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In reply to the discussion: I find it interesting ... [View all]Anansi1171
(793 posts)As blacks we cannot really be surprised that many non-blacks on the lefts do not share our regard for his civil rights accomplishments.
Its the same phenomenon as when we get the "its not white privilege, its class privilege" rebuttals to any discussion about even the most obvious examples of that privilege.
My fucking goodness; this man was preceded by John Ashcroft and Alberto Gonzales!
Idealism is one of the strengths of the Left, but when there is such naivety and lack of realpolitik that one thinks that the banksters were going to be prosecuted en masse...well...clearly the structure of power as it is in America is not what they assume.
Dont tell them that, however. Obama and Holder, these Magic Negroes man, they have unlimited super powers just as the RWers claim.