Anyone else getting 'right wing' people saying the right has been called racist

for opposing Obama's policies?

I haven't seen that. I've seen people being called racist for continuing on the birther issue for over 2 years, but not for just opposing policy.

to Obama's policies? Yes, I've seen some of that, not a ton, but if you search the DU for it, you won't have any trouble finding it.

they say rather than just the opposition to policy.

policies of that president for as long as there have been presidents.

Just because those oppositions continue today does not necessarily make those who voice those oppositions racists.

Tossing 'racist' at everything weakens it's impact when actual racism does appear

If you are saying what I think you are saying, I'm always hearing them whine that they're being called racists for opposing anything this President does, whether or not people are actually calling them racists. Remember that these people are nothing but a bunch of parrots who repeat lines they are told to repeat. Parrots just parrot. They don't consider whether their lines are appropriate to the subject at hand.

Also, playing the racism card allows them to play the role of the victim, and deflects attention from their lies. All those mean libruls are calling them names, and that's more important than the lies they are spewing.

Over and over. It's strange.

I imagine it wouldn't do them much good to complain anyway.


There are some running around this country who want to make EVERY opposition to Obama all about racism.

Oppose Obama on his policy RE: abortion? OMG!!! Racist pigs who hate poor BLACK WOMEN!!!

And that's just a more obvious example.

Any policy of Obama's that perpetuates Democratic principles can be used against his opponents to accuse them of being racist if there's even a hint of a chance that non-whites would be affected by it.


So really...why should RWers bother protesting? They'll be accused of being racists no matter what.

if the racists object to being called racists, i suggest they change their behavior rather than ask me to change my discourse

yes, of course i've seen the rightwing called racists, of course i have, just as i've seen the sky called "dark" at night

not sure what you're asking here...i really don't give a fuck if some racist's feelings gets hurt because i name him accurately instead of politely

anyone who is still in the republican party this time of century is there for one reason only -- RACE -- the economic argument doesn't work -- the FACTS and dollars show that clinton and obama were/are both FAR better for the business climate and the small business person than the asshat reagonites and bushistas...economics is the rightie's big lie, but RACE is what gets people to pretend to believe the lie since it is no longer socially acceptable to be an open unapologetic racist

When all of the health care stuff was going on. Not so much on DU, but it was happening. People would say that republicans are simply opposing the president because he is black. I haven't seen it much lately.

the President, and then turning it around with "Oh, so anyone who doesn't agree with Obama is racist?". This is their pitiful use of irony, in which "our" opposition of "their" intolerance somehow proves "our" intolerance, IMO.

equated Obama with, say...

a pig?

Would that be racist?

I wouldn't say it was policy-driven either. Hating an individual who happens to be of a different (or specific) race, in my opinion, doesn't constitute racism. Hating him because he happens to be a member of a certain race would be my personal underderstanding of the definition of racism.

but a big problem around some parts is the number of people who can't seem to see the difference between the two.

There are probably people who hate Obama because he reminds them of a disliked relative. Or maybe his personality grates on their nerves.

I hated Bush for that reason. He was arrogant. Snide. Snotty. Sarcastic. Had he never sleazed his way into the WH, I still would have hated him.

OK, so there are people here and elsewhere who seem to believe that if you hate Obama for any reason besides his policies, then you must be a racist.

Sort of like starting a sentence with "I'm not a racist but..."

the most racist area of the country.

"...some of my best friends are....."

They'll point to a successful black person and say "You see what good can happen when they work hard and apply themselves?" I guess that doesn't apply to presidents though.

Another pathetic attempt to appear unbiased is by trotting out support for right wing black pols or pundits. "See, it's not about their race...."