...That would be absolutely terrifying to a true conservative...
We'll always have a small percentage of haters.
Think of it as 'diversity'.
You think its a small %. I've been rooting around trying to find any statistics on racism, but there doesn't seem to be any other that some swags based on small samples. I then was struck with a reasonable method of estimation.
Seems 30% of registered republican voters believe Obama is a muslim.
IN some southern states the number is absolutely outrageous like Mississipi 52% and Ala 45%.
Apparently these stats translate to around 18% of all registered voters.
so my SWAG is roughly 20 - 25% of americans are racists. (1 in 5 to 1 in 4)
It might not be scientific, but is sorta "feels:" right to me from anecdotal experience.
therefore, in answer to your question, as the first black president, there are some 60 million americans running around hatin' his ass.
I wonder how many of Obama's voters in 2008 actually believed he was competent.
irrelevant.
You think its a small %. I've been rooting around trying to find any statistics on racism, but there doesn't seem to be any other that some swags based on small samples. I then was struck with a reasonable method of estimation.
Seems 30% of registered republican voters believe Obama is a muslim.
IN some southern states the number is absolutely outrageous like Mississipi 52% and Ala 45%.
Apparently these stats translate to around 18% of all registered voters.
so my SWAG is roughly 20 - 25% of americans are racists. (1 in 5 to 1 in 4)
It might not be scientific, but is sorta "feels:" right to me from anecdotal experience.
therefore, in answer to your question, as the first black president, there are some 60 million americans running around hatin' his ass.
you are correct. whether Obama was competent was completely irrelevant to most of those who supported Obama
Did you consider the correlation might run the other way and they mostly may hate Obama for rational reasons and it just manifests itself in racial ways because that is a convenient shorthand for them to express their hate?
I considered that, but rejected it because if these "voters" cannot discern a simple truth like Obama not being a muslim, then they live in a bubble of low information. That low information precludes them from actually being able to evaluate complex concepts like healthcare, taxation, economic strategy, etc.. Given that I opted for Occam and decided it was attributable to racism. (ps. I realize within the respondants there might actually be people as you describe, but I beleive they are more than compensated for by the democratic and undecided bigots in existence).
Did you consider the correlation might run the other way and they mostly may hate Obama for rational reasons and it just manifests itself in racial ways because that is a convenient shorthand for them to express their hate?
It's not one or the other. Some people hate Obama, just like they hated Clinton, because he's a Democrat. They hate him like an Auburn fan hates the Crimson Tide. Others, and I think it's a relatively small minority, hate him because he's an uppity black man in the highest office in the land ... AND he's the Crimson Tide.
I'm a conservative (Not a Repullican) and I certainly don't hate Obama. I try not to hate anyone, and I ususally do a good job.
I disagree heavily with Obama's policies... some Obama fans might try to pin negativity on the policies onto some sort of personal hatred to explain it, and then smear the people who dare do so in the process.
I thought this was just going to be another race card thread by the title.
What on earth do you think this man could have done that he has not done already, that would have caused the unemployment rate to actually be lower than it is right now? Can you answer that question?
In fact, I dare you to answer that question.
What on earth do you think this man could have done that he has not done already, that would have caused the unemployment rate to actually be lower than it is right now? Can you answer that question?
In fact, I dare you to answer that question.
I think for a minority it is pure KKK type racism. I think for others it is that his race makes him even more of an obvious liberal in their mind. I cannot speak for the GOP since, as shocking as it might be, I am not a republican, but I suspect some may step up their hate of Obama with the hope that it will help them better tolerate Romney whom they see as not a true republican the way they see themselves as a true republican. I have yet to meet a republican who sees Romney as anything other than the slightly lesser of two evils.
Very well said.I realize that this is a little off topic here...but as I was reading through each of your posts on this thread and thinking about other ones that I have read recently. I think I have the answer. It isn't a problem with people hating Obama or Romney. And the problem really isn't even most of the issues that everyone sits here night and night arguing about. It is the hate that people have for one another. The exact hate that is demonstrated here on this board day after day. No one cares what the other one thinks, no one really wants to hear what the other one thinks if it differs from themselves, everyone calls each other names with grand adjectives before them. The problem really is the people of this country are divided. That is what breeds the hate, in my opinion.
You think its a small %. I've been rooting around trying to find any statistics on racism, but there doesn't seem to be any other that some swags based on small samples. I then was struck with a reasonable method of estimation.
Seems 30% of registered republican voters believe Obama is a muslim.
IN some southern states the number is absolutely outrageous like Mississipi 52% and Ala 45%.
Apparently these stats translate to around 18% of all registered voters.
so my SWAG is roughly 20 - 25% of americans are racists. (1 in 5 to 1 in 4)
It might not be scientific, but is sorta "feels:" right to me from anecdotal experience.
therefore, in answer to your question, as the first black president, there are some 60 million americans running around hatin' his ass.
There has been a lot of low brow, tasteless, racist, nasty jokes going around about him. It is not everyone, but there is a very loud minority of people who make it their life's work to hate on Obama. He touched a collective nerve of hate and bigotry I think america forgot existed.
I don't hate Obama, but I disagree with many of his policies. I want a president who is committed to upholding the constitution.That's the kind of man, or woman I want in the White House. Steady. Solid. Stable. Consistent. Vision. Intelligent. Calm. Rational. Coherent. Committed to The People's best interest. Here's why I support the President's Re-Election. These are also some of the very same reasons WHY Obama is hated so much by the Right:
'Disgust' is not 'racism'.
I don't hate Obama, but I disagree with many of his policies. I want a president who is committed to upholding the constitution.
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