Thoughts on GOP base reaction to the election (courtesty Rodgers and Hammerstein)

[ChicagoRonin]

Finally read about the "Austrailia" tweet, the mass of blatantly racist anti-Obama posts and the crazy, drunk Youtube woman's rant and this came to mind.

You've got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You've got to be taught
From year to year,
It's got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught.

You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade,
You've got to be carefully taught.

You've got to be taught before it's too late,
Before you are six or seven or eight,
To hate all the people your relatives hate,
You've got to be carefully taught!

- South Pacific (1949) by Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers