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By Robert Ringer - Friday, September 18, 2009
By Robert Ringer
As the racism drumbeat of the far left accelerates, an awful lot of Americans who have never felt a twinge of racism in their hearts are backlashing. And an unknown percentage of them are simply tuning it out as a result of racism fatigue.
Isn’t it interesting that BHO was touted to be the first “post-racial” president, yet, through his arrogance and socialist agenda, he continues to deal the “race card” from the cobweb-covered Political Dirty Tricks Deck? But to BHO’s dismay (and visual frustration), the increasing number of Americans who oppose his plans to turn their country into another communist paradise are not focused on race.
The fact is that it’s Obama’s White House pals and the (now) fringe media who find it necessary to make racism accusations. Why? Because they can’t explain away his endless stream of lies; they can’t explain away his threats to “call out” anyone who disagrees with his healthcare plan; they can’t explain away his ties to ACORN and SEIU; they can’t explain away his selection of Van Hall, John Holdren, Cass Sustein, and other radicals he has chosen to be in his inner circle of advisors; they can’t explain away the drastic and continuing drop in his once high approval ratings; in fact, last time I checked, they can’t seem to explain away anything.
Having said this, there is one major point that conservative commentators are missing when they argue against the ludicrous claims of racism: If people who are losing confidence in BHO and his policies, how can it be a result of racism when (1) a majority of white voters voted him into office in the first place and (2) at the outset of his presidency, he had a record-setting approval rating? Tingly-legged star gazers had better come up with a better distraction than racism if they want to win back the Obama-Aid drinkers who are now on the wagon.
The truth be known, Geraldine Ferraro had it exactly right when she said, “If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman of any color, he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.”
Does anyone really believe that a white man whose total government experience was a year and a half as a senator, who compiled the most liberal voting record in the Senate, and who had well-documented, close ties to a hate-mongering minister, a communist, and numerous other radicals would have been considered as a serious presidential candidate?
What put BHO into the presidential race was the “white guilt” phenomenon that Shelby Steele wrote about so eloquently in his book of the same name — a sort of guilt-driven form of affirmative action. BHO got elected not in spite of his race, but because of it. And everyone reading this article – whether far left, far right, or middle of the road – knows it’s true.
So, let’s put the nonsense aside and get serious about the issue of racism. While overt racism is pretty much a thing of the past in this country, racism does exist — and always will. Racism is simply a form of prejudice, and everyone has prejudices.
For example, I have a prejudice against many kinds of people. It doesn’t mean that I want to see them stripped of their freedom. And it certainly doesn’t mean that I want to see any harm come to them. What it does mean is that there is something about them that I don’t particularly like or don’t feel comfortable with, and that I would prefer to avoid being in their presence.
For example, I’m prejudiced against people who believe that my dog should be able to sue me. It doesn’t make me a bad person, but I think it’s safe to say that it makes them insane — regardless of the color of their skin. (To be fair to these goofballs, I should also point out that I’m prejudiced against litigious dogs as well.)
Another example: I admit that I’m prejudiced against blacks who preach the gospel of socialism. But, then, I’m also prejudiced against whites who preach the gospel of socialism. I can’t deny it — I’m prejudiced against people of any race, religion, or culture who preach the gospel of socialism. Sorry, that’s just me.
It doesn’t make me a bad person, and it doesn’t make everyone who preaches the gospel of socialism a bad person. It could be that such a person is just misinformed … or stupid … or naïve … or that he never got over some deep-seated childhood problem.
The point is that prejudice is a part of life. A non-prejudicial society exists only in the utopian world created in the minds of progressives. To paraphrase my old pal Saul Alinsky, learn to deal with the world as it is, not the way you wish it to be.
So, feel free to go on with your prejudices, and I’ll continue with mine. The color of someone’s skin just doesn’t happen to be one of my prejudices, and I doubt that it’s one of yours, either. Crying racism to avoid a discussion of the facts is no longer taken serious by anyone this side of Jimmy Carter.
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Nicely put…
Yesterday was the aniversary of the completion of the United States Constitution. Though I’m not a betting man, I would be willing to lay down a few bucks that most of the belly-aching, whining, the-I’m-entitled-to-everything-just-because-I-exist liberals were not aware of that. That document gives them all of the freedom they could ever hope for and they don’t even realize it.
Prejudice is to “Pre -Judge”, you are not prejudging. You are judging after you have taken into consideration someone else’s words and actions. And I agree with you wholeheartedly. Minor word game, but allows one to avoid the crazy socialist’s irrational argument of “you’re just racist”. You are not prejudiced, you are post-judgemental. BHO has himself provided all of the material to assassinate his own character. Thank you for helping bring this country out of the ether.
JnGalt
As usual, I agree with you completely. It’s BO’s actions that are turning the American people against him. Not his color.
Now I just read that he wants to control the airwaves – the man just can’t seem to stop sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong.
I was shocked when Bill Cosby joined with former President Carter in taking the racism stance… I thought he had good sense and I had respected him – until yesterday.
We all have prejudices and we have a right to them, as long as we don’t try to inflict them on anyone else.
That’s why I have always been disgusted with those who oppose the White Supremacists. They seem to think that THEIR prejudice against the Reverend Butlers of the world makes it OK for them to act out their feelings with public displays. I recall when they heckled one of Butler’s members in a local restaurant until he left his lunch on the table and walked out. And the newspaper reported the incident as a shining example of TOLERANCE.
I say you leave my prejudices alone and I’ll let you have yours with no complaints.
Hadn’t heard about dogs suing, but I would be against that as well. I’m completely prejudiced against people who abuse and abandon their pets, people who abuse and molest children, and politicians who act against the best interests of this country!
And of course, those who spout tolerance but are intolerant of any opinion not in agreement with their own.
Keep up the good work. Are you sure you don’t want to run for President? I’d vote for you.
Marte
Another thought provoking commentary by my favorite author. Isn’t it amazing, yet so utterly predictable, that the loony leftists and socialists would pull out the race card? They can’t argue their indefensible positions based on logic and rational thought, so they try to shut down ALL debate with the race card. Keep up the good work, Mr. Ringer. Hope to see you in person some day.
I too must admit that I am prejudice – against ignorance and stupidity. That means that, unfortunately, my prejudice (and corresponding distain) rears its “ugly head” much too often especially when the subject of politicians arises.
Quick thought: if all of the Presidents of the United States had thus far been black, would Obama conveniently consider himself the first white President? Just curious.