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In reply to the discussion: If you have any doubt as to whether the rodeo incident was racist [View all]tblue
(16,350 posts)was pretty mean, if you're a Bush supporter. But it wasn't racist. Not sure how you'd even make fun of a white person in a way that is as injurious as racism against black people, like this stupid rodeo clown.
Also, op says no one picked on Lincoln. Um, come on. He was shown the ultimate disrespect. And there was lots of mocking Clinton. Happened to all of them. But none of that was racist.
This acute show of racism is a new low in American politics, or a reversion to a previous low that we'd hoped was long gone, especially with the ejection of President Obama. I think mostly it's because they really don't have many facts to justify their hatred of him. What has he done that they don't like that directly impacts their lives?