The Race Card Again???

Jermyn Davidson · #1 05-10-2010, 02:31 PM

So if Meghan McCain was non-white, would she be accused of playing the race card?

Do YOU think she is playing the race card?

http://digg.com/d31IBYt

StillStanding · #2 05-10-2010, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

So if Meghan McCain was non-white, would she be accused of playing the race card?

Do YOU think she is playing the race card?

http://digg.com/d31IBYt

In a word - YES! Using the word "racist" is a rallying call for the liberal left for anything they disagree with. It immediately gets the attention of those looking for some kind of racism in everything.

This is an example of the tail trying to wag the dog.

Jeffrey · #3 05-10-2010, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Steinway

In a word - YES! Using the word "racist" is a rallying call for the liberal left for anything they disagree with. It immediately gets the attention of those looking for some kind of racism in everything.

This is an example of the tail trying to wag the dog.

Sometimes this is true.

There are certainly racist hunters, or those who keep this "trump card" in their back pocket. However, there are also very real situations that truly are racist or at least come from an subconscious prejudice.

StillStanding · #4 05-10-2010, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffrey

Sometimes this is true.

There are certainly racist hunters, or those who keep this "trump card" in their back pocket. However, there are also very real situations that truly are racist or at least come from an subconscious prejudice.

I believe that racism still exists in all races of people. I'm definitely not a tea party person, but I don't think it's a racist group. My guess is that they would welcome all the African-Americans and Latinos in the US to join them if they would!

Jeffrey · #5 05-10-2010, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Steinway

I believe that racism still exists in all races of people. I'm definitely not a tea party person, but I don't think it's a racist group. My guess is that they would welcome all the African-Americans and Latinos in the US to join them if they would!

Nor do I (though I disagree with them on a few of their political perspectives). The group as a whole is not. I think we should realize that this group attracts racist people though. Same is true of NAACP, La Raza, etc... Any group with a cause attracts activists for ideas that overlap. In the case recently, immigration, the overlap is loud and clear.

StillStanding · #6 05-10-2010, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffrey

Nor do I (though I disagree with them on a few of their political perspectives). The group as a whole is not. I think we should realize that this group attracts racist people though. Same is true of NAACP, La Raza, etc... Any group with a cause attracts activists for ideas that overlap. In the case recently, immigration, the overlap is loud and clear.

Agreed!

Jeffrey · #7 05-10-2010, 02:40 PM

Do you have the link for what she is responding to (Tancredo's remarks)?

Jeffrey · #8 05-10-2010, 02:47 PM

BTW... her remarks are from February.

Hers was a response to Tancredo's comments:

The convention's first speaker, former Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado said that people who voted for Barack Obama could not pass a basic civics literacy test. "People who would not even spell the word vote or say it in English put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House...named Barack Hussein Obama," he said.

Yes, that's right. The president is a socialist, his supporters illiterate.

Today, Tancredo stood by his comments. "These people didn't have the slightest idea about what America is all about, about the Constitution," he said. "And they went and voted!"

FTR, I don't think Tancredo's remarks here were especially "racist." They are wrong and without class though. Who are these that "can't speak English" and are illiterate that he accuses of voting in a Presidential election? Very harsh words showing very little faith in the American people. Not exactly Jeffersonian.

StillStanding · #9 05-10-2010, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffrey

BTW... her remarks are from February.

Hers was a response to Tancredo's comments:

The convention's first speaker, former Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado said that people who voted for Barack Obama could not pass a basic civics literacy test. "People who would not even spell the word vote or say it in English put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House...named Barack Hussein Obama," he said.

Yes, that's right. The president is a socialist, his supporters illiterate.

Today, Tancredo stood by his comments. "These people didn't have the slightest idea about what America is all about, about the Constitution," he said. "And they went and voted!"

FTR, I don't think Tancredo's remarks here were especially "racist." They are wrong and without class though. Who are these that "can't speak English" and are illiterate that he accuses of voting in a Presidential election? Very harsh words showing very little faith in the American people. Not exactly Jeffersonian.

I think it was the Comedy Channel that took a reporter and camera out into some inner city and asked who they were voting for and why. They all were voting for Obama, but it was funny when they tried to explain why. Most didn't even know who he was running against!

Jeffrey · #10 05-10-2010, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Steinway

I think it was the Comedy Channel that took a reporter and camera out into some inner city and asked who they were voting for and why. They all were voting for Obama, but it was funny when they tried to explain why. Most didn't even know who he was running against!

You don't think I could do the same thing in Rush Limbaugh's favorite city, Rio Linda? Let's get real and be honest with ourselves here. There are a lot of talk radio, bumper sticker conservatives, just as there are people less educated voting for Democrats. Likewise, I could point to intellectuals voting Democrat and intellectuals voting Conservative. It's a moot point IMO.