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I feel a rant coming on...
Posted by Nancy LeTourneau
What got me going is this post by Steve Benen. He's too nice of a guy to go into full rant mode, but he basically chronicles how some of the Republican candidates (Cruz, Christie and Walker) are blaming President Obama for the two recent police shootings...makes my blood boil.
And yet, the man to whom all this was directed has handled it all with compassion and grace. When he was vilified in the media for his association with Rev. Jeremiah Wright, he gave a speech about race in America. In that speech he not only identified with the racism black people have experienced in this country, he validated the anger that white people feel when they think their needs are being overlooked.
So yes, President Obama said that if he had a son, he would look a lot like Trayvon Martin. That is simply a fact. With that statement he expressed empathy for parents who lost their son due to senseless violence. But if that's all he has to say to incite claims that he is being "divisive," heaven help us all!
I've simply had it with this nonsense. If Republicans want to disagree with Obamacare, or his call for immigration reform, or the deal he recently negotiated with Iran...I say, bring it on. Let's talk. But when right wing media is flooded with racial attacks on this President and then wants to turn around and blame him for the divide...STFU!!!!!
In fact, a similar anger exists within segments of the white community. Most working- and middle-class white Americans don’t feel that they have been particularly privileged by their race. Their experience is the immigrant experience – as far as they’re concerned, no one’s handed them anything, they’ve built it from scratch. They’ve worked hard all their lives, many times only to see their jobs shipped overseas or their pension dumped after a lifetime of labor. They are anxious about their futures, and feel their dreams slipping away; in an era of stagnant wages and global competition, opportunity comes to be seen as a zero sum game, in which your dreams come at my expense.
So yes, President Obama said that if he had a son, he would look a lot like Trayvon Martin. That is simply a fact. With that statement he expressed empathy for parents who lost their son due to senseless violence. But if that's all he has to say to incite claims that he is being "divisive," heaven help us all!
I've simply had it with this nonsense. If Republicans want to disagree with Obamacare, or his call for immigration reform, or the deal he recently negotiated with Iran...I say, bring it on. Let's talk. But when right wing media is flooded with racial attacks on this President and then wants to turn around and blame him for the divide...STFU!!!!!
Read More: http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2015/09/i-feel-rant-coming-on.html
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It makes my blood boil as well.
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