The gentleman doth protesteth too much.
Of course you can disagree with President Obama's policies, without being a racist; and most who disagree with him, are NOT racist. But this is not to say that there are no racists out there. The problem is that the racists out there tend to be the most vocal. It's really very simple: Those who oppose the President on policy, can explain in detail why they don't like the policy, without making it personal, or racial. Those who use insults and personal attacks, tend to be the ones who are racist. This is not always the case. Sometimes they're just Conservative-nationalists; but honestly, that's a form of bigotry too.
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elijahin24 2012/07/16 16:12:10Other racist answer :-)






















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In the interview, Mr. Holder offered a glimpse of how he viewed the criticism. He said he thought some critics — like Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican who favors allowing the military to handle terrorism suspects over the criminal justice system — are expressing “good faith” arguments about their policy disagreements.
But Mr. Holder contended that many of his other critics — not only elected Republicans but also a broader universe of conservative commentators and bloggers — were instead playing “Washington gotcha” games, portraying them as frequently “conflating things, conveniently leaving some stuff out, construing things to make it seem not quite what it was” to paint him and other department figures in the worst possible light.
Of that group of critics, Mr. Holder said he believed that a few — the “more extreme segment” — were motivated by animus against Mr. Obama and that he served as a stand-in for him. “This is a way to get at the president because of the way I can be identified with him,” he said, “both due to the nature of our relationship and, you know, the fact that we’re both African-American.”
Mr. Holder, however, attributed mo...
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In the interview, Mr. Holder offered a glimpse of how he viewed the criticism. He said he thought some critics — like Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican who favors allowing the military to handle terrorism suspects over the criminal justice system — are expressing “good faith” arguments about their policy disagreements.
But Mr. Holder contended that many of his other critics — not only elected Republicans but also a broader universe of conservative commentators and bloggers — were instead playing “Washington gotcha” games, portraying them as frequently “conflating things, conveniently leaving some stuff out, construing things to make it seem not quite what it was” to paint him and other department figures in the worst possible light.
Of that group of critics, Mr. Holder said he believed that a few — the “more extreme segment” — were motivated by animus against Mr. Obama and that he served as a stand-in for him. “This is a way to get at the president because of the way I can be identified with him,” he said, “both due to the nature of our relationship and, you know, the fact that we’re both African-American.”
Mr. Holder, however, attributed most of the hostility to underlying ideological differences. “I think that people, despite my law enforcement background, view me as taking these consistently progressive stands, and I think that, philosophically, there is a desire to get at that person,” he said. “But I think the stands I have taken are totally consistent with a person who is looking at things realistically, factually.”
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BTW: Your response choice could use some improvement.
The News and Politics section is full of it.
In both senses of that term :-)
I don't think blacks make too much of this, please do not put words in my mouth. Those most likely to ascribe racism to someone criticizing Obama are whites.
Don't know about any guy on Oprah, but this book written in 1961 is a compelling read. Perhaps the author was the one on her show.
Black Like Me is quite wonderful, but no, this was a young student in the 80's who did the same kind of thing, but didn't write a book. Just talked about the experience. She had a woman on there too a couple of years later who did the same thing with testosterone in order to see why men act like they do, that was a fascinating interview.