Posted on 11/08/2008 10:35:48 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
For a while I thought it was just me. But in the final days leading up to the national election, I began to notice it on both local and national talk shows around the country.
And now that we are a few days past Mr. Obama’s election night victory, it seems quite clear: things have gotten more intense, not less.
I’m writing here about the attacks that are being telephoned-in to conservative talk radio hosts around the country. I’ve noticed a consistent increase of people that I’ll call “Obama enthusiasts” popping-up as callers on conservative talk shows, and no matter what the topic on the show may be, the assertions from the callers follow a predictable pattern.
The precise choice of words that the caller uses in their line of attack may vary, but the pattern essentially goes like this: A) The caller asserts to the host that “all you ever do is attack Barack Obama;” B) The caller then comes around to asserting to the host that “you are obviously a “racist” (or “you are a bigot,” or “you think Black people are inferior to White people,” or something of that sort); and then the caller concludes with C) “you should be removed from the ‘public airwaves’” (or some variation of the general sentiment that “you should just be silenced” or “you should shut-up”).
Now let me be clear: I’m not complaining about this, not at all. In fact, I welcome it on my talk show at 630 WMAL radio in Washington, D.C. It’s no secret that talk radio thrives in controversy, and conversely, a talk show can become boring if everyone is “in agreement” with the host.
But entertaining talk show content is one thing. And the broader implications of people’s words outside of a talk show can be something different (I’m reminded here of the many times over the years that I’ve heard Rush say “words mean things”). And the implications, the “meaning,” of the pattern that I’ve identified above, seems to be this: If you so much as question the President-elect, you are necessarily a “racist,” and your voice should, therefore, be removed from the public square.
I must also add that, while the hostility I’m hearing on conservative talk radio is mostly directed at white, male hosts, it’s not necessarily a “black against white” phenomena. For example, on my show last Friday while I was discussing Mr. Obama’s remarks about the economy at his recent press conference, I received a call from “Roberto,” a man with a Hispanic sounding accent in Arlington, VA. Roberto’s opening salvo was to say that I was being “patronizing” by pronouncing his name with the traditional, Spanish “rolling R” sound.
Now, I grew up in Southern California surrounded by Spanish speakers, and I was taught by my “white Mom” that, as a matter of respect, I should speak Spanish as it was intended to be spoken, and NOT like a “gringo.”
But never mind that “respect” thing. As far as Roberto was concerned, I was simply offensive. And then, of course, the pattern kicked-in - - I was questioning the President-elect’s remarks because I’m a racist, and therefore I should be silenced.
I’ve heard this rhetoric enough times, and on so many different talk shows in addition to my own, that I believe there is some organizational effort behind it. I’m not insinuating that the finger prints of our President-elect are on this, and the participants in this might be quite loosely organized, at best.
But there is a certain mindset, a certain philosophy that underlies this rhetoric, and it is becoming more widespread. It is the belief if you are not in lock-step with the President-elect’s agenda, or if you merely dare to question it, you are obviously motivated by your hatred of ethnic minorities, and you have no place in the broad national debate. And it is an anathema to our freedoms under the First Amendment.
Conservative Americans in particular need to understand that in this new era, the rules have changed. And to understand this change, conservatives need to begin by reading “Rules For Radicals,” a book published in 1971 by noted “community organizer” (and a man who is said to have influenced Mr. Obama) Saul Alinsky.
Column space is limited here, so you’ll have to get a copy of the book for yourself. But consider this notion from Alinksy’s rule #5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. It’s hard to counterattack ridicule, and it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage.”
And consider this language from rule #11, wherein Alinsky suggests that the main job of a “community organizer” is to bait his opponent into reacting in a certain way: “The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength.”
Welcome to the new era.
Man these are so easy to respond to:
‘I thought you liberals said dissent is patriotic?’
‘Calling me a racist is simply a fascist smear tactic to suppress my exercise of free speech.’
‘Calling someone a racist when they’re not is racist.’
But they’ve never been so close to being silenced.
We’ll be on the brink of civil war every single day come Inauguration Day.
Well, that's really dumb because it's 7amas, not chamas.
I know, it’s the Arabic chat symbol for a sound that has no equivalent symbol in this alphabet, but it’s not like the English H or CH. Google “7amas” & you’ll see.
Here in SoCal we have radio and TV reporters whose Hispanic accents are so thick they would never get a job in other countries. Sometimes at a serious scene, fire or accident, you can’t even understand the breathless accented reports. But it would be “racist” to ask people who work in the media to actually be articulate in ENGLISH.
It’s just a constant onslaught from the looney left.Don’t expect it to stop
There's nothing more devastating to a "progressive."
Its the Liberals. I hear it was a DOS attack. Be sure with Obama in office we can expect much more of this.
http://newsbusters.org/node/13098
LA Times Writer Defends Hugo Chavez Closure Of TV Station
Although most media coverage of the closure of RCTV by the Hugo Chavez government in Venezuela has been somewhat bland, we now have an example of a journalist who actually supports the takeover of that long established television station. It is the former Associated Press reporter in Venezuela, Bart Jones, who wrote an approving article in today’s Los Angeles Times, Hugo Chavez versus RCTV. Jones justifies the closing of that station by the Chavistas by claiming that it supported the 2002 coup against Chavez:
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We got satilite, internet radio, podcasting, and plus we can simply off-shore the conservitive websites.
Let us hope that with the major end-of-the-year holidays coming, these mischief makers will quiet down. They forget the election is “over”.
We can dislike anyone for any reason -it’s our right!
I like that offshore idea, I would gladly live on a boat and be a mirror site to be a backup server.
People will accuse you for what they themselves are guilty of. Liberals seem to have a much greater tendancy to do this, they are good at taking no responsibility for their actions.
Is it a setup for the “fairness doctrine”?
When the terms at the FCC expire in June of 2009, new members will be chosen by our new Pres. Three D’s and 2 R’s, and then by a vote of a majority of three they can vote in the new regulation, in a day. All radio stations when airing political speech of a conservative side, must then air the same time with the liberal side. “Stroke of a pen, kinda cool!!!”
I’ve already gotten in the face of idiot nobama supporters, and they don’t like it and run away. They’re real brave when behind an anonymous telephone or keyboard, but confront them and they show white tail.
Remember this comes from supporters of the President elect, who doesn't have an accent problem.
You or I may speak multiple languages with gringo/ugly Amreican accents, but our President elect doesn't.
Because he doesn't speak any languages other the English. Even when he goes to France.
Get this, my high school age kids told me their black friends say that Obama doesn’t pass the paper bag test. In other words, they say he’s not legit because he is half white.
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