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Two years ago many Americans celebrated as the first black president was sworn into office. With promises of a serious discussion on race and a new post-racial utopia all looked bright and well in the world of race relations.
That vision of a post-racial utopia quickly went up in a thermo nuclear ash cloud as the “Race Card” was thrown around at every turn.
Today, accusations of Racism are nothing more than a joke and a cheap political tool. What used to be an actual offense has turned into a joke.
How has this happened? Why is it such a joke?
It started, in large part, with the birth of the Tea Party. The Radical Left had no real argument to go at them with, so suddenly they wanted to paint the entire movement as Racist. Any reason a person might have to dislike Obama was ignored and that person was labeled a Racist. People suddenly were called racists for not liking the President and disagreeing with his policies. Nothing else mattered. If you didn’t like Obama, you were a racist. Period.
The wide painting of the Tea Party movement as racist gained ground by many in the media. The more respectable media members ignored this and called it crazy talk while the insane and far left wing talking heads quickly ran around screaming “RACISM!” at the top of their lungs. All serious discussion on issues was ignored in favor of using a political cheap shot. At the time calling someone a Racist actually mattered. People took offense to it. Slowly, however, that changed. You began to see signs at Tea Party rallies that said “It doesn’t matter what this sign says, you will call it racism anyways.”
An entire group of protestors was instantly and unfairly labeled Racist. The Tea Party group routinely said they were not racist and went out of their way to prove they weren’t. That did not matter too many on the Left, the Tea Party was racist, Period.
With the unfolding charges of Racism by the Left some on the Right began to return fire. Right Wing shock jocks and talk show hosts began shouting calls of “Reverse Racism”. Reverse Racism in itself is an idiotic notion. Disliking someone on the base of their Race is Racism, there is no other term for it.
These Right Wing idiots began running around searching for something, anything, that they could show to the masses as proof that Obama and his administration were Racist.
The recent event surrounding Shirley Sherrod proves this. A right wing “journalist” showed a video of her speaking about what appeared to be her partaking in Racism. The Right’s talking heads sprinted into action calling for her to be fired and saying this was proof of Racism in the Obama administration. Just like the left labeling the Tea Party as racist, not all of them did, but quite a few did. In the end Glenn Becks calls for Context actually came true, context did matter. It did not matter to the course of the “controversy”, the damage was done.
She lost her job and the Administration was forced to apologize to her for their quickly firing of her. Many on the Left quickly blamed the Right for her firing. Everyone else was at fault, and they failed to realize that the Obama Administration fell into a trap.
Over time Racism charges became such a cheap political tool that the second someone was accused of Racism they had to be fired. It did not matter what they were saying, they were a racist and had to go. Period.
No single person was to blame for the incident instead, everyone was to blame. People were so quick to point fingers screaming “NO U” that they failed to realize their own mistakes. The continued building and use of Racism charges led to her firing, nothing more.
The Thermo Nuclear Warfare that is the use of the “Race Card” had built to a high water mark. The Right was forced to respond to the Lefts opening salvo and in the end both sides look like !@#$ and are full of nothing but idiots trying to score a cheap political point.
The Media was not the only ones at fault though. Many members of the US House of Representatives said that the Tea Party was racist, some more covertly than others, and even went so far as to label them Nazis. This only threw Jet Fuel onto a raging fire. The Right responded in turn by slamming people in the Obama Administration as Racist. The Thermo Nuclear warfare only continued to build.
So who is to blame?
Everyone. There is not a single person in the US right now who is free from guilt. From the Left Wing talking heads who spread lies that the Tea Party is nothing but Racists to the Right Wing parrots who run around screaming “REVERSE RACISM” even the people who sat back and watched are at fault. By sitting back and watching people of a party you may support or agree with and not telling them to back off, you gave them your unwritten support. If you stepped back and said “woah hold on there buddy” then good for you. If not……Even I must take some guilt for this. I sat back and watched things unfold and did not speak up to say “don’t say that” when I should have. No one is free from guilt so don’t try to pretend that you are.
Today Racism has turned into a cheap political joke. Instead of actually investigating what might be real racism people are too worried about labeling people who do not agree with them as a racist. All logic, all reasoning, all critical thinking is gone. Instead they just look at the person, scream Racist, and ignore anything else they may have to say. Calls from the Left that any Black person who does not support Obama is somehow less of a black person does not help. Calls from the Right that some evil black man is going to kill your babies does not help.
Some people reading this now will say “YEA BUT THEY ARE RACIST” without realizing they are doing nothing but being a brainless drone. There are many people in the US who are racist. They are not, will not, and cannot be the norm. They belong to the fringes of both parties and show up at events for both sides. Both parties have racist elements on their fringes, and, since it is impossible to totally eradicate these people, that is where they need to stay. The Republicans, Tea Party, and Democrats are not made up solely of Racists, but they are a part of those groups. Go to any event for any group and there will be a Racist in that audience. They may not be overt about it, but they are there. It does not matter what your political affiliation is, someone in your party, is a racist.
By claiming that wide groups of people are Racist without any backing and by running around saying that anyone who might disagree with you, for whatever the reason, is a Racist you have only helped in turn Racism into the Great American Joke that it now is.
Note: This is not after any single person but the entirety of the political spectrum that allowed this to happen. I don’t care about Right vs Left….they all suck.
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