Republicans and Racism
Sep. 17th, 2009 07:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hkellickSo... as I'll assume everybody knows now, Jimmy Carter got on national TV two days ago and accused alot of the attacks on Obama personally (the birthists, the calling him the antichrist, the comparing him to hitler) as nothing more than racism.
It's... quite an attack on the republican party.
The republican party, as a whole (from RNC Chairman Michael Steele to the REAL Heart and Soul of the Republican Party, Rush Limbaugh) has denied this, but.. when a man who was actually alive and living in the South when the Jim Crow laws were reality speaks about racism, can we truly dismiss him so quickly?
The facts are... the attacks by many of the Far Right are indefensible. Questioning his Birth, believing him a Muslim Terrorist, Calling him the Antichrist? These are not opinions that even TOUCH reality. They're born of fear, hatred and the desperate need to illegitimize the president.
And there are many republicans that HAVE been racist towards him. I mean.. hello, Barack the Magic Negro? Pictures of Obama being lynched, or his head on a monkey? How are these anything BUT Racist?
What the Far Right hasn't answer is.. if it isn't racism, what is it? Do they really expect us to believe they're arguing about his POLICIES when they say they don't believe he was born in the U.S.? Nuh uh! Try again!
As far as I can see, the Republican Party isn't arguing policies, they're spreading fear. The man pals around with terrorists, says Attack Bull Palin at McCain's Behest, and people still believe it. The man's healthcare reform is just an excuse to kill off old people screams ex-governor Palin, and people believe that too. I'm not seeing ARGUMENTS, what I'm hearing is a wall of Bullshit. I've said it before and I'll keep saying it until it stops.
Was Joe Wilson a Racist? Signs point to yes. Is that the reason he screamed out "You Lie!" maybe. Whatever it is, at the heart of it, is the truth that Joe Wilson did not respect the president. That is the core of it. That's the core of all of this garbage about where he's from, whether he's a terrorist, etc., a basic lack of respect for a duly elected president.
Is some of it Racism? Yes. Is all of it Racism? .. I'm not sure it's all of it, but...let's say maybe. Maybe, until the Birthers and the Deathers and the Antichristers give us a compelling reason to believe otherwise, we'll say it remains a possibility.
It's... quite an attack on the republican party.
The republican party, as a whole (from RNC Chairman Michael Steele to the REAL Heart and Soul of the Republican Party, Rush Limbaugh) has denied this, but.. when a man who was actually alive and living in the South when the Jim Crow laws were reality speaks about racism, can we truly dismiss him so quickly?
The facts are... the attacks by many of the Far Right are indefensible. Questioning his Birth, believing him a Muslim Terrorist, Calling him the Antichrist? These are not opinions that even TOUCH reality. They're born of fear, hatred and the desperate need to illegitimize the president.
And there are many republicans that HAVE been racist towards him. I mean.. hello, Barack the Magic Negro? Pictures of Obama being lynched, or his head on a monkey? How are these anything BUT Racist?
What the Far Right hasn't answer is.. if it isn't racism, what is it? Do they really expect us to believe they're arguing about his POLICIES when they say they don't believe he was born in the U.S.? Nuh uh! Try again!
As far as I can see, the Republican Party isn't arguing policies, they're spreading fear. The man pals around with terrorists, says Attack Bull Palin at McCain's Behest, and people still believe it. The man's healthcare reform is just an excuse to kill off old people screams ex-governor Palin, and people believe that too. I'm not seeing ARGUMENTS, what I'm hearing is a wall of Bullshit. I've said it before and I'll keep saying it until it stops.
Was Joe Wilson a Racist? Signs point to yes. Is that the reason he screamed out "You Lie!" maybe. Whatever it is, at the heart of it, is the truth that Joe Wilson did not respect the president. That is the core of it. That's the core of all of this garbage about where he's from, whether he's a terrorist, etc., a basic lack of respect for a duly elected president.
Is some of it Racism? Yes. Is all of it Racism? .. I'm not sure it's all of it, but...let's say maybe. Maybe, until the Birthers and the Deathers and the Antichristers give us a compelling reason to believe otherwise, we'll say it remains a possibility.
