Now we can look forward to robotic Obama clones taking over Congress.

Maybe then the Dems will be able to pass a meaningful healthcare bill.

Maybe.

Unfortunately, much of this mentality is just going to have to die off, which is happening more and more now, but I do think we’ll be in a much better place in the long run when the fire burns out over the next several years.

Sure, there’s some that have passed it on still to younger generations, but the people who are much more tolerant toward those “different” from themselves will begin to outnumber the “intolerables.” I hope anyway, but it does seem fairly certain. Onward and upward!

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Yeah, right.

What’s happening to Obama is a whole new level and much more openly virulent — and I think it’s ridiculous to insist that race has nothing to do with it. His blackness is the most potent fuel imaginable for these people to ignite every fear and insecurity they have as their world changes around them.

Cujo can call bullshit on the idea of White privilege, but part of that privilege is being able to wish racism away into the cornfield when it’s convenient to do so.

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Calling me “arrogant” is rather odd when I started by complimenting you for making me question my own opinions in the past, but I suppose simply saying that was a lie (it wasn’t) and “fake respect” makes it easier for you. Talk about “intellectually lazy.”

Earlier, I offered a number of points as to why I feel the reactions to Obama are much different then the standard “Liberals suck!11!!” themes that dominate BigMedia storylines. Sister Harriet Christian being such a clear example since she’s supposedly a Liberal. So melanin levels are relevant in my opinion when talking about America’s first melanin-enhanced President, and me being melanin-challenged, I started noticing as I got older how often I exhibited “White privilege.” It’s not a negative to admit this, and this sort of introspection and attempt to change how you look at the world is the opposite of “lazy” and “arrogance.” Because I’ve had this journey myself, I feel I recognize various shades of this same “White privilege” in many of my fellow Liberals. It’s healthy to have this conversation in my opinion, and there’s a great deal of interesting writing about it over the years in all sorts of corners, which a Google search will reveal.

But thank you though for this exchange here, since I will “take that into consideration” and it’ll save me a lot of time in the future.

Are these morons serious? Do they honestly want to embrace the mantra of “WE ARE IGNORANT!” for the coming election cycle? Do they not think that this will revisit them come 2010?

Oh, wait. Of course they don’t THINK! THEY ARE REPUBLICANS!

I remember well — 20 years ago, when my children were in elementary school. At the start of the year, they had a Back to School night, 2 weeks after school started. This was so parents could ask questions of teachers. (After time had passed so they could see what the school year was like.) I was floored when some parents asked, “Will you be teaching ‘alternative lifestyles’?” What the ….? Did they mean “Will you be telling my little darling anything about gays?” With all the questions that could be asked about, you know, learning … they wasted time with this stupidity. And that was 20 years ago. I can only imagine what it is like today. And this is California, not Mississippi.

So, while I must apologize for my outburst, you can take your fake respect elsewhere. What I don’t like about you has nothing to do with your melanin count, and everything to do with how you come across in print. Take that into consideration the next time you think otherwise in any other situation.