Political Baron: Why Are They Calling You Racist?

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Racism in the United States is an ugly chapter that has not yet been completed. In recent months, some who tend to lean to the far right (my apologies to those with one shorter leg) have been wondering why people have been accusing them of being racist. Driving home from work today I even heard Rush Limbaugh attempting to rile up his audience. Taunting his dittohead minions, he told them that “they” call you racists for disagreeing with Obama. He then went on to say that in “In Obama’s America, the white kids now get beat up with the black kids cheering, ‘Yay, right on, right on, right on, right on,” Limbaugh said. In the past he has criticized Obama’s black handshake and has referred to him as a Halfrican American. It was an embarrassing and shameful tirade.

I think you are bright enough to know that people are not being accused of racism simply because of their views on health care reform. You’re a grown up. You know better than that. People don’t think you’re racist for disagreeing with health care. They think you’re racist for cracking racist jokes. They think you’re racist for emailing racist images. They think you’re racist for being racist.

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