Posted on 09/01/2009 6:47:33 AM PDT by kristinn
So as the summer winds down, I'm sure we've all heard of the "Barack Obama's not a citizen unless you show us proof, which we will not believe because proof has already been shown" fringe of Americans affectionately called birthers — as opposed to deathers and tax partiers.
Fringe extremism is totally the new bipartisan, didn't you hear? Well, this week some birthers have reached a new low. In some of the comments on the Web site Free Republic, some birthers came up with an ingenious new way to decide whether our already democratically-elected president is a citizen. Let's just take a gander at his penis. Yes, his penis! If he's circumcised, he's a citizen. If he's not cut, he's a crazy foreigner. Oh the logic, or illogic if you will.
This is ridiculous and slightly creepy. Yes, we get it. Obama is an attractive male. Sometimes you get these feelings you can't define, but this is not the way to act on them. There is still something to be said for race and how we oversexualize black men.
Contrary to popular belief — I'm looking at you New York Times — Obama did not destroy racism, nor is he some superhuman: the first "raceless" being. Instead of using trite terms, such as "post-racial America," we should realize we are living in a post-modern racial structure. Racism is subverted and disguised most of the time, but ever-present. One way to examine this is the way our first black president is treated. I am going to put this out there: I have never seen a dildo of Bill Clinton, yet an Obama one is produced.
Why is America more comfortable reducing Obama, a black male, to his physical parts for pleasure or examination, than it ever was with previous presidents? Historically, since the inception of this country and the slave system, there has always been a resistance and fear of black male sexuality. Like most phobias that are created in the mind of their believers, this phobia was coupled with an obsession with the sexual proclivities of black men.
Speaking of black men with such animalistic language allowed white people to dehumanize them, and once they were dehumanized, there was more of a moral defense for slavery. A man ruled by passions, so the argument went, needed the guiding hand of a white man for not only white people's protection, but for the black man's own protection. Like in many other instances, our history is imbedded in the consciousness of all of us — whether we deliberately rely upon it, or unwillingly bring it out — it lurks right beneath the surface.
And here is Obama at the crossroads, the highest ranking person of any color in America and still dealing with this bull(****). I mean the logic doesn't even make sense; circumcision has never been required in American medical establishments and is not a defining characteristic for male "Americaness," if you will. And yes, I know this is what I get for spending my time reading the Free Republic. I should have stepped away after the Sasha Obama twisted hair debacle — can someone define American hair for me? — but these are the sacrifices I make for my column, and because I enjoy the whack jobs on the Internet a little too much.
see post 80
Larry Sinclair thread???
Ahhhh.
So it was PISSANT who wanted to see Obama’s penis.
Makes. Pefect. Sense.
(just kiddin Pissy!!!)
There is an Obama dildo? I mean besides the one currently occupying the oval office.
Well, Kristinn, we can tell who is moderators pet round here. My similar thread on this topic was pulled. LOL
Figger its time to put up another sinclair thread to give the obama jock sniffers here something to bitch and moan about.
You left one out, FRiend.
Very good...I may print that out and keep it for the future. Good post!
and from the looks of the ears, Id say ‘uncut’...
a person has signed up using her name...HERE:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2391563/posts?page=159#159
a person claiming to be her, has joined..
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2391563/posts?page=159#159
Flash forward 10 years and the Obama penis being discussed is Michelle’s.
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