Comments by GoldenAE
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Posted on September 28 at 1:48 p.m.
If the term "racism" has become meaningless, it is because everyone agrees it still exists, but some people just never seem to see specific examples of it. The idea that racism is everywhere and the idea that racism is no where is part of the problem. Some people are just unwilling to admit things that they know are true. Take President Obama for instance, I see in a lot of blogs and have heard on conservative talk radio where he has been called a racist. Guys like Limbaugh and Beck have leveled the charge against him, but not based on anything he has said or done that suggest he is racist toward Whites, but just based on their personal belief of him. On the other hand, when people come to similar conclusions based on the harsh reactions toward him, the idea is rejected. The problem that I have about this race issue is that conservatives will believe the racist accusations made against President Obama based on nothing, but will not consider the racist accusations made toward President Obama with evidence. Limbaugh saying that an Obama's America is where "Black kids beat up White kids" worked because he knows that there are people that will accept him saying that without attaching the racist, inflammatory nature of the statement.
Posted on September 28 at 1:34 p.m.
My mother NEVER let me get away with the argument that I did something or something was okay because someone else did it. I have been thinking about the situation with President Obama a lot and it is hard for me not to see it in racial terms. I grew up in Natchez and it is very interesting that the town revolves around beautiful things that came out of an ugly period. Politics and race aside, this situation with President Obama has taught me that you learn more about a person from how they react to an enemy than you do how they treat their friends. Let's just be honest, Jesus would not be in a lot of these crowds that we see protesting today or ones that have in the past. But increasingly, people are becoming hardened to how we treat each other. The level of discourse that I see these days has gotten to a point that does not make me comfortable at all.
Posted on June 23 at 12:43 p.m.
It is quite interesting to see how people take issue with whatever Obama does or does not do. Getting the FDA involved in smoking is just the most recent case of people siding with the "abuser". One would think that tobacco companies have conducted themselves in the most honest of ways from the reaction that people are giving. They have not. They have lied about their products for years, knowing they were harmful and addictive. Aside from that, smoking may be a personal choice, but a lot of the results are not personal. Tobacco companies made a conscious decision some time back to be as deceptive as they could about cigarrettes. How else could companies profit from something that ultimately hooks and kills a majority of the people that partake of it? Also, smokers brought some of this on themselves by not being considerate of people that do not smoke as well as kids and people with respiratory problems.
Bush and Conservatives typically have been the authors of less regulation. We see how that turned out for the banking industry and financial markets. Nobody likes over-regulation, but it should also be obvious at this point that we can not have blind trust for corporations to look out for people's best interests. A lot of the talk going on today is more about a dislike for Obama than for what he is actually doing or not doing. IF people sat on their hands and did not complain while Bush was asleep at the wheel, at least they should allow Obama an opportunity since he is trying to fix problems he inherited as well as take on other challenges. A lesser man would be trying to kick as much of this stuff down the road. You do not have to agree with a person to respect their efforts.
Lastly, there are limits to rights. No one has the right to do whatever they would like, especially when it affects other people.
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Posted on October 5 at 3:48 p.m.
We simply need to be honest with ourselves and vow to put an end to this sort of thing. That is done by not accepting it when we do know who did it. Not accepting it when the person does not use those exact words, but we know what they mean. I hate to say this, but it needs to be said. Conservatives need to stop supporting all of these folks that encourage this type of behavior. Even if it was one of those situations where someone was trying to stir up tension, it is only believable because people that think like that really exist. Is supporting guys like Rush Limbaugh really worth all of the animosity he promotes?
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