Republican Racism

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http://jezebel.com/5958490/twitter-racists-react-to-that-******-getting-reelected/gallery/1

Have a look through the images on there.

This is depressing.

I hate to generalize. In my short experience living in America I find that most Republicans I have come in contact with have a strong religious factor and are racist.

I'm not saying they are all like this - but most of the ones I have met have openly admitted to me that they are racist.

I find this disgusting.

wp_rathead

..surprised they can tweet with no thumbs..

StillWaters

Depressing is right. And then they agonise over why they cannot attract minority votes.
Feel a bit sick after reading those tweets actually.

Dades

I do like the plan to viralise their comments.

A google by any prospective employer of their names will forever bring that page up. Enjoy, homies!

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Dades wrote: »

I do like the plan to viralise their comments.

A google by any prospective employer of their names will forever bring that page up. Enjoy, homies!

My day just got better.

MagicMarker

Any chance of pasting the tweets into a post? Can't access twitter in work.

yeppydeppy

I had to stop reading, it leads me to think that the US really needs to spend more on education.

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MagicMarker wrote: »

Any chance of pasting the tweets into a post? Can't access twitter in work.

I'm in work and there's no way I'll post it. I can do it when I get home this evening if someone else is unable to.

MagicMarker

Nevermind, thought the link in the OP was a twitter link when it's not.

Duggys Housemate

Was it wrong I found some of those racists hot?

Gbear

To be fair to them, I would imagine that quite a number of the 90% of black voters who voted for Obama did so because of racialism.
Not quite the same as some of the morons on twitter but a problem nevertheless.

The stupidity of the electorate is why we can't have nice things.

Dades

Methinks on investigation a bunch of these accounts are bogus.

Just Westboro Baptist types masquerading on Twitter as everyday Americans, looking to stir it up.

robindch

Dades wrote: »

[...] stir it up.

"People stirring it!" on the internet shocker!

Hope everybody feels safe.

Doctor DooM

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

Was it wrong I found some of those racists hot?

Lonely Island did a song about that I think.

Doesn't matter, still counts.

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This is glorious. If you're in work please use headphones. Lots of profanity.

666irishguy

There is still a fairly large under-current of racism in the US, but I'd say a huge amount of those posters are trolling teenage boys. They are idiots though, as it wouldn't be impossible to track them down or find some agency with the will to take legal action. Luckily the day of the troll is all but over. We only have to look at some of the arrests in the UK over the past few months.

Duggys Housemate

666irishguy wrote: »

There is still a fairly large under-current of racism in the US, but I'd say a huge amount of those posters are trolling teenage boys. They are idiots though, as it wouldn't be impossible to track them down or find some agency with the will to take legal action. Luckily the day of the troll is all but over. We only have to look at some of the arrests in the UK over the past few months.

yeah, the less free speech the better, imho.

666irishguy

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

yeah, the less free speech the better, imho.

Free speech is a myth.

Duggys Housemate

666irishguy wrote: »

Free speech is a myth.

Not really. Watch this.

Edna Kenny is a wonderful man and a considerate lover.

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Galvasean

Am I the only one that doesn't find the term 'monkey' racist? I mean, we have white monkeys too. Not to mention that George W. Bush is probably the most simian looking of all the US presidents.

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The republican party made a hard shift towards the religious right in the late seventies, the religious right is, by and large, dominated by old white men. It's going to be hard for the GOP to separate itself from the institutionalized racist undertones they've had for the last 40 years.

The comments are disgusting, but you'll find people who hold such views in all countries and with every variant of political viewpoint imaginable. In this case, I suspect they're trolls looking to cause a kerfuffle and consequently don't deserve recognition.

I agree with the sentiment of one of the remarks where a person says, in a not so polite way, that it is bad for black people to vote for Obama just because he is black. If not voting for a candidate because of his skin colour is racism, then voting for a candidate because of his skin colour is also racism. I've several friends who've said, if they were American, they would have voted for Obama in 2008 just because he was black, which was, at the time, a somewhat popular opinion — "look how progressive I am, voting for a black man." Some people find it difficult to understand that, by the exact same chain of reasoning, if it's okay to vote for a black man because of his colour, then it's okay to vote for a white man because of his colour, and it is okay to not vote for a black man because of his colour. In reality, voting for somebody because he's black or white is just as bad as not voting for somebody because he's black or white. Racism isn't always negative (I won't vote for him), it can be positive (I will vote for him) too.

listermint

gvn wrote: »

The comments are disgusting, but you'll find people who hold such views in all countries and with every variant of political viewpoint imaginable. In this case, I suspect they're trolls looking to cause a kerfuffle and consequently don't deserve recognition.

I agree with the sentiment of one of the remarks where a person says, in a not so polite way, that it is bad for black people to vote for Obama just because he is black. If not voting for a candidate because of his skin colour is racism, then voting for a candidate because of his skin colour is also racism. I've several friends who've said, if they were American, they would have voted for Obama in 2008 just because he was black, which was, at the time, a somewhat popular opinion — "look how progressive I am, voting for a black man." Some people find it difficult to understand that, by the exact same chain of reasoning, if it's okay to vote for a black man because of his colour, then it's okay to vote for a white man because of his colour, and it is okay to not vote for a black man because of his colour. In reality, voting for somebody because he's black or white is just as bad as not voting for somebody because he's black or white. Racism isn't always negative (I won't vote for him), it can be positive (I will vote for him) too.

Do you have any stats on the fact that black people voted for him because he is black? I awaiting this vastly researched study...

Gbear

listermint wrote: »

Do you have any stats on the fact that black people voted for him because he is black? I awaiting this vastly researched study...

It's hardly a coincidence or because black people are so well informed that 90% of them voted for him.

listermint

listermint wrote: »

Do you have any stats on the fact that black people voted for him because he is black? I awaiting this vastly researched study...

Did I say I did? I said I agreed with the sentiment of one of the comments: it is as bad to vote for Obama because he is black as it is to vote against Obama because he is black. It's a point about a general principle — deciding who to vote for based on colour is a bad thing — not about particular instances of the principle — Americans, black or otherwise, voting for him because he is black.

Duggys Housemate

There was a breakdown by race in the metro this morning - the black vote was 93% Obama.


Here we go:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20240375

COYW

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The republican party made a hard shift towards the religious right in the late seventies, the religious right is, by and large, dominated by old white men. It's going to be hard for the GOP to separate itself from the institutionalized racist undertones they've had for the last 40 years.

Personally, I think that there are serious racial issues in society as a whole in the USA. Look at the split of votes for Romney and Obama in terms of ethnicity.

Also, the democrats moved away from religion, as opposed to the republicans moving towards it. Religious freedom is at the core of the founding of the USA. The USA was the only country where it was possible for the likes of Mormons or the Amish to evolve in peace. The Amish had to flee to the USA, Pennsylvania iirc, from Europe to escape persecution.

Galvasean

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

There was a breakdown by race in the metro this morning - the black vote was 93% Obama.


Here we go:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20240375

Of course, that doesn't mean they voted for him because he was black. That said though, I'd be surprised if it waqsn't the case for many. For a very long time now black people have felt under represented by white guys in suits who seem out of touch with them. As far as they are cdoncerned someone like Obama will represent them better as he can relate to them better due to growing up as an African-American in the States. I doubt they are wrong either.
So, in summary, I don't think it's inherently racist for black people to vote for a black man. After all, who knows black people better than black people?

Duggys Housemate

Galvasean wrote: »

Of course, that doesn't mean they voted for him because he was black. That said though, I'd be surprised if it waqsn't the case for many. For a very long time now black people have felt under represented by white guys in suits who seem out of touch with them. As far as they are cdoncerned someone like Obama will represent them better as he can relate to them better due to growing up as an African-American in the States. I doubt they are wrong either.
So, in summary, I don't think it's inherently racist for black people to vote for a black man. After all, who knows black people better than black people?

Its not racist, with it's connotations of superiority. It's tribal at worst.

Interesting fact, blacks used to vote Republican. Party of Lincoln and all that. Martin Luther King was a registered republican until Kennedy.

ShooterSF

Galvasean wrote: »

Of course, that doesn't mean they voted for him because he was black. That said though, I'd be surprised if it waqsn't the case for many. For a very long time now black people have felt under represented by white guys in suits who seem out of touch with them. As far as they are cdoncerned someone like Obama will represent them better as he can relate to them better due to growing up as an African-American in the States. I doubt they are wrong either.
So, in summary, I don't think it's inherently racist for black people to vote for a black man. After all, who knows black people better than black people?

But logically it follows that white people know white people best and, understanding their needs better, will mean they should vote white.

What amazes me about all this is I always thought that blacks were more likely to be religious than whites statistically in the states but Romney got more of the religious vote and much less of the black vote so eh

Sarky

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

Not really. Watch this.

Edna Kenny is a wonderful man and a considerate lover.

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I always reckoned those soft hands of his would be very... dexterous.