Someone is calling you racist because you are against 'big' government?
You haven't been paying attention, Gene. You aren't a racist because you are against big government; you are a racist because you are against the big government that Barama is proposing and creating.
Just like, back when Clinton was in office and his wife was brainstorming "Universal Healthcare" [sic], you were a sexist if you opposed her desired policies.
First, I find that extremely hard to believe.
I find it hard to believe that someone with enough nerve to post a rebuttal has been out of the loop for so long as to be unaware of the basic realities he's commenting on.
Second, if it is true, what kind of credibility can that have to anyone with half a pea brain?
See? you're qualifying your credulity. "With half a pea brain". That excludes, frankly, nearly everyone. But unfortunately, it does not exclude those with the ability to use labels of "racist" to the detriment of those to whom it has been applied. Even if it is limited to strident cat-calling, denouncing those who are against the policies of our current President by using the race card is a common tactic.
The guy is black and irish or whatever and president, who cares? you actually listen to al sharpton? what about rush limbaugh, there is another guy about two beers short of a six pack, you listen to him also?
Don't forget Jimmy Carter. He's played the race card supporting Barama. And he's also short a few beers.
And don't forget that the playing field is not level, here.
While it is fun and very, very easy to quibble with both Limbaugh and Sharpton for their toe-tasting exploits, it is hardly equivalent. Criticize Limbaugh and you are hailed by the left as "sensible" and by the right as a "libtard"; criticize Sharpton and you are hailed by the right as "sensible" and by the left as a "racist".
And, whether deserved or not, whether rational or not, whether relevant or not, the label sticks and resonates with much of society.
if what you have to say is truthful, what does it matter what they call you, whether left or right?
Because it resonates.
A few years ago, someone with the position to do it decided that Rush Limbaugh -- who absolutely loves football -- would make a good studio analyst for the sport. And he made a now-infamous analysis that a certain black quarterback was getting more favorable press than certain other comparable white quarterbacks because the NFL needs the PR associated with having a "Really Good Black QB®".
Suffice it to say, there's some evidence to support this idea. Just like there's also evidence to refute it. But that's what "analysis" is: citing evidence to support or refute a position and letting it fly. There's almost no absolutes. No, uh, black-n-white, as it were. Nearly everything is one or another tone of gray.
But Limbaugh was pilloried as -- you guessed it -- a racist. He's typically critical of The Left, and he dared to mention race critically. He either resigned or was "let out" of his contract [I forget] because "racism" resonates, even if inappropriately.
A month or so ago, Limbaugh's name popped up on an ownership group's proposal for buying the StL Rams ... and millions of "half a pea brain" weenies flooded call-in phone boards across the country to denounce it and him as -- you guessed it once again -- a racist. These pea-brains included other NFL owners, the NFL commish, and a fair smattering of players, so you can't begin to say that it was limited to the loony left's version of trailer trash.
Now, you can dismiss this all as being a function of the self-promoting lightning rod that is Rush Limbaugh, and there is a great deal of evidence that his notoriety certainly magnified the public outrage; Limbaugh-hating websites were quick to backdate "quotes" of his that purported to show further evidence of his racism. But these claims are ubiquitous. The bland, benign Bob Griese was covering a college football game a few weeks ago on ESPN when they broke in to give a blurb on a NASCAR race. The other booth announcer wondered aloud why Juan Pablo Montoya was not among the leaders and Griese -- never known for being anything other than pleasant and inoffensive -- said "he musta been out having a taco".
That's right, Gene: "racism". Griese was suspended for a week despite the fact that Montoya said "Who's Bob Griese?" and not one hispanic anywhere on the planet said the comment was offensive. "People" [i.e., white, piously PC, super-sensitives] called it racism, and therefore it was. Punishment was meted.
It does not matter what you are called by the right; it only matters what you are called by the left. Those are the labels that bring sanction.
You may have been ignorant of this before; you cannot claim to be so now.
