Friday, October 4, 2013
Playing the Race Card?
Racism is unacceptable and despicable. If anyone in Congress criticizes a black Senator or representative, then they are automatically labeled a "racist".
Barack Obama is the first black President. If anyone like Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity criticizes him what are they called? A racist.
Maybe its because of his leadership and policies that they are criticizing him instead of because he's black?
With all respect for our president, I would like to bring up an important question, so to what extent can I criticize Obama before I will be labeled a racist?
This is an easy way to escape responsibility, if you don't want people criticizing your policies then you just pull out the race card and say "don't criticize me or else you are a racist". This is why so many conservatives who don't agree with Obama's policies get bashed so many times and are labeled as "racists" when it's definitely not the case.
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Although I agree that defining a white person who criticizes President Obama as a racist for the mere fact that they are 'attacking' a person of color is extreme, this assertion only holds true if this white individual is genuinely criticizing without a racial undertone. For example you indicated that if someone like Rush Limbaugh criticizes President Obama, he would be labeled as a racist. Well, let's take a look at his background.
ReplyDeleteTo be blunt. Rush Limbaugh is a racist by definition.
These are some quotes I found by him;
“Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?”
"You just gotta be who you are, and I think it's time to get rid of this whole National Basketball Association. Call it the TBA, the Thug Basketball Association, and stop calling them teams. Call 'em gangs."
"Holocaust?" Ninety million Indians? Only four million left? They all have casinos -- what's to complain about?"
“You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray [the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King]. We miss you, James. Godspeed.”
So, when a person with a history like Rush Limbaugh criticizes a black leader (President Obama), there is absolute reason to question his racial undertones.
I do acknowledge everyone can have differences. However, the tendency to oppose a certain individual's policies/beliefs are subconsciously affected by the said person's race, gender, etc. Basically being a minority ups up the ante.
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Rush Limbaugh says it how he see its, another thing, you gave me random quotes without any explanation as to when he said it or what was he talking about when he said this? What if these quotes are taken out of context? And I would like to disagree on the point made that "the tendency to oppose a certain individual's policies are sunconsciously affected by the said persons race, gender, etc", where is the evidence proving that??? People oppose the others beliefs or policies exactly BECAUSE of their policies and what they believe in, I dont think it has anything to do with race!!! For example, if i'm a white conservative and my friend is a black liberal, I oppose the liberal ideas not because the person is black but just because I dont agree with their way of thinking.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that Rush Limbaugh says things how he sees it is doesn't erase the fact that he is a racist. In the South, they instituted equality based on how they saw it was and ,consequently, blacks were slaves and females were subjugated to 'lesser' roles. Hitler ruled Germany based on how he saw 'it should be' and instituted a Holocaust.
ReplyDeleteRush Limbaugh is a racist. If not, I would really like to see what one looks like.
Secondly, if you copy/past the quotes onto Google, I believe you can receive a further in-depth explanation of what he was talking about ( They would be too long to fit and explain).
Thirdly, "the tendency to oppose a certain individual's policies are subconsciously affected by the said persons race, gender, etc", is proven by psychological studies. Yes you can disagree with someone based on ideologies, but the extent to which one disagrees will vary based on the race/gender/socioeconomic status. For example, if you have a white-male-democrat and a black-female-democrat running for office, the extent to which, for example, whites from the other party (republican) will disagree and HOW they will disagree will change based on race/gender/etc. They will approach the white male in argument differently from how they will approach the black female.
Saying that race has nothing to do with how one sees an argument/claim/ideology posed by a person of another race is not recognizing the fact that race, and the other aforementioned factors, don't color perception. They do.