What a great post. You live up to your Diogenes “handle”.
I’ve never forgiven my MIL voting for Obama after saying, “Why don’t we just give that nice black man a chance?” She didn’t mention ideas, policies, history, anything — just “that nice black man”.
Thank You. I endeavor to say what I believe is true, even if it is uncomfortable to people.
I’ve never forgiven my MIL voting for Obama after saying, “Why don’t we just give that nice black man a chance?” She didn’t mention ideas, policies, history, anything — just “that nice black man”.
Obama is a product of this thing called "Virtue Signaling." It is the desire to show others how "virtuous" you are by committing very public acts that are considered "virtuous."
The media portrayed the act of voting for Obama as virtuous, and emotion driven people fell all over themselves for a chance to demonstrate that they weren't racists.
The irony is that by voting for someone just because they are black they are expressing racism. Had they judged him on his character and accomplishments rather than his color, they would have realized that he wasn't worthy of their vote.
But this is what fair minded and objective people do. Racists vote for a color.
After the election in 08, I thought much the same. I took comfort in the fact we have (had) three co-equal branches of government. Well, that sure went down the $hitter in a hurry.