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hue

(4,949 posts)
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 03:34 PM Jul 2013

Top 12 Conservative Freakouts After Obama’s Race Speech

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/07/19/2330191/conservative-freakout-race-speech/

Conservatives didn’t even wait for President Obama to finish his deeply personal remarks on Trayvon Martin’s killing and the role of race in America to go ballistic, accusing the president of being a “Racist in Chief” who is “trying to tear our country apart.”

On Twitter, Fox News, and elsewhere, many conservatives took a predictably depressing response, arguing that Obama is the true racist for having the courage to speak about race in our country.

Here is a roundup of the top conservatives attacking the president’s speech:

Fox News’ Todd Starnes:
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Top 12 Conservative Freakouts After Obama’s Race Speech (Original Post) hue Jul 2013 OP
These people are boring! madashelltoo Jul 2013 #1
stupid rednecks d_r Jul 2013 #2

madashelltoo

(1,699 posts)
1. These people are boring!
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 03:45 PM
Jul 2013

They wear ignorance like it's the red badge of courage, when in actuality they simply look and sound stupid!

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