(07-26-2018, 08:17 AM)mikesez Wrote:

(07-26-2018, 07:41 AM)FBT Wrote: The media wasn't a proactive element in that backlash.  They've been the tip of the spear in fomenting the Trump hatred from the moment he announced his candidacy.  They were all too busy trying to lick Obama's boots for 8 years to instigate any sort of backlash.  Those who dared to question "The One" were labeled racists since disagreeing with his policies couldn't be based on opposition to the policies themselves.   I guess it makes sense since they basically created his mythology.  The threat of being labeled racist squashed probably 90% or more of any backlash.

Without the media distorting, and then dumping gasoline on every incident, we never saw the level of hatred directed at Obama that we're seeing now.  Not for lack of trying on Obama's part.  Knowing he could say or do just about anything without consequence, he did far more to divide this nation than anything Trump has done in 2 years.  Anyone who was genuinely disgusted by Obama's antics (including his administration) was dismissed or completely ignored by the mainstream Obama media who was carrying his water every step of the way.  If Trump said some of the things Obama did without sparking any kind of outrage, the mainstream media, RINOs, and liberals would be frothing at the bit.  Let Trump say "The police acted stupidly" and watch the sudden "Back the blue" movement by the same people who were marching with P hats strapped on firmly as they protested the police.

You might not be wrong, but you should give examples.
Let me give two.
Obama came into office on the heels of Bush passing the bailouts with Republican support.  The Republcians had just passed a stimulus in 2005.  Suddenly, stimulus was bad.  Buying up banks to bail them out had been OK, but doing the same to GM and Chrysler was not.  Why? The only things that changed were party affiliation and skin color or the man in the White House.  
Personally, I think it was more about party affiliation, but, the people who say it was skin color are not without evidence.

I'm not wrong.

In the buildup to ObamaCare, democrats regularly accused republicans of being racists, stating that their only opposition to the legislation was due to the skin color of the president.  In fact, at one particular town hall, rich white democrat senator Jay Rockefeller accused republican senators of being a racist because of his opposition to the law precisely because the president was black.

Anyone opposed to Obama immigration policies that did little to improve border security while basically floating amnesty to illegals without question were regularly tagged as racists.  Still are to this day.

If you supported the travel ban for countries where terrorism is a cottage industry, you're labeled an Islamaphobe and a racist.  

If you didn't like the way Obama stoked the racial divides by actually picking sides in situations like Ferguson, you were a racist.

When the New Black Panthers blocked entry for whites to a polling location with threatening rhetoric while toting clubs, the Bush Justice Department opened an investigation that determined there was grounds for prosecution.  When Obama took office and Eric Holder became the attorney general, that case was tossed out, and anyone who challenged the motion was tagged as a racist.

The media and Obama lackeys regularly wielded the "R" card any time someone challenged "The One".  It's pretty well documented.

As far as Manson and his followers being right-winged radicals, thanks for the laugh.  As someone has already pointed out, suggesting anything of the sort is pretty much rewriting history, which is definitely a tactic of the progressive left, so bully for you.

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