Racism, Bigotry and the Death of Respectable Conservatism

[romp]

For the most part, I’ve tried to be restrained

Comments

[jadehunter]

Excellent read. I was familiar with most of the attacks against Obama (+ family - but wtf did his kids ever do?), but seeing it all laid out like this in one post... Attack after attack filled with racist remarks and implications - it's really brings home the point of how batshit crazy these people are, and how rabidly illogical they are.

Like this: Or insisting that he doesn’t have a life story that “has much in common with anybody in this country,” (in part because he didn’t grow up in the Midwest) and that he “cannot relate” to the “American Experience.” Really? Yeah, okay, Rush, but, wow, this is just really hilariously out of touch with reality. Obama has more in common with people in this country than the majority of politicians out there, nevermind Mitt Romney.

Also loved the paragraph outlining all the Republican Presidents that have been just as or even more "socialist" than Obama. (Where's President Corporations-Are-My-Bitch Teddy Roosevelt, though?)

[jettakd]

but wtf did his kids ever do?

Be young black women in a good position in society, basically.

[tsuni_night]

When I was reading the first half of your post I was shocked because this is stuff I've seen from my father in law and step father... both of which have stopped sending me emails due to my sending them facts back and telling them not to send me this type of crap again... though I think it's possible my step father just likes picking fights with me and sends it to me due to that reason

[angelachibayuy]

This is brilliant. Something I wish people would read fully and take to heart but like other posters have said, they won't.

I don't live in the US now and have no intention of voting because I am from NY and know where the ballot will go but I am still shocked everytime I Hear something about the election. It's pretty hard to take criticisms of the president seriously when they come from people who seem to be wanting to say the N-word in the most polite way possible.

[bellichka]

Where in NY are you from? I'm from NY, too, and I was thinking abt trying to convince my father not to vote for Romney, but then I realized that the state is going to go Dem anyways, and it'll only serve to piss my father off at me.

[angelachibayuy]

I'm from Rochester but currently living in Japan. Have to say you're the first person to not say "You have to vote or you can't have an opinion!"

Probably best in the case of your father, and mine too though he is in another state, to just give up sometimes. I know I have. It's impossible to convince someone who seriously listens to O'Reilly and Limbaugh that just because you say something different than them does not mean you are brainwashed by the liberal media.

[bellichka]

Cool beans, I'm from the Rochester area too. Just finished up grad school at Fisher, living out in Wayne County now with the parents. And yeah, with NY it's just pointless b/c I know it's always going to go Dem b/c of the City. Now, if you were in Ohio or Pennsylvania, we might be having a different conversation... :P

[atomic_joe2]

At least some of their arguments are rooted in racism I reckon. Would a white president be depicted on a placard as an African chief with a bone through his nose as Obama was during the healthcare debate?

And would he be asked for his birth certificate if he was white?

[masakochan]

I feel like there needs to be a *mic drop* at the end of this article because that was epic.