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Originally Posted by pointman
You two liberals are really not trying to suggest that Reid's comments are any less racist are you?
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Sorry, I'm still a moderate Republican
Not all "conservatives" only embrace the ultra-far right mindset. There is a range of political belief. We mods are currently homeless within the GOP, however, as the public GOP doesn't seem to want us right now (notice that the GOP campaign coffers are dangerously empty right now, and draw your own conclusions about what part of the GOP has always financially supported the party ....
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When the question is, specifically, how will a black man get elected, how will THIS black man get elected, how do you not talk about the fact that this guy is indeed black, and his personal characteristics, in light of the history of racism in this country? Are you supposed to not talk about his being black?
What if the question was, "how will this Muslim get elected?". Is saying, "well, he doesn't kneel in his office on his prayer rug facing Mecca multiple times a day, and he doesn't have a Muslim-"sounding" name" - is that racist?
(and btw, we have Muslims elected on a national level)
You seriously cannot see a difference between that and saying you support segregation?
Racism implies one race is superior, or better, than another. Is that thought present in the first statement? In the second?
How about when Glenn Beck said, "The President is a racist" Was that racist? I don't think so. I think it was unsupported factually, thus a stupid thing to say, but not racist.
Michael Steele, RNC Chair, got raked over the coals a bit this past week for saying, "Honest injun" on a talk show. The Native American community went wild, calling that a racist statement. Do you think it was? I don't.