bravesnumberone
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But very much is bigoted
But very much is bigoted
It actually isn't racial at all.
The same types of peope like the lady that asked McCain if Obama was an arab muslim are the same types of people that would hear Hussein and think Obama and Saddam have ties. Or hearing the name Hussein had a negative connotation associated with the man our country previously went to war with.
So what is it?
Religious
So he's a Muslim?
Certainly sympathetic to the most radical versions of it.
The best was when Palin had introductory speakers shouting it in the leadup to election day 08. Definitely no racial undertones there.
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It actually isn't racial at all.
I don't care about ignorant people and their views. The fact is the comment is not racial at all.
It's a play from the same playbook. It implies something that's not true in order to stoke xenophobic fears. While it's a fairly common Machiavellian technique that's been used to control people for centuries, I suspect Palin was/is a true believer. We have reached a point in American politics where people who have been subjected to constant onslaught of anti-progressive propaganda for decades are now serving in elected positions and still have the temerity to call Obama an "American hating radical leftist". I don't think a person or even a country can come back from this level of delusion/hate without a major upheaval.
If you don't think harping on Obama's middle name at a political rally to a bunch of white people has a strong racial element to it then you're the ignorant one, or just being disingenuous. Part of me still holds out that it's the latter.
The exact same could be asked of the far right who now want to call the Wall Builder "Amnesty Don."
Let me guess? They're all criminals who will destroy our country.