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It wasn't his comment. It was because he's white. And from the South.I am failing to see how Wilson's outburst was in any way a racist one.
President Carter got it right
the reich wing is ginning up anti-Obama support using racist undertones
the bowel movement of the teabaggers has little to do with opposition to health care reform and much to do with opposition to Obama
but when the teabaggers are questioned about specific objections, they come up empty
yep, Jimmy pegged it
it's so obvious, Stevie Wonder could see it
I rest my case!It wasn't his comment. It was because he's white. And from the South.
It's possible the Wilson harbors some racial resentments.
I was recently in S Carolina. A man in a Krispie Kreme was very open with me about his disgust with Obama, and he made some pretty openly racist comments to me, a stranger. I tried shush him because I noticed some Blacks working there, but he didn't care.
I do think there is more overt racism in the South. That conversation would not have occured where I live.
Jimmy Carter just exposed and spoke straight from his ignorance.
Ludicrous crap like this out of thin air just makes you Democrats look more and more desperate. Bring in one of the worst presents in memory to trumpet an unsupportable smear attempt. Impressive. Not.
Carter is an honorable gentleman...A far more intelligent and thoughtful man
I feel that similar way, a good president he was not; and I do not agree with Carter in some aspects, but that changes nothing, nor should it.I thought he was a great man, terrible president, but this outburst of unsubstantiated crap has thrown that regard out the window.
That does not mean every person from South Carolina is racist. An entire population of people are not adherents to other people's comments. I do not agree with everyone's ideals in Wisconsin, yet I live here.
Do all citizens of a State live in uniform with each other?
Carter is an honorable gentleman...A far more intelligent and thoughtful man than most posters here, including me.
Those who think racism is over in America are just whistling Dixie. A hundred, maybe two hundreds years from now - maybe....
Joe Wilson is typical, I doubt if he is man enough to admit to his racial bias and bigotry, even in private...
In my lifetime, we have made progress, but we still have a long ways to go..
With majorities in both houses and the Presidency, the left is in sore need of someone to beat up and vilify to help rally the troops. Wilson nominated himself and now they're wanting to wring as much as they can out of this rag. I have no doubt that there are dozens of people working right now to dig up dirt on the guy.I bet at this point, Wilson wishes he had chosen "**** off" instead of "You lie". :mrgreen:
I didn't say that, did I. I said that I believe there is more overt racism in the South. I certainly don't believe every person hates Blacks in S Carolina.
Also, Black people can hate Whites too. But not every Black person. There are good and bad in every race.
What evidence is there that Wilson has racial bias or that his outburst was race-based?
Does anyone want to back up their claim that Wilson's outburst was based on race?
This is what I mean by irresponsible comments like the one Carter made. When you make wild accusations like Carter did, without any real proof of their validity, people will start to believe it and the word "racist" takes on a whole new and convoluted meaning. People will start to use it in situations when it does not really apply, and that only adds to the problem.
So would it be fair to call Obama a racist (an 'educated' guess) if I lived in Illinois for three years and overheard blacks demeaning whites? Doesn't that sound a tad bit ridiculous?I lived in S Carolina once for 3 years back in 1978-1981. It was almost totally segregated in N Myrtle Beach at the time. My husband worked on a road crew and for a sign/billboard company. He told me that, at that time, in the absence of Black people that the word 'Nigger' was used in every day speech. That's the 'N' word in case the auto-censor bleeps it out.
I'm gonna say that Wilson goes to bed every night hoping and praying that Sarah Palin will say something (anything!) and a microphone is there to pick it up :lol:
So would it be fair to call Obama a racist (an 'educated' guess) if I lived in Illinois for three years and overheard blacks demeaning whites? Doesn't that sound a tad bit ridiculous?
We can only give it an educated guess. For one thing, he's from S Carolina so probably grew up in an era where open racism and segregation were every day realities. Also, looking at his face, my intuition tells me that he has a nasty streak. Then there's the fact that his emotions boiled over to the point where he had a disrespectful outburst on National TV.
I lived in S Carolina once for 3 years back in 1978-1981. It was almost totally segregated in N Myrtle Beach at the time. My husband worked on a road crew and for a sign/billboard company. He told me that, at that time, in the absence of Black people that the word 'Nigger' was used in every day speech. That's the 'N' word in case the auto-censor bleeps it out.
So from what I see here, the argument is that Wilson is from the South so an educated guess would say he is racist?
I'll re-ask my question: Do citizens from any given region live under uniform ideals?
Also, how do facial expressions and emotions boiling over tell someone a person is racist?
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