someone of stupidity I would suggest you go look up what institutional racism is. :D
 
I think at a certain point there really is a diminishing return on accusations of racism. What MSNBC is hoping is that they'll influence the Howard Stern polling sample. :rolleyes:

Here's the problem though, and it's the USUAL problem when we're dealing with MSNBC... they're LYING. People aren't rejecting Barack Obama because he's black. They're rejecting him because he's a SOCIALIST. And a DIVIDER.

See, Barack Obama was elected as a unifier. THAT's what people liked about him. He was going to be the post-partisan, post-racial president who was going to "change the way Washington does business". Frankly, a white JUNIOR SENATOR with less than two years' experience in Washington wouldn't have had a shot at the presidency. Obama caught on because of his rhetoric on unity, and because he seemed such an embodiment of it, mixed race as he is.

Instead, we've seen more of everything that we already hated about Washington politicians... more gridlock, more snarky rhetoric, more corruption, more cronyism, more reckless spending. Barack Obama was NOT elected for his policies. His policies have been roundly rejected and actually don't even reflect his towering rhetoric during the campaign trail. It was Hillary who was for the Individual Mandate, not Obama. In fact, that was the only real difference between them.

So, we've got a guy who was NOTHING like the person he described himself to be on the trail, and one whose policies are consistently disliked, but we're supposed to believe it's all because half the country are card-carrying members of the KKK. :rolleyes:

You know, people who are NOT a bunch of knuckle-dragging racists don't much appreciate having their REAL differences of opinion on the issues mislabeled in such a derogatory fashion. And because they KNOW that they're not "racist", they'll take another look at the motives of the asshats who keep making those kind of accusations and dismiss them accordingly, hence MSNBC's ratings and Barack Obama's poll numbers.

Go ahead and keep waving that Race Card madly around though, libs. It helps independent American voters identify you as the desperate liars you are and to see your motives more clearly. The Howard Stern crowd you're trying to reach with your BIG LIE, are unlikely to actually find their way to the polls anyway. :lol:
 
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it isn't racist to point out racism. i don't know why that confuses some people.



Where did I say he was racist?

The Democrats use the race card like a hammer. They see it as a way to gain advantage, so they use it at absolutely every opportunity. Worse, though, they're constantly making up opportunities out of thin air.

Political Correctness = Strategic Hypersensitivity deployed specifically to put your target on the defensive and control the conversation.

Two things though: First, it looks like this game is beginning to wear thin; and secondly, and tragically, it dilutes the real racism that does exist. The boy crying wolf. The Left has overplayed its hand, and there are no winners with this kind of game.

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the right has run on its southern strategy since the civil rights act was signed. most people understand that. when you talk about "law and order" and "food stamp president", everyone knows what images that's supposed to conjure up. there have certainly been enough republican operatives who discussed it... it's why the GOP has a gender gap, a race gap and an age gap.

the hysterics that accompanied this president's election was unlike anything we've ever seen... not even when our president got appointed by the court in 2000 did you see this type of vitriole (we're not talking about AFTER Bush implemented his failed policies...we're talking about the day after election day). I'd also point out that at a time of crisis, most of the country stood behind bush. (i think his approval rating was some ridiculously high number after his post-9/11 speech at the cathedral).

with this president, all we've heard about is that he's a muslimkenyansocialistfasict and had his harvard credentials questioned... because, you know, it's that whole affirmative action thing....

so yes, a lot of it is about racism. bashir may not be 100% correct, but the right certainly opened the door to his conclusions.

Do you think it's possible that some people aren't reffering to race, when talking about law and order and reffering to him as the food stamp president?
 
Playing the race card has become utterly absurd by some on the left.

A Republican quips about Barry auditioning for the PGA and it's interpreted as racial code, somehow trying Obama to behavior like that of Tiger Woods.

They are very very desperate.
 
Sorry bout that,



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Bashir's hate is like a freakin' laser beam.

Funny thing is, he's just average at MSNBC.

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it isn't racist to point out racism. i don't know why that confuses some people.



Where did I say he was racist?

The Democrats use the race card like a hammer. They see it as a way to gain advantage, so they use it at absolutely every opportunity. Worse, though, they're constantly making up opportunities out of thin air.

Political Correctness = Strategic Hypersensitivity deployed specifically to put your target on the defensive and control the conversation.

Two things though: First, it looks like this game is beginning to wear thin; and secondly, and tragically, it dilutes the real racism that does exist. The boy crying wolf. The Left has overplayed its hand, and there are no winners with this kind of game.

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1. To the *libnuts*, if everyone loses, then they win, for they want everyone a loser to make everyone equal.
2. Misery loves company.


Regards,
SirJamesofTexas
 
Sorry bout that,



it isn't racist to point out racism. i don't know why that confuses some people.



Where did I say he was racist?

The Democrats use the race card like a hammer. They see it as a way to gain advantage, so they use it at absolutely every opportunity. Worse, though, they're constantly making up opportunities out of thin air.

Political Correctness = Strategic Hypersensitivity deployed specifically to put your target on the defensive and control the conversation.

Two things though: First, it looks like this game is beginning to wear thin; and secondly, and tragically, it dilutes the real racism that does exist. The boy crying wolf. The Left has overplayed its hand, and there are no winners with this kind of game.

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1. To the *libnuts*, if everyone loses, then they win, for they want everyone a loser to make everyone equal.
2. Misery loves company.


Regards,
SirJamesofTexas



Harrison Bergeron
 
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Bashir's hate is like a freakin' laser beam.

Funny thing is, he's just average at MSNBC.

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it isn't racist to point out racism. i don't know why that confuses some people.

It is when no racism exists.

Did you even bother to read the link?

Martin Bashir hosted a not-so-balanced panel to discuss the “miseducation” of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and conservative pundit Ann Coulter on education policy.
After the panel slammed Romney and Coulter for their politics, including Bashir joking that Coulter of has a “psychiatric illness,” the conversation turned to race, ironically, with the entire MSNBC panel arguing that it is the “right” that always interjects race into presidential races.

As they interject race into the presidential race.

“This is about white grievance. And the right has spent 30 plus years stoking a sense of grievance among white working class voters,” MSNBC contributor Joy Reed said. “They’ve completely distracted them from the issues of what the 1 percent are really doing to them by constantly saying they are trying to take your stuff, those immigrants, those black people.”

With no one there to challenge these claims, idiots like you believe them.

“Yes,” MSNBC contributor and university professor James Peterson said, adding that it is always the right that makes race an issue in presidential politics. He also accused Wells Fargo of giving out bad loans to black people on purpose.

Again race is injected, but by whom? A Republican? Noooooooooo

“Everything from N-word head to Michelle Bachmann’s revision of history…to food stamp president,” Peterson continued. “It’s all coming from the right.”

They conveniently missed Jesse Jackson comments.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson used the N-word during a break in a TV interview where he criticized presidential candidate Barack Obama


Jesse Jackson: 'It's an Honor to Be a Food Stamp President'
 

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