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Originally Posted by mudwhistle
No. I don't think it's because you're color blind at all.
You may be.
I just think you want to cut the man way more slack then he deserves.
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If he had engaged in beating white kids, or fired staffers for racial reasons, I might feel differently, but last time I checked speech is still a protected form of expression. For me actions speak louder than words, maybe I'm missing something, but I'm not aware of actions of his that would paint him as a racist.
Care to share an example of him
being a racist, or are you just going condemn him for his words--damn his actions.
Calling Obama a racist is like calling Bush a Nazi, it belittles the people who have suffered at the hand of racism, just as calling Bush a Nazi, or worse, Hitler, belittles those who suffered at the hand of Nazis.
The saying goes:
"If it walks like a duck, quacks talks like a duck, and looks like a duck, it's a duck."
It's not just
"If it quaks like a duck, it's a duck."
What I'm getting at, is people say a lot of things, a lot of things they later regret, but far fewer do the things they say.
Obama's words are circumstantial, show me some racist deeds, then you have a stronger case.