Posted on 08/14/2009 6:08:00 PM PDT by RobinMasters
A masterpiece of argument by assertion, and a natural progression in the left’s logic on this subject. Step one is taking a conservative message you don’t like and free-associating your way to a theory that it’s racist. Step two, following the angry denials, is to suggest that perhaps the racism is operating subconsciously. Now, after further angry denials, comes step three: The “doth protest too much” theory, speculating that the very intensity of one’s anger at being demagogued by a race-baiting bottom-feeder is proof of just how right that bottom-feeder was.
To be honest, though, I do believe the poster appeals to people who see in it a validation of their own racial prejudices, even if they can’t acknowledge them. That my short post hit such a deep, raw nerve clearly shows that race was very much part of the illustration’s attraction. Denials that the poster has any racial overtones join that endless parade of self-deluding apologies and clarifications presented by Republicans about the Birth of a Nation imagery they’ve been employing ever since Obama ran for president…
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I guess I’m a racist.
I object to one of the people responsible for putting them up being arrested and harassed by the police while they try to figure out what crime to charge him with. It wouldn’t be a stretch if they tried to charge him with hate crimes. It’s things like that shouldn’t happen here.
If you call anyone racist because they disagree with your political philosophy, you’re engaging in hypocritical intellectual dishonesty of the vilest sort, and should be ostracized from society.
I’ve been putting them up. And I’ve seen some put up not by me.
Frankly, I was surprised that so many people would vote for a communist for the primary reason that his skin is black.
The Boy Who Cried ‘’Race’’...
an old story getting older
Racial overtones? I wouldn't call them racial, I'd say it's pretty disrespectful, but how is that racial?
The dummies who think so are hypocrites, but they have First Amendment rights, just like the people who post or distribute the poster.
I must be too!! TFB is the way I feel. I don’t care anymore.
Obama is doing more to set back race relations in this country than anyone in its history.
If a far left liberal rag decides I’m a racist, then who am I to object.
I think the poster was spot on accurate. emperor bammy is an extremely dangerous psychopath who enjoys the harm he’s inflicting upon the American people.
Heath Ledger probably memorized the Audacity of Hope to prepare for the Joker role...
Wow! I’m confused. Who are the real racists?
That’s a pretty neat trick. Claim that if you agree the poster is racist, then of course you’re racist — but if you deny the poster is racist, well then, you’re clearly racist.
The author must have learned to “debate” by studying the “arguments” on “climate change”.
it’s an honest look at a bad man
>> Who are the real racists?
In my view, the real racists were the millions who saw and understood the content of Bambi’s character — and then voted for him anyhow, based on the color of his skin.
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