Rebranding Hate in the Age of Obama

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  • Posted By: Oracle89 @ 04/28/2009 6:52:23 PM

    With approval ratings around 70%, more than 50% of us approve of the President. You nut jobs with your left wing conspiricy theories just need to running your mouths. Your talking heads with their extremist views, bigotry, paranoia, and hate mongering drive more and more into the democrat fold. You fools are your own worst enemy and I love you for it. Your views are outdated and finally waning. America is changing and since it's a free country, if you don't like it, you can leave.

    • Posted By: youthgoes @ 04/29/2009 7:44:23 PM

      Nothing will ever change the people who FOUNDED this country buddy. They were WHITE EUROPEANS who brought Africans to these shores in a most unappealing way. Whites and blacks are both legitimately Americans...and both are capable of standing up for God, their country, and taking the atheists and liberals to task for it.

      • Posted By: Constitution Lover @ 04/30/2009 2:35:26 PM

        "Whites and blacks are both legitimately Americans...and both are capable of standing up for God, their country, and taking the atheists and liberals to task for it."

        Yes, they (and Asians, Native Ameicans, and mixed race folks, are both capable of standing up for their country and the US Constitution, (god is not part of US service or patriotism). There have been many liberals and atheists who have also stood up for this country and fought and died for it. Every liberal of my father's age fought for the US in WWII or Korea. And he told me stories of many atheists who fought and died for this country and never once believed in god while in their foxholes. I know many atheists who have been members of the US military, and fought bravely for our country. There are plenty of liberals who no longer support Affirmative Action that way it currently is (myself among them.)
        FYI, European culture has always included non-whites. Spain and Portugal had much Morrocan cross-culturization and that travelled to other nations in Europe. Roman society incorporated thins that came form otehr "non-white" worlds into their cultures and that helped form much of what is now European culture as well. The reality is hat only some parts of Asia, some parts of Africa, and only the far Northern reaches of parts of Scandinavia can claim anywhere near homogenous cultural backgrounds. The rest of us are hodgepodge cultures.

        • Posted By: youthgoes @ 04/30/2009 3:44:14 PM

          I'm sure the atheists who did figth and die for the United States in those wars. However, the United States doesn't have any power beyond the grave, nor the power to judge them when they stand before God and are asked why they would deny Him :)

        • Posted By: youthgoes @ 04/30/2009 3:42:59 PM

          I'm sure the atheists did fight and die bravely for the United States. But the United States won't hold their atheism against them when they meet God.

      • Posted By: bosmith @ 04/29/2009 11:50:15 PM

        youthgoes, It appears I have finally found someone educated, intelligent, passionate to answer my question. What did Slavery and another one-hundred years of racist Jim Crow Laws have to do with Christianity, God, the word of God?

        • Posted By: youthgoes @ 04/30/2009 12:26:26 AM

          Nothing at all, Bosmith. Absolutely nothing. Those horrible, hateful laws and the human degradation that preceded them in the form of slavery are as horrible a thought to me today as they would have been 150 years ago. However, that doesn't have a lick to do with who founded the country, aside from some of them being not perfect people, and owning slaves nonetheless (although I believe it was either Washington or Jefferson who freed his slaves upon his death). The slaves existed here because we, as misguided whites, brought them here. If we hadn't been lazy and done our OWN gardening, so to speak, blacks never would have come here. But blacks DID fight for this country in both World Wars and the Civil War as well. That to me, moreso than slavery specifically, has helped legitimize blacks as Americans. But again, being equal Americans means they are equal to us in everything...and that simply isn't the coverage we get. Blacks who promote their culture are praised and lauded as veritable heroes, whereas whites who explore THEIR background are branded as racists. It's a sad state of affairs sir.

      • Posted By: Jack999 @ 04/29/2009 11:59:37 PM

        It is in the best interests of a secular criticism of religion that we consider the manipulation of religion to buttress nationalist and territorializing aspirations. For religion, may indeed be used as a tool of imperialisms big (British and Spanish imperialisms especially) and small (ethnic cleansing in the Balkans and elsewhere).

        Moreover, religious difference has continued to be a means of justifying myriad forms of persecution, intimidation, and violence in the postcolonial world, whether it is the cruelty of Israel's treatment of Palestinian Muslims and Christians, the ruthless terror network of Al-Qaeda, or the senseless acts of terrorist violence committed by zealots of all religious stripes. When religious symbolism does mask the ambitions of political's ideology in these ways, it can be a harmful reinvention of the old European concept of "divine right"-divine violence.

        Religion,Race,Culture shall NOT be Mix-Up and Out of Bound with daily Politic.It's the Media responsibilities to foster Racial's Harmony within the Country Not to Create a Civil war on this backward thinking,or just base making Name and Money by profiteering one another.

        By the Way I'm NOT black...it has nothing to do with White or Black...Grows up

  • Posted By: chevron @ 04/30/2009 3:43:01 PM

    Is this article's goal to infer that individuals who vehemently disagree with the most liberal man ever elected President are racists? Cause it has that certain tone. . .I notice that Obama supporters bring up racism very quickly. I am a conservative and do not support liberals and could care less what color the person is - I'd take Alan Keyes, JC Watt and Michael Steele any day.

  • Posted By: jocose_eb @ 04/30/2009 3:09:47 PM

    I don't understand how someone can equate Obama as being just black. He was raised by white people and is half white. why would he of all people hate whites? The whole racial radical build-up is stupid. Black, white , mexican, arab what ever all eat food through there mouths' and it comes out on the other end. If i need a blood transfusion it doesn't matter if that came from someone white, black or whatever it still does the same. Science says there is no such thing as more than one race. It is only one, the human race. Anything else is born of ignorance, generationally pass down bias', and the in-ability of people to view and treat others as they want to be treated. The "Golden Rule" remains golden through the years for a reason.

  • Posted By: jocose_eb @ 04/30/2009 3:09:03 PM

    I don't understand how someone can equate Obama as being just black. He was raised by whie people and is half white. why would he of all people hate whites? The whole racial radical build-up is stupid. Black, white , mexican, arab what ever all eat food through there mouths' and it comes out on the other end. If i need a blood transfusion it doesn't matter if that came from someone white, black or whatever it still does the same. Science says there is no such thing as more than one race. It is only one, the human race. Anything else is born of ignorance, generationally pass down bias', and the in-ability of people to view and treat others as they want to be treated. The "Golden Rule" remains golden through the years for a reason.

  • Posted By: youthgoes @ 04/28/2009 8:42:02 PM

    IAs a European-American, that is, an American of European descent, I feel no shame in saying that I am proud to be white. My fight is for free speech. This article seems to want to portray these white supremacists as if they are not humans, or somehow horrible people for standing up for what they believe in. That is wrong. Why are there never articles about black militancy? Did anyone ever ask Malcolm X or Louis Farrakan what they thought of white people, racist or non? If any of you know your political history, you'd know that answer to that. This is a country built on free speech. So what's the big deal? We are a country founded on militancy and the right to protest, and it's well within our Constitutional rights to do so nonviolently, which is exactly what these people are doing. If blacks can do it unscathed, why can't whites do the same? And anyway, we both know that neither black nor white extremists will ever garner enough force or votes to gain any sort of political power. This article seems to enjoy fear-mongering on a grand scale, much like the SPLC and ADL and other left wing watchdog groups love to do. God forbid that someone might actually have the courage to be non-PC in this country today. Wake up Eve. You're looking for threats and "news" in the wrong place. Jeez.

    • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 04/30/2009 2:46:26 PM

      "My fight is for free speech."

      You can speak all you like. We're just laughing at you, which is OUR right under free speech.

    • Posted By: Dailyfare @ 04/29/2009 2:37:18 PM

      "Did anyone ever ask Malcolm X or Louis Farrakan what they thought of white people, racist or non?"

      Malcolm X, with Alex Haley, wrote a widely read autobiography detailing his life's journey, his views on race, and his conversion to, of all things, Islam - which taught him not to hate. Louis Farrakhan has not been shy in expressing his views either. However, the difference between these gentlemen and white supremicists is that their followers aren't stockpiling weapons in preparation for some imagined future war with fellow Americans.

      • Posted By: youthgoes @ 04/29/2009 7:32:05 PM

        Farrakan is as much of a racist as these "rednecks" are. Again, if you're going to shun white supremacists, shun that a**h*** too!

        • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 04/30/2009 11:43:13 AM

          I do. Louis Farrakan is as big a moron as you are.

    • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 04/29/2009 2:30:11 PM

      "This article seems to want to portray these white supremacists as if they are not humans, or somehow horrible people for standing up for what they believe in. "

      No. Just ignorant rednecks.

      • Posted By: youthgoes @ 04/29/2009 7:34:48 PM

        Some of them aren't that bright, sure, if you want to buy into ANOTHER stereotype. There are many white supremacists who are extremely, terrifyingly intelligent, and can back up their beliefs as much as crackpot groups like the ADL. The difference is that the ADL gets actual media support and coverage, whereas white supremacists are judged based on the conception that love of one's race is "evil". Get a life kids. It's all the same...extremist liberals and extremist conservatives are ALL fools.

        • Posted By: boom shaka @ 04/29/2009 9:24:48 PM

          "Some of them aren't that bright, sure, if you want to buy into ANOTHER stereotype. There are many white supremacists who are extremely, terrifyingly intelligent"

          Ignorance does not mean unintelligent, it means changing reality when you disagree with it. Like claiming that White people are somehow being discriminated against.

          Having a clue is not a bad thing. You should try it sometime.


          BS

  • Posted By: YOUSOCRAZY @ 04/30/2009 1:47:28 PM

    Hate groups against Obama, huh?

    Must have been just coincidence that: Bono, Sting, Spike Lee, Michael Moore, The Dixie Chics, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Obama were not holding telethons for the people of Iowa and North Dakota!

    Maybe the prepaid government debit cards are in the mail!

    Could have been all the looting and raping by the people of the towns?

    Possibly those billions in guilt driven repair funds were left in all the fema trailers sent to those states?

    Must be that those people are still in government provided hotel rooms!

    It could have been that the mayor of Des Moines wanted to rebuild a "vanilla city"?

    Maybe that Obama hates the white people of those places, just like it was said that Bush hated the black people of New Orleans?

    Must be that those thoughtless bastards didn't vote for a black president!

  • Posted By: DrAJReed @ 04/30/2009 8:55:52 AM

    A few things: It's not about being to the Left or to the Right. It SHOULD be about America. Sadly, it isn't. Like I said before, I served this Country as a Soldier. A Black Army doctor at that. Through my time, then and now, I see that we are not that different in a lot of ways. I truly could care less about a lot of political stuff when I see a lot of "wrong" doings from both sides behind the scenes.
    There is nothing wrong with being White and the pride associated with it. But,we as a Nation, have to be conscious of our History. If we truly LEARNED history, and didn't sweep certain aspects under the rug, we could understand each other better and learn from the past. But we never ADDRESS any of it. Many like to sweep the past under the rug. Don't get me wrong, I don't believe in Blacks using the past as a crutch either. I hate mis-guided "users" just as much as any White brother or sister. Probably more. Although I was pre-med in college, I was a History minor. I learned the truth about a lot of stuff that barely see the light of day. There are SOME Blacks that know the min and try to act empowered. Believe me, I understand. At the same time, there are a reason every tree is a tree, every plant is a plant, and every bush is a bush: they all started from planted seeds. There were so many seeds planted in the past that gives us what we see today. We ignore the events in Rosewood, Tulsa, and Tuskegee. We say Slavery was 500 years ago as if it ENDED 500 years ago. Slavery ENDED 144 years ago which gave birth to Jim Crow. Jim Crow "ENDED" 43 years ago which gave birth to what? There are people, still alive today, he did hate crimes 40-50 years ago. What ever happen to them? What government signing officially ended that way of thinking. And even if there was one, (and there isn't), how could anyone say that everyone is equal? Like one post, look at the Governor's, Senate, House, Mayors, Judges, etc. I'm not saying that there aren't sprinkles here and there, but you have at LEAST a 94% majority. Is it power we seek or equality for all?

  • Posted By: DrAJReed @ 04/30/2009 12:56:40 AM

    Many people are mis-guided. Part of that reason is history, or lack thereof. Next, is the media over time. Lastly, families/demographics that cause us not separate. Let me explain. I am a Black former Army Doctor. I have served or was educated with all types of people. What I saw then is prominent today; people for the most part, put people of color ALL in the same category. Since I write, I have listened, interviewed, and read comments in post like these, all over the Nation. The core remains the same. ANYTIME there is a "race" situation, the SAME NAMES keep popping up. People keep saying that racist views don't exist. But regardless of the situation, we hear OJ, Vick, the latest athlete in trouble, and the latest entertainer in trouble. Is that all people of color are; actors and entertainers? There are 12.3 million Blacks in America. After naming the top 100 "thug entertainers", then how many do we have left? I'm sorry, we are not all the same. Just as other races are not. The only people that are the same are Humans. Through my service ans especially school, I saw the BEST and WORST of all races. Things that were "typical" of Blacks, occurred from non Blacks. We only have 5 Blacks in my class. In my cases, none were around when things came up missing. But who is "typical"? In the military, you see it all. NO ONE is better than another man.
    The next Problem I have is with these so-called Christians. No where in the Bible does it tell us to hate. Before being Black, I am always a Christian first! But many who claim Christ hate their neighbor at the same time. That is an oxymoron. As for groups like the NAACP. They are historical groups. Historical. They have lost their way and strength, but the purpose remains the same. It just seems like a lot of people are not sticking to the issue in front of them. There is a lot of truth about these different groups. But people are using their best defense, by having a good offense. Just look at the numbers. Look how many people they said exist here in the US. Those with the courage to sign up. You think there are more. 2ndly, the people that they primarily attract are "well-off". Being "well-off" tends to have influence. Lastly, although there is a Black President, he is NOT the end-all. How many Gov, Senators, and Congressmen of color exist today. Heck, David Duke held a seat in La. This stuff is real. But I realize that Black are not all good either. The difference is that I actually do something about it. I volunteer with ministries from prisons, to youth, to inner-city. The whole nine. I'm hard on Black people. I hate Welfare, laziness, tax wasting, and thuggery just as much as the next guy. But instead of hoping "those people" kill themselves off, I try to show them a better way; starting with the children.

  • Posted By: DrAJReed @ 04/30/2009 12:54:58 AM

    Many people are mis-guided. Part of that reason is history, or lack thereof. Next, is the media over time. Lastly, families/demographics that cause us not separate. Let me explain. I am a Black former Army Doctor. I have served or was educated with all types of people. What I saw then is prominent today; people for the most part, put people of color ALL in the same category. Since I write, I have listened, interviewed, and read comments in post like these, all over the Nation. The core remains the same. ANYTIME there is a "race" situation, the SAME NAMES keep popping up. People keep saying that racist views don't exist. But regardless of the situation, we hear OJ, Vick, the latest athlete in trouble, and the latest entertainer in trouble. Is that all people of color are; actors and entertainers? There are 12.3 million Blacks in America. After naming the top 100 "thug entertainers", then how many do we have left? I'm sorry, we are not all the same. Just as other races are not. The only people that are the same are Humans. Through my service ans especially school, I saw the BEST and WORST of all races. Things that were "typical" of Blacks, occurred from non Blacks. We only have 5 Blacks in my class. In my cases, none were around when things came up missing. But who is "typical"? In the military, you see it all. NO ONE is better than another man.
    The next Problem I have is with these so-called Christians. No where in the Bible does it tell us to hate. Before being Black, I am always a Christian first! But many who claim Christ hate their neighbor at the same time. That is an oxymoron. As for groups like the NAACP. They are historical groups. Historical. They have lost their way and strength, but the purpose remains the same. It just seems like a lot of people are not sticking to the issue in front of them. There is a lot of truth about these different groups. But people are using their best defense, by having a good offense. Just look at the numbers. Look how many people they said exist here in the US. Those with the courage to sign up. You think there are more. 2ndly, the people that they primarily attract are "well-off". Being "well-off" tends to have influence. Lastly, although there is a Black President, he is NOT the end-all. How many Gov, Senators, and Congressmen of color exist today. Heck, David Duke held a seat in La. This stuff is real. But I realize that Black are not all good either. The difference is that I actually do something about it. I volunteer with ministries from prisons, to youth, to inner-city. The whole nine. I'm hard on Black people. I hate Welfare, laziness, tax wasting, and thuggery just as much as the next guy. But instead of hoping "those people" kill themselves off, I try to show them a better way; starting with the children.

  • Posted By: Jack999 @ 04/30/2009 12:32:55 AM

    The article of this Author incredible disgrace,What's your next writing topic? Lesbian and Homosexual Vs Straight?

  • Posted By: Jack999 @ 04/29/2009 11:35:18 PM

    Hence to curb these opinions from rising again as a menace, media organizations have to realise that their contribution in establishment of the culture of peace, so direly needed in the world, is very crucial. In true spirit of all religions by God, peace does not only mean absence of war but it is the empowering of humans so as to take maximum advantage of the ability they have been given for the better. One would assume that with all the technical advancement mankind has unlimited potential for progress not just physically but spiritually. Unfortunately that is not the case, unless we render ourselves true to the purpose of our creation that is to spread love and peace among ourselves, the physical development holds no meaning.
    With the help of communication technology the message of peace can be brought to all four corners of the earth, without any restrictions of time and space. Its rather unfortunate that media has not been as forthcoming as it should in this regard. However the time is now to use media as means of productive change rather then violence.

  • Posted By: life2go @ 04/29/2009 11:21:54 PM

    If indeed there is an increase, because I really gotta begin to wonder about the reasons for constantly writing and rewriting articles like these. Newsweek alone has written one almost every year since 9-11. First it was post 9-11 (anti muslim), now they are making it sound like it is because we have a half-black President. So which one is it? Atleast it makes for good controversary. I like Patti Davis???s Roots of Hatred and I completely agree with her.

    Newsweek is one really good example why people might search out groups like these. In one of their latest articles there was a quote about the ???end of white America??? from the Atlantic Monthly and comments of blacks thinking that whites adopting black children as ???cultural genocide???. As far as race is concerned the problem with Obama getting elected has been the attitudes of people that support him. We heard them on these posts and on television and we are still hearing it (Janeane Garofalo), that if we didn???t vote or support Obama then it is because you are racist. Maybe they should use Obama as their example. From everything that I have seen , I like how Obama has handled the issues of race. I believe he accepts that yes there are people out there that didn't vote for him because he was black, but you didn't ever hear him complain about it or use it as a crutch or as leverage. I have no doubt that there were people who voted for him / and against him based solely on the color of his skin. What I have a problem with is the feeling (and maybe I???m the only one) of being bullied. Peer pressure at the highest level that if I don???t agree or don???t go along with the plan then I will be labeled an outsider / a racist. Then if that doesn???t work lets throw out slavery and all the other horrible things people can think of white Americans.

    Well as I???ve said before, there isn???t a race or ethnicity out there that doesn???t have a history (Persians, Germans, this list goes on???). If blacks and whites (heck the world) wants me to take the shame and back off because they throw history in my face???a history that I had nothing to do with. First, I???m not and second, are they going to be ashamed of their ancestors. I see Germans still proud to be German and they had Hilter, but they know there is a difference in being proud to be German and not being a Nazi. Blacks are proud of their heritage, that they are African???are they going to be ashamed to be African because of the horrible acts that are going on today in places like Sudan. The mass murders, the violence against women and turning children into murders. They must all be the same because they are all black and they are African, so all black Africans are horrible people. Is this fair? NO, but that is basically what is being done to white Americans today. We have no right to complain, be unhappy or disagree..strictly because on the color of our skin???..that is racism.

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  • Posted By: il10per @ 04/28/2009 6:46:32 PM

    Give it up Hillbillies, Humans are evolving (Look the word up in the dictionary, better yet try doing it yourself). we're growing past using racial epithets as a panacea for our own shortcomings (Oops there I go again with words you obviously can't understand.

    OK let's keep it simple so you'll understand. you're obsolete (I think you've probably heard that word often enough even if it IS usually used when describing your automobile), and it's time you put your linens back on your bed (that way you can show that radiant toothless smile AND not have to sleep on the bare mattress anymore). Might be a good time to get that coveted GED and maybe even a couple of courses at the community college (Might I suggest the HUMANITIES Dept.)

    It's a brave new world out there, the problem for you is that your way of thinking has no place in it. No one is going to support you and only a very few backward uneducated hatemongers much like yourselves are even going to be willing to tolerate you. To us you're no different than any other terrorist, regardless of nationality of origin. But don't go away mad,just....go away.

    • Posted By: youthgoes @ 04/29/2009 7:47:48 PM

      You, sir, are as bigoted as the "hillbillies" you shun! Get your GED? The Humanities Dept.??? I have my Undergraduate degree and am working towards my Masters degree as well...and I am DAMN proud to be white, conservative and a Christian! Your "brave new world" means losing touch with God in favor of a hateful and sinful humanity. Get it straight. We're educated, united, and we will NEVER go away!

  • Posted By: tremors @ 04/28/2009 7:49:27 PM

    Duh, this is exactly what McCain-Palin courted during the campaign. They did nothing but stoke these fires. I lost any respect I had for McCain then.

    • Posted By: youthgoes @ 04/29/2009 7:41:37 PM

      McCain is a good man. He simply made a mistake choosing someone as unintelligent as Palin for a running mate.

  • Posted By: doctorfixit @ 04/29/2009 3:05:26 PM

    Liberalism is a hate crime. European-Americans are under increasing attack from Obama and the Napolitano Gestapo. It is clear that Obama intends to pursue a Final Solution much like what happened in Rwanda. I don't know how much more of his oppression can be tolerated before defensive measures must be taken.

    • Posted By: Vigilance @ 04/29/2009 6:35:37 PM

      I don't like what you're implying. What are "defensive measures"?

    • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 04/29/2009 6:32:56 PM

      Hilarious. I almost thought you were serious for a minute.

  • Posted By: doctorfixit @ 04/29/2009 2:59:38 PM

    The federal government is the biggest hate group in the US, followed by the Democrat party. A European-American Homeland on the North American Continent is the only way to secure European-Americans equal rights, peace, freedom from liberal fascist racism, and a restoration of the Constitution.

  • Posted By: rho1953 @ 04/29/2009 5:41:47 PM

    Is this an effort to label anyone who doesn't support Obama a right wing hater? This administration is all about divisiveness. They thrive on setting people against one another and making anyone who dissents an extremist. I reject this totally. I don't like being forced into quasi-socialism or Marxism. I don't like him and don't care what color he is. It's about his political philosophy.

  • Posted By: Nor-Cal for Obama @ 04/29/2009 5:37:48 PM

    If you asked any one of these ignorant demons to point out any science that the world has become specifically harder for the Caucasian race, they could not. That is because there is none.

    F*&^ Haters.

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