Posted on 06/28/2021 5:45:23 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
The Winnebago County Republican Party has removed a racist meme from its official Facebook page after drawing hundreds of critical comments.
The meme, posted on Monday, shows a picture of a white man above a list of seven "warning signs of WHITE SUPREMACY." They include things like full time employment, literacy, auto insurance, good credit rating and no criminal record.
While some Facebook users appeared to agree with the post, other comments coming, including from some-self identified Republicans, called it disgusting and inappropriate.
An unnamed administrator of the Winnebago County Republican Party page pushed back, claiming the post highlighted critical race theory "that has invaded our universities and now our local school."
In another response, the administrator stated they heard speakers talking about critical race theory at the annual Wisconsin Republican Party convention in Wisconsin Dells Saturday and, after further research, posted the meme to draw attention to it.
Critical race theory, an academic approach looking at the history of race and racism in American institutions, has been around in academia for decades. But in recent months it has become a hot button issue among conservative politicians, activists and media outlets who claim it is being used to indoctrinate students of all ages.
While the meme was posted anonymously on the Winnebago County GOP Facebook page, county party chair Ed Hudak posted it on his personal Facebook page the day before.
Hudak and other members of the county Republican Party did not respond to requests for comment for this story. Wisconsin Republican Party communications director Anna Kelly said in an email to WPR that the meme did not originate at its convention.
State Rep. Lee Snodgrass, D-Appleton, told WPR she was taken aback by such an overtly racist post on an official Facebook page.
"I think that the suggestion that white people alone are law abiding, successful people is inherently racist and disgusting," said Snodgrass. "And I think that post is very much suggesting that people of white descent are superior to others because of a number of things that are obviously not linked to the color of anybody's skin."
Even if the post was aimed at raising awareness about critical race theory, Snodgrass said it missed the mark.
"I think any time you're weaponizing racism in a way to try to draw attention to an issue, you're already losing," said Snodgrass. "And again, I think this was a disgusting way to get some attention if that was what they were talking about."
Backing down lends credence to the falsehood that the meme is racist.
that was a huge mistake.
the gopes who caved need to resign immediately and be replaced with people who will put it back up.
So saying complementary things about white people is now deemed ‘racist’? It doesn’t mention any other race, so any assumption that these traits aren’t part of other races is, in fact racist.
That’s not racist... that’s satire.
It’s not racist if it’s true
The GOPers are doubly stupid. They should have been ready to attack based on the facts.
The so called claims of white supremacy are based off the results of a large percentage of people who live life as law abiding citizens.
The the GOPers don’t defend that shows how useless they are.
Isn’t that basically what the black history museum at the Smithsonian said until they had to remove it? I’ve seen it other places, too. All these positive traits are called white by the racists on the left.
It is what progs use as "reasons" to brand a black person an "Oreo."
Everyone complaining about the fakebook posting is angry because they know they are getting called out on their BS.
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#1 - Knowing who is your Daddy.
Comedy and satire are lost on the offendsensitive.
Satire was first used by the ancient Greeks and Romans, who, if you didn’t know it were White, so it’s obviously racist./sarc
This is why we lose.
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Its not a suggestion.
Its a meme.
Note we would hear nothing from the LibKarens if it was a meme about “white trash”.
Should have doubled down and kept it up.
There is nothing racist about it, and they are cowards for taking it down.
Too much truth in that one. :)
I actually agree, and therein lies the problem. Some of these critical race cultists are claiming that things like hard work and postponement of gratification are White values, like that's a bad thing not to be followed by American minorities.
No black Republicans in Winnebago Wisconsin?
Now there never will be.
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