I agree.
Think about the millions of white folks who either voted for Obama BECAUSE he was black or who were really happy they had a candidate they liked who happened to be black.
What I’m saying is, apart from his horrendous, dangerous politics, it is still an historic and positive thing to have reached the point where we had a black nominee for president.
Most of those white folks probably never in a million years thought that by nominating a black man they might be setting the country up for a dangerous backlash if he loses.
IOW, for their good will in voting for Obama, in return they are possibly going to get our society kicked in the face if he loses.
What is wrong with this picture?
I personally did not give credence to the possibility of a widespread dangerous backlash should Obama lose. So I’m quite sure those who were willing to vote for him, either because they agreed with his politics or they just wanted to vote for a black man, never in a million years thought they might be setting the stage for violence.
Here they were trying to do something they thought was good for the country and look how it might turn out. Not quite the normal “political disagreement,” is it.
If Obama supporters do go on a vandalism and riot spree, that in and of itself would be enough to keep a lot of folks from even considering a racial minority candidate in the future.
I should say a “racial minority DEMOCRAT candidate” in the future. I doubt there would ever be riots if Clarence Thomas, say, ran for president as a Republican and lost.