Obtuse angle. Good luck with chiseling away at the errant foundations he's laid devil man.
Six months ago I did not believe racism played much of a role in anti-Obamania. At least not overtly. Now I am being converted. E-mails, conversations, bumper stickers, guests on Fox etc. have made me realize that it is a strong undercurrent. Still not mainstream, but certainly an aggravating factor. Many people make a distinction between racism and discrimination. They may make disparaging, cynical, stereotypical remarks about minorities but strongly deny that they would ever discriminate against them. (Remember Seinfeld talking about gays? "Not that there's anything wrong with that")
But when the crowd thins and they talk openly, you see and hear the long held beliefs start to surface and you wonder just how fair and open minded the criticisms are.
I won't say that there aren't racist on the far right that their basis of opposition aren't those beliefs. What I am saying is that the racism/discrimination also exists on the left and eveywhere in between. I am also saying that trying to play the race card at every possible opening does nothing more then give a generic answer to any opposition and promotes the vary thing that you are claiming is the problem.
A friend of mine recently confided to me her horror to hear her mom, who has a masters degree in the counseling field, exclaim that Obama was the anti-christ. Her minister in the Church of Christ had informed the congregation. She didn't know how to respond any more than I did when a close worker back in the Nixon years asserted that Kissinger was the anti-christ, followed by a secession of anti-christ figures culminating with "that one". Doesn't take much to be one apparently. These were smart, educated people. The one thing they seem to have in common is religion and southern location.
And this relates to racism how? I know a guy that thinks every promonant political figure is the anti-christ. He thought Bush was, now he thinks Obama is. But then again, I am also of the belief that to be religious you have to step beyond logical thought, so not much can be placed into these arguments.
Notes off hand:
-sp. equivalent, Hitler, upon, against, pinnacle.
Everyone has a weakness, mine is spelling. I have always been horrible at it, and add in my typo's, and you could come up with a large list of these throughout my posts.
-Share the wealth is not Obama's platform but a recurve of the wealth distribution was and is in order. That doesn't imply a change in economic systems as much as it does a recognition of a system that has been abused.
During his campaign he was quoted making the statement of “Share the wealth”. His opponents jumped on this to push the socialistic outlook of Obama. I never said that this is what he was trying for, but what it was interpreted as this.
-Whether that medical plan is "socialistic" is arguable considering that it attempts to force everyone to participate rather than just those with good jobs. Sounds pretty fair to me. The single payer element would have given the customer a choice. Sounds pretty free market American to me.
Once again, I said could be interpreted.
-Communism and Socialism are not necessarily intertwined with each other. Denmark is Socialist but not Communist. A lot of countries (including ours) mix the elements.
But, as I said, Communism was based on Socialism. I’m not trying to say that these people are correct in their assessment, only that it doesn’t automatically make them racist because they have different views.