 dulios says: I am by training a historian. My focus of study has been 20th century Europe and the rise of fascism. The "othering' taking place on the right and from the Republican candidates themselves is horrifying to behold. Who's to blame for the economic crisis? Barney Frank (faggot!), ACORN (niggers!), Barack Hussein Obama (half-breed Muslim!). I see it on the internet, I see it on TV, I see it in newspapers, I see it here on ClipMarks: race-baiting, fear-mongering, scapegoating. Enough! Not here! Not now! Not ever again! If I may quote Obama, "Not this time! WOW! I'm slightly shocked, and I don't shock easily. I NEVER heard anyone call Barney Frank a faggot before now....ouch. But thats ok...I'v always known there where people out there that would say that. Are you being ironic, chestnut? I'm trying to give you the benefit of the doubt here... No, I'm not being ironic, I really was a little taken back seeing it in print. But it's not your fault, I just live in a place where people don't know who Barney Frank is....and probably wouldn't say anything if they did. I now live in a little town in Northern Michigan where the people are nothing like where I came from in South East Michigan.They aren't mean, but they're really poor. Only one out of ten people here have a job. There are a little on the humble side and have learned a lot about acceptance. Please don't be upset with me, I probably shouldn't have said anything to begin with. Only one out of ten people here have a job.Only one out of ten people here have a job.Is it in our America ?? or some town in the jungle of Africa having the same name ?? If it is; Did Bush know that ?? Hey Wiener (Savage, that is his real last name), do you fear this or are you hoping for it? It is the Republican warmongers and hatemongers and Wall St. thieves who are encouraging this race war, and who are truly leading this nation down into fascism -- where whouting, hate and fear are encouraged to seize power. These Republicans have to be defeated now -- or it may be too late -- and they have to be defeated again and again until their party is driven into extinction. This will not only help get us on the right track now, but will also "send a message to future generations," that no group of politicians can do this and get away with it. __________ P.S. -- chestnut501: I find it IMPOSSIBLE to believe there is any place in the U.S.A. that has 90% unemployment...you have to wond... So when we hear Obama supporters talking about how they will riot if he's not elected, its just something we ignore? Hope is such an interesting platform on which to run. You can hope for anything in the world, and whatever each individual hopes for is therefore what Obama will provide them. Same principle as the tooth fairy. However, since his skin contains the magic pigments then any criticism of what he's proposing to do is racist. And the Obama Stormtruthers are the first to cry racist. Maybe not 90% unemployment statistically as the government keeps track, but I too know places where only 1 in 10 people have a job (and its in a very poor area). They are either receiving entitlements, SSI, disability, social security, welfare, food stamps, etc. because factories have closed in that rural area, in upper Michigan, I'd guess logging and the iron ore processing has closed down either because of environmental regs or more mechanization (needing less people). People who have lived in places like that their whole life, like the rural, outdoor lifestyle and cannot conceived of living in an urban area. Once again ColoradWrong, your reading comprehension skills are shown to be poor, at best. Savage said that, not Obama supporters. It is people like Savage, and McCain supporters egged on by Palin in those rallies that are stoke the fires of racism and fear. And that is the truth. The "Us" vs. "Them" mentality is just another mind-control tool: http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/38594BD4-C873-487F-AF9C-F8930CC6F0F9/ http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/80F0C37B-C0AD-4FB9-B359-FB04BD1D95F3/ I live in WV and I hear the N word all the time. I also hear lesbo, faggot, dyke, queer, fairy; stuff like that. I doubt that many people know who Barney Frank is or worse yet even care. One of my daughter's friends, who happens to be gay was walking and someone shouted out at him "GO HOME FAGGOT". Problem is that he was home, you know? Years ago I watched a bi-racial couple's daughter while the mother worked because no one else would. You should have seen the looks I got when I took her to the supermarket with me and my two little girls. Just looks of hate; usually from white redneck males. It was even more comical when my husband took her out with us because he has red hair and wel... What Rove never realized is that many of us fought hard for intellectual and moral respect for conservatism in college and grad school, only to have our efforts turned into a joke by the crassness of the Party Of Rove. There were only a few self-described conservatives at Harvard when I was there, and I spent a great deal of time losing friends, breaking up dinners, offending professors because I was a) right of center and b) obviously academically serious. And now I'm supposed to defend Sarah Palin? As vice-president? I mean: seriously?The above from Andrew Sullivan Note that Bill Buckley's son came out in favor of Obama today as well. One of the things that Bush 1 said that he was most ridiculed for was when he bespoke a desire for a "kinder, gentler America". Today, when Obama speaks of hope, he is met with a similar, if not stronger, reaction. What's wrong with hope? Maybe it's been so long that the average American has been deprived of hope that it has been erased from the national psyche. |
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