Robin Martin: "Black America Is In Dire Need Of A Collective Lobotomy":More great stuff at the link.
Asserts the conservative blogger, about Rep. Hank Johnson's (D-Ga.) comments claiming that criticism of President Obama marks the return of the white-hooded Ku Klux Klan terrorizing black areas: "I am convinced that my people need a collective national lobotomy. Why? Because we are clearly clueless about what real racism is. This is evidenced by the fact that we are unable to tell the difference between racism and bad form. Absolute everything is processed through the lens of race. Look at this disgusting display of black pathology...The fact that an overwhelming amount of black folks view reasonable and valid criticism of President Obama as racist indicates that we are indeed suffering from a collective mental illness and in dire need [of] treatment. Clearly, liberal programs haven't cured the ills that grieved us over the last forty years so I fear the only cure is a national collective lobotomy."
See also, "Analysis: ‘Racist’ Claims Defuse Word's Power" (via Memeorandum). Plus, Hot Air, JustOneMinute, and Stop The ACLU."
Cartoon Credit: William Warren at Americans for Limited Government.
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A few years back our friend Ted Koppel did a "Nightline" on race and opined himself that race is the most important issue in America today so that's pretty much the msm view. Had to laugh though, on the Newshour the other night they were discussing the Obama/racism issue. The excellent Matt Welch was on from Reason magazine and three African-Americans and even the black pundits seemed rather ho-hum about the issue. One even said even if opposition to Obama is driven largely by racism so what? another said it's hard to quantify and put a value judgement on what he called "adverse racial views." It was almost like can we move on already!
As I've said before, I don't believe that most of the charges and complaints about Obama or his policies have anything to do with race. On the other hand, one would have to be a fool to deny that there is any racism in anything any right-wing critic has said. Between the witch doctor thing (which according to a news article linked right there in Donald's post on the subject, was disseminated by a CA right winger, who was named and interviewed for the story and who does not deny making and sending out the "photo" -- so much for the "liberal plant" or "hoax" theories), and the watermelon patch on the White House lawn (also sent out by a prominent right winger), it is clear that there are at least two conservatives fall short of pure & innocent, racism-wise. And of course, they are not the only two.
Besides, the issue of rightwing (or leftwing, or any other kinda) racism isn't an all or nothing proposition. The fact that there's two conservatives who thought racist jokes about the Prez were funny doesn't mean that all conservatives are racists, any more than the fact that Joe Wilson's rude rant more'n'likely wasn't racist proves that no criticism of the Prez has been racist. Some ain't, and some is... (And some doesn't mean to be, but is, a result of insensitivity or ignorance on the part of the person making the pictorial or verbal argument. - SEE: NY Post "dead monkey" cartoon, for example.)
One of the black conservative writers at the same link to which Dr. Douglas links agrees, saying (about another case of a bigoted argument from someone on the right), "All that said, Rush Limbaugh does nothing to help conservative critique of the Obama administration with bits like this -- blaming two black kids beating up a white kid on 'Obama's America.' Obviously, if a liberal blamed a school shooting in the early part of the decade on 'Bush's Wild Wild West' attitude in favor of Second Amendment rights, it would be grossly unfair and conservatives would howl. But, even so, such a charge would not carry with it the racial aspect that Limbaugh is intentionally injecting into the mix. It's outrageous and offensive -- and gives fuel to the Carter liberal charge that conservatives are trying to mine racial animus as much as possible out of anything having to do with Barack Obama." - Robert A. George.
(And frankly, I see very little difference between what Limbaugh said, and what Dr. Douglas said. As far as I'm concerned, both of 'em needlessly bring Obama and liberals into the situation and blame them, because of the President's race and because blacks tend to support liberals electorally. Of course, YMMV...)
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