Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 324 Editor's Choice: 8
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Why do we need to talk about Race at all?
[Read the article: Geraldine Ferraro still needs to apologize]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I mean, seriously. You can't tell me that Ferraro wasn't trying to denigrate Obama's popularity with those comments. Is it true? Maybe. But as most of you know, Obama has won in states where there are hardly any black people as well. Is it proveable? I don't know. But it's all perception, anyway. He's a cult leader, he's the black friend from the website "Black people really like me.com", he has racist friends.
What hurts the most about this whole election is that people I kind of respected who post on this website, are so blind. Maybe I'm sensitive because I'm black. Just like the three-hundred strong feminists who attacked Obama for saying, "when Hillary feels down."
And for all of those Wright posts: When I first read those comments by Ferraro, I didn't know she was working for the Clinton campaign. Since she works for the campaign, she should resign just like Samantha Powers did for calling Hillary a monster.
I don't beleive Wright works for the campaign. Like Billy Graham was to George Bush (or whatever televangelist oversaw his born-againess), he's Obama's spiritual advisor. If he is using the pulpit to advocate Obama, then the church should lose its tax exempt status.
I think Obama saying Wright is an uncle you don't really agree with all the time is very refreshing. I despise the politics of large numbers of my family: they are homophobic and conservative. The number of times I hear the f-bomb at family gathers...It's awful. My cousin won't let her kids read Harry Potter because she says it encourages devil worship. It's infuriating that my black family can, without a trace of hypocricy, advocate the systematic discrimmination of huge groups of people (muslims, gays, jews, etc.)
I've fought with them, but that doesn't mean I don't invite them over for Christmas dinner. That doesn't mean I don't loan them money, or come to their house when their sick, or drive their kids to school. For better or for worse, they
are family.
I don't know anyone who doesn't have a liberal cousin or a conservative aunt. And a politician, works with both of these people to get things done. Much like Obama has done in the past.
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Who are these people
[Read the article: Geraldine Ferraro still needs to apologize]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Have you guys noticed them? They run basically the same letter, why hasn't the MSM/Salon/MSNBC or whatever addressed the following shortcomings of Obama Hussein Obama:
1) Rezko
2) Muslim
3) Wright
Are you guys republican stooges or are you Clinton stooges? I've seen very similar posts on my conservative newspaper's message boards, ABCNews and now here on Salon. Who are you people? I know I should ignore them, but it is just weird and kind of off-putting. I don't want to beleive it's Clinton behind all of this (I think that would be the stick) so here's to hoping its an early attempt by Republicans to throw mud on Obama. Not that it isn't mud in most cases. (Oh mi god, someone said American foreign policy was to blame for 9/11! The horror! Someone said Clinton was never called a "nigger." Really? Though, I always thought her husband was the...nevermind.
A black person said Goddamn America? Wow. Why would any black person feel a little angry at the US. Throughout history, we've had it great! Yassuh Masta!)
Maybe the folks at Salon should start trying to figure out where these posts come from instead of focusing on all these politicians with foot in mouth disease. Or maybe I don't want to know: I might have to vote for Clinton in the general and I don't want to feel pissed about that.
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@RealityCounts
[Read the article: Geraldine Ferraro still needs to apologize]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Sorry, I had to run off an actually work for awhile...damn job interfering with flame wars!
I guess I do agree with Wright, tenatively, so I don't find his comments horrifying. I don't see how you can't. The terrorists didn't pick America at random; the attack was directly tied to our foreign policy. That doesn't mean I blame the American people for us getting attacked or even the American government. It was inevitable, at least that's how I see it. I have family in New York and my aunt was on her way to WTC when it got hit, so it does hit close to home. However, it doesn't turn off my ability to be rational about the whole thing. (She is, btw, very anti-semitic but I still love her.)
I think it's very hard for people to see the distinction between, American foreign policy led to 9/11, and it's America's fault they got blowed up. We should never change our foreign policy just because we're afraid of offending extremists. However, we do have to realize that because the way the world works now, we are more vulnerable than we've ever been in our history. What we do abroad CAN come back to bite us in the ass, violently, not just in high oil prices and saber rattling from foreign governments. We, as a people, have decide if our policies are worth whatever collateral damage might occur.
Also, I don't think just because you associate with someone doesn't mean you have to swallow lock stock and barrell all of their ideas. Even if you admire one part of person. Human beings are flawed by nature. Living in the South has really helped me realize that; there are people down here who have the exact opposite political views as I do, but are so friggin' NICE! A world where everyone only associates with people they agree 100% with, would be a world bereft of the interplay of ideas. (or whatever.)
I don't even know if it's worthwhile posting this...and I have to go back to work so, I guess this will be my final world. I just want to clarify that I don't blame the 9/11 victims, or even (gasp) George Bush for 9/11. (Please don't hurt me!)
Happy Friday, ya'll.