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In reply to the discussion: Are you talking like a conservative lately? [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Nobody calls you a racist for "disagreeing." I know you want to hammer nails in your hands and feet and clal yourself a martyr or something, some noble innocent victim of those howling moonbat race-baiting devil leftists or whatever you're going off on... but that's not how it works.
Very, very few people accuse racism unless they seriously perceive racism. If you're having it thrown at you, it's probably because you did something or said something that person perceives as racist. You may not agree, but it doesn't kill you to ask, "why might they think that?"
For me, the cue is the extraordinarily high standard some hold Obama to, when compared to past presidents. What staggers me is that a philandering doofus who signed NAFTA, DOMA, and "welfare reform" into law still has DU'ers fawning at his feet like puppies, but for a program he has continued but did not begin, Obama is the fucking devil,an evil, reprehensible, stasi, right-wing turd-in-a-punch bowl. One standard for Clinton, another standard for Obama. That sets off my racism alarm - the idea that one president has to be twice as good in order to get half the credit.
Of course, it's easier to just assume everyone who disagrees with you is a howling moonbat race-baiter, I suppose. Gives you a nice protective bubble where you never have to think about anything that comes out of your mouth (so to speak).