Analogy

[bana05]

Saying race has nothing to do with a significant amount of Obama criticism is the same thing as saying slavery had nothing to do with the Civil War.

Comments

[bana05]

of course it does. But people do mental gymnastics to say it's not.

[draoi_mistress]

Agreed and Amen.

[ribbon_scythe]

Well...I think Jimmy Carter tried to point this out and people were like, "Racist? Pfffft, we're not racist. No way."

I agree with your statement.

I understood rallying against the war. I don't quite understand the rallying against healthcare. I mean obviously the current situation isn't helping. And it takes a bit more than governmental control of healthcare to make you a communist country. Maybe Americans are afraid of being *gaspschockhorror* CANADIAN? And the killing seniors thing is hysterical. What do they think Medicare programs are (however ineffective)?

[bana05]

the fact folk are blithely saying socialism=nazism=fascism is astounding, when--hello, history books!--socialist Russia fought on the Allied side against Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. But, let's just ignore facts, shall we?

[neadods]

But, let's just ignore facts, shall we?

They've been ignoring facts for a long time. As Colbert says, reality has a well-known liberal bias, and we can't be having THAT!

[bana05]

lol and he's from Charleston, holla souf cack!

[yalegirl03]

So true. Pres Carter was just speaking the truth. Even if Joe Wilson isn't racist, the level of disrespect that leads to crazy ideas like the Birther movement is based on racism.

[bana05]

it's really not even subtle at this point.

[neadods]

That's a good analogy. Just like the war, it wasn't the *only* reason - but it was the biggest one, and people kept trying to slap a different label on it. "No, it's about state's rights to keep slaves!"

[bana05]

exactly.