Quote:Over the course of Obama's campaigns and presidency, I have searched for a good reason to make me believe race was not behind some of what you talk about, but no other reason makes any sense. I'd love to think it isn't true, but I hear it out of the mouths of too many people to not think the general attitude of disrespect shown towards him (A state governor wagging her finger in his face on the tarmac, a congressman calling him a liar during the State of the Union address being the most well known examples) has more than a little bit to do with the color of his skin and his unusual name.

 

 

Quote:Racism is a difficult thing to admit to, especially when you can just prattle on about such nebulous and unsubstantiated reasoning.

 

 

Quote:The reason people have a hard time believing this is because the hatred towards Obama started before he was even elected. In my opinion, he didn't become more hated as time went on, he already was this hated. This is why a lot of people see it has a race/name thing. 

 

These claims of racism are the left's way in invalidating opposing opinions. They're weak, unfounded, and serve no other purpose than to further the divide between races. These same people that you call racists often support Dr. Ben Carson, Mia Love, Tim Scott, and Allen West. It's a stupid argument. 

 

It's no different than all the hate that Sarah Palin got (probably even less) as The Eleventh Doctor pointed out. The left even ridiculed Palin's family. 

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