Have You Noticed How Public Racists Have Become Since Obama's Election

[mim89]

I was reading a article about the hurricane Sandy and read comments and its crazy how public racists have become. It has their real names linked to their FB profiles and they still have no shame.


Example:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/looters_swipe_up_the_mess_in_chaos_D9SbBRGiVvEVZzEI4AIxaN


Its really disgusting.

[seabeyond]

1. all the 'isms are more pronounced. i saw the ok for racism in bushco years.

we have the internet to validate each others 'ism. we have our media and shows reinforcing our choices in racism, sexism, homophobia.

and it is a choice.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

2. Obama is the embodiment of all their worst fears.

Because racists believe in a society of social classes in which minorities, women and the LGBT community are second class citizens, they see President Obama as the symbol of their own eventual relegation to that second-class status while "the others" attain first-class stature. They are incapable of of accepting that we are all first-class citizens and if you look at the original constitution and just the first 10 amendments, which they hold to be as sacred as the bible, you can see how they came to that misguided notion.

[BlueToTheBone]

5. I don't think is a fear of the future

but the realization of their lives that they are second class citizens. They have been told to blame "the other" rather than see it is a wealth separation rather than a social situation.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

9. I live in Florida,

the racists here do NOT see themselves as second-class citizens.

[BlueToTheBone]

16. what I meant

was that they know something is wrong and they have to blame it on someone ...just not the real people that they should be blaming. They're told that "other is the reason."

[Sekhmets Daughter]

17. Without the underlying fear, there would be no "other"

It still boils down to their view that there is an "other"

[BlueToTheBone]

25. It always amazes me that

some don't understand that we are all one and there is no other.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

26. Racism is a complex and convoluted issue that has

afflicted mankind since Cro-Magnon met Neanderthals and I doubt it will ever be completely eradicated. Which is not to say I believe we should just accept it as normal behavior or excuse it in any way. My personal belief is that everyone experiences, at least momentary, bouts of racism and/or bigotry but some of us repress such illogical feelings and turn to logic to guide us.

[BlueToTheBone]

28. I agree

and peace will come when more and more people resist that urge and instead see one another as themselves.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

29. Well said.

[uponit7771]

31. + 1

[stillcool]

3. Elected officials have

no problem with blatant racism, so why should they? Hell, elected officials have no problem blatantly trying to stop people from voting. It's pretty crazy. As long as the little people on the internet can say whatever they want anonymously, with no threat of consequences, they will keep on doing it. I refuse to read those comments. That much ugly has no business being in my brain.

[Skidmore]

4. The Republican Party gave them access to power and the media gave them a voice

in the name of being "fair and balanced."

[Scuba]

12. Bingo.

[OldDem2012]

14. Dead on! The media should have been the watchdog. nt.

[LeftInTX]

19. Yep, the Billionaire's TEA Party sponsored by the Koch brothers

[uponit7771]

32. + 1

[gollygee]

6. Wow. That's ugly.

Answer to your question: Yes, and it's very sad. Obama will be re-elected despite them.

[Yul A]

7. They've always been there

And, sadly, we'll not see their demise in our lifetimes.

[Whovian]

8. my god some of those posts chill me to tthe bones.

I hate to see what much of this country has devolved to.

[Democratopia]

10. It is like they are members of a hate club.

They like to show their bigotry to show they are in the club. It is their badge of honor. Their role models, like Limbaugh, Trump, Palin, Beck, Hannity, are telling them to be afraid, telling them that they should be angry, that their freedoms are being threatened, that they must be afraid of anyone who isn't like them. They must distrust any other sources of information from outside the club. The worst aspects of the human condition do the rest. Some become more extreme, more nasty, more hateful.

They are unaware that they have become advocates for big corporations to abuse the rights of ordinary people and the environment in order to make more profit for the super-rich. When pressed to explain their attitudes they can become defensive or abusive, because their very identity seems threatened. They cannot verbalize their rationale, because there isn't any rationale. They cannot express themselves in an honest or logical way. It is all at an emotional level - they have been brainwashed - brainwashed to defend corrupt big business - the true masters of our nation.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

30. All true, but they love Alan West, so how dare you suggest they're bigots? And they simply adore

the Constitution (in that selective way they adore the Bible), so how dare you suggest they would deny anyone their rights?

just in case it's not clear

[Ikonoklast]

11. It started with Reagan. They saw him as taking us back to the Fifties

when casual racism was accepted.

The racists are now terrified of becoming a permanent minority in this country one day.

One reason they want White people to be anti-abortion.

[ismnotwasm]

13. Sure have

And it is truly disgusting

[jsr]

15. Yep.

[danimich1]

18. Rush made it ok

When he was on TV, it must have been in the early 90s, I was shocked at what he was saying. Shocked that people were repeating it. It was as if suddenly people didn't have to hide their nasty, hateful thoughts anymore, simply because Rush was broadcasting hatred on tv and on the radio. I remember my rich, republican boss laughing and coming up with racist phrases that he thought Rush would like.

Add to that all the hate radio and fox news, and the population of haters feel validated and think it's ok to feel the way they do.

The best we can do to combat this hatred is to teach our kids to accept that people are different and try not to teach them to hate in return.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

33. I think this is a *major* factor. As you said, that vomit-voiced POS made people believe there's no

shame in their willful ignorance and blatant bigotry. He has emboldened and empowered the knuckle-draggers.

[LeftInTX]

20. For some reason these types became louder after the first debate

I frequent those news sites from time to time. The NY Post always had a conservative bias, but the comments weren't outright hatred. There was some mudslinging at Romney for his tax returns and 47%. So, I don't know.

These sights should have some type of moderator. Maybe the NY Post should be exposed in the media? Maybe they should be held responsible. They are inciting hate and racism.

[JoePhilly]

21. Obama's election ripped off a very large scab.

For the last few decades, the racists had to go underground. The word N****R could only be used in quiet rooms. No longer could it be used to put an African American in their place. That word had power, and the racists, being unable to use that word in public lost that power. And it pissed them off.

I know. I'm a white guy in my 40s and I have been in many white only situations in which that word is suddenly used. And the person using it assumes that the other white present will be fine with it. Its kind of like the racist's pressure release valve. They can't use that word freely, so the pressure builds up, and then the release it in smaller groups of like minded (or assumed like minded) people.

Obama's election ripped the scab off. And now their racism, pent up for so long, oozes out.

[bongbong]

22. racism on parade

There is a gif or two floating around showing that newspapers label white looters as "scavenging survival items that would otherwise be wasted" and the like, vs blacks as simply "looters".

[AngryAmish]

23. Weren't you around here during the 08 primaries?

[KamaAina]

24. Here we go again

Looter:



"Finder" (from Katrina):

[DavidDvorkin]

27. I naively thought the opposite would happen

When Obama was elected, I thought that racism would finally fade away. Instead, the opposite seems to have happened; or perhaps they've just come out of hiding even more.