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alp227

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30. THANK YOU! I've seen white resentment on the rise ever since the election of Obama.
Sat Jul 14, 2012, 02:28 AM
Jul 2012

Those kinds who wish "Leave It to Beaver" and the Bible were reality. Who would not explicitly say "I want Jim Crow laws" but balk at the idea that they are no more human than a black person. Who see racism not as part of society but "I didn't get a job but a black person got hired instead!" or "a black kid once teased me in middle school." And more recently with this fantasy of America being a white Christian nation but who are too cowardly to admit the Constitution does not mention white men or Christianity.

Furthermore, the right wing has actually become shameless in admitting they have a near-pornographic fetish for hating black people and looking for anything to confirm their prejudices. Look what happened in summer 2011 after the birther nonsense came to a screeching halt after the White House finally released Obama's long-form certificate, and Orly Taitz had that famous embarrassing interview on Lawrence O'Donnell's show, the right wing had to find a new way to gin up empty hatred towards blacks. Check out this excellent article "Here We Go Again: The Ginned Up Race War of 2012" breaking down how stories of inner-city violence (often involving mobs of black youth) became sensationalized among sites like Drudge. As ConWebWatch exposes, now WorldNetDaily has jumped on the "black on white" scare story bandwagon. (Seriously one of the WorldNetDaily "journalists" actually wrote an entire BOOK, White Girl Bleed a Lot, projecting his fetish for black-on-white crime...and he's such a loser he could only self-publish that screed.)

In modern America, it's become IMPOSSIBLE to talk about racial issues without being accused of "HATING WHITE PEOPLE AND AMERICAN VALUES AND GIVING UPPITY BLACKS A HANDOUT". Especially among people who came of age after the mid-'60s and not having first-hand knowledge about the civil rights movement and thus having the impression that race isn't really a problem anymore.

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Hear Hear, Ma'am The Magistrate Jul 2012 #1
Hear hear kardonb Jul 2012 #25
Let's hope they have many more years of stroke-inducing anger. RagAss Jul 2012 #2
Yes, tired of the whitemare myself BeyondGeography Jul 2012 #3
white Americans of the sort so well identified in the OP, are the main thing standing between us and lunasun Jul 2012 #19
I'm tired of ignorance in general XemaSab Jul 2012 #4
... TreasonousBastard Jul 2012 #11
.... emilyg Jul 2012 #24
. . . Le Taz Hot Jul 2012 #33
No kidding. 99Forever Jul 2012 #39
what is "ignorance in general"? hfojvt Jul 2012 #67
I feel ya. amfortas the hippie Jul 2012 #5
I'm not as hopeful for the young people ladym55 Jul 2012 #8
Too amfortas the hippie Jul 2012 #6
"Where ignorance is bliss, Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2012 #7
We need to find these Tea Partiers and meet them WITH OUR ANGER!!! Zalatix Jul 2012 #9
I'm tired of them also ! nt steve2470 Jul 2012 #10
Stupid,angry people tire me too,no matter what their race. virgogal Jul 2012 #12
But white people have most of the power. Zoeisright Jul 2012 #32
Exactly. The NUMBER of this demographic is very damaging to forward progress CakeGrrl Jul 2012 #63
The sociopathic corporate-owned media have won hearts and minds Tsiyu Jul 2012 #13
+1 freshwest Jul 2012 #56
K&R D23MIURG23 Jul 2012 #14
I wish I knew what LTTE stood for. AJTheMan Jul 2012 #15
Letter To The Editor. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2012 #16
What gets overlooked in all of this is the thing that Solomon Jul 2012 #17
We bash Romney - are we all emilyg Jul 2012 #26
wtf? my post must have went straight over your head. Solomon Jul 2012 #42
What gets me is the ones who are convinced white people have always been the Masters. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #18
Yeah, those white ones especially! Skip Intro Jul 2012 #20
Yeah. I don't like Clarence Thomas, but at least he's not white. Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #21
Chuckle. emilyg Jul 2012 #27
At least someone said it. Imagine if "white" was replaced with "black"? just1voice Jul 2012 #28
The OP is a racist rant and should be edited or removed. Major Nikon Jul 2012 #34
nah amfortas the hippie Jul 2012 #36
Welcome to DU lunatica Jul 2012 #44
Even if it is not racist it is not accurate, in that the important commonality is not whiteness but Bluenorthwest Jul 2012 #46
That... Major Nikon Jul 2012 #50
I agree. TwilightGardener Jul 2012 #52
^^That^^ pecwae Jul 2012 #35
The Tea Party seems to be an almost lily-white phenomenon. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2012 #53
Not racist, IMHO. There is certainly strong element of white racialism stoking right-wing anger and entanglement Jul 2012 #57
Umm, I am white ladym55 Jul 2012 #60
No. You know what... Skip Intro Jul 2012 #61
I hear you, I was just telling someone earlier today the same, I'm fed up with RKP5637 Jul 2012 #22
I'm partial to intelligent, serene, black people myself. Kablooie Jul 2012 #23
I'm White, and I'm Angry - but NashvilleLefty Jul 2012 #29
THANK YOU! I've seen white resentment on the rise ever since the election of Obama. alp227 Jul 2012 #30
Thank you for the links lunasun Jul 2012 #59
Furthermore, what you narrate can be explained by the social dominance theory. alp227 Jul 2012 #31
yeah amfortas the hippie Jul 2012 #37
I know a poor Republican who had to get govt help to get life-saving surgery Patiod Jul 2012 #38
Republicans are our opponents Bluenorthwest Jul 2012 #40
Point very well taken Patiod Jul 2012 #41
Yes, but you were the first to use the word 'Republican'. Bluenorthwest Jul 2012 #45
I have an unemployed relative on Medicaid, posting everything against ACA and Obama she can find! treestar Jul 2012 #54
Just plain tired of the stupid and the willfully ignorant. underseasurveyor Jul 2012 #43
Now let me tell you the problems *I* have with the African American community (especially females!) Romulox Jul 2012 #47
me too- wish Bluerthanblue Jul 2012 #48
What is furthermore distressing about this is that it seems stereotyping, scapegoating, and racial Romulox Jul 2012 #49
Only melanin-challenged people qualify as stoopid and/or busy being free Jul 2012 #51
Says a lot that this racist rant is highly rec'd just1voice Jul 2012 #55
I kept looking for the emilyg Jul 2012 #58
Racism on DU. Go figure. flvegan Jul 2012 #62
french film made me think amfortas the hippie Jul 2012 #64
Stupidity and Anger cbrer Jul 2012 #65
I count at last 24 posts using standard racist rhetoric. ieoeja Jul 2012 #66
Question: Skip Intro Jul 2012 #68
Power n/t ieoeja Jul 2012 #69
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