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Seeing as though you chose the most holiest day of the week to clear your conscious, have you spoken to God lately about this?
Actually, I found what you wrote kind of sad, because black people have always voted happily for a white person. They didn’t announce to the world that they didn’t want a white President. They listened to all sides and made their best choice in who would do the country the most good.
I am a black woman, and I hope you find God in your heart, because you won’t be allowed in heaven when you cast aside one of His children.
God bless you and keep you safe.
By the way, you are the first person that I’ve ever heard (outside of tv) making a outright racial slur towards a black person in all of my 44 years of life and 26 years of voting, and I still wish you much peace and happiness.
They state it in the clearest and most bigoted terms possible; just as you did. So don’t worry, you are not alone. There are plenty of other ignorant and racist people? as yourself.
The good news is that they are outnumbered by honest and clear thinking people who WILL vote for Obama whether he is black or they are white.
*sigh* some americans.
Still, I give you credit for being brave enough to voice these ignorant beliefs and observations somewhere besides in the confines of circles where you know you’ll be agreed with.
I suspect you were hoping for people to denegrate and be hateful toward you. I suspect you were hoping you’d get some hateful language back that you could use to promote, propogate and otherwise confirm that you are right in your ideolgoy. Maybe you’d share it with like minded friends and you could all feel superior in that “you told us”.
The bigotry point is confusing…do you only hate the black half of Barack Obama? Or do you hate the white half of him as well? Does that make you a self hating white man?
He (Obama) was raised by three white people primarily; so he was likely was instilled with what they valued…which apparently was inclusion and freedom of decision. I think that’s one of the basic tenants of our country’s founding isn’t it? Wasn’t there something on that statue in New York about huddled masses who yearned to be free? There wasn’t any language there about “only the whites need apply”…”except for anyone NOT like us”.
You’re entitled to opininon…even flawed.
You’re entitled to speak…even hateful speak.
Just remember that we are all reapers and sowers of our thoughts, our words and our actions. This is a spiritual truth….when you sow hate; that’s what you see everywhere and in everything. It’s simple really.
I wish blessings upon you. I pray that you’re pure and loving heart will out shine your fear and hate. I send the love of the one true God to you and ask that you be blessed in your coming and your going in all that you do and are.
Thank you for reminding me that there is still so far to go in our relating honestly with one another with love and understanding.
You see…it’s not about Barack Obama…it’s about US.
Politics is always that way, some one wins, someone looses. It takes time to adjust to the reality.
Like we all felt in 2000 with the Gore loss.
To the above poster, I’ve been to the CNN video page plenty and seen Barack give lengthy, knowledgeable answers about his solutions to the issues. I don’t get people who’ve never tried to pay attention saying that he doesn’t do that. Please watch one of his rallies, there’s no way he would have gotten this far by ONLY shouting “hope, change!! hope, change!” all the time. For you to suggest that is ludicrous.
Also, about his race. Please, with all due respect, step into the 21st century. I’m not going to waste time explaining why racism is wrong, its redundant at this point. You can either get used to him being our President or you won’t. Just know that if it happens, you’ll have to live with it.
Allow me to quote the words of our Founding Father, Patrick Henry when addressing a Tory in the Commonwealth of Virginia: “The difference between you and I, sir, is that while I disagree with everything you have just said, I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Racial prejudice is merely an admission of pre-existing, deeply buried hatred and fears that fester deep within our souls. Only when this existential decay is brought into the light of honest social intercourse can there be any hope of cure.
As startling as it may first appear to us, by choosing to publicly announce his hate and fear this person has already admitted the nightmares that have haunted his soul far before he even knew that there was something called a black or a white person.
Either we support him in his sincere (albeit unconscious) attempt to embrace an empathetic, trusting and nurturing world that he instinctively seeks, or we foolishly choose to exploit this opportunity for healing as an excuse to act out our own deeply buried fear and hatred.
We can choose to grow together in a new world of our own creation, or we can continue to blindly struggle in the darkness of our internal hatred and feels. Isn’t this is really the change that we seek? A new world that we can then pass on to our progeny.
We must think out of the box. I propose a different model.
This man is a drunk. He has finally found a way to our AA meeting. He has stood up and declared that is his sincere belief that he is not a drunk. Instead he insists that it is we who fail to acknowledge that it is his God given right to drink himself straight into oblivion. The question now is, how are we fellow recovering drunks going to respond to him.
The choice is ours, not his.
G
Kentuckiana for Obama
Brilliant responce.
Thanks.
There has to be a paradigm shift in your perception and others like you. You’ve chosen to be narrow minded. But you are entitled to your point of view.
M
I will tell you my absolute FAVORITE part of your spew.
“Have you noticed his pausing every time he tries to say something. That pause, gives me the chills every time. That pause is indication that he is thinking what to say”
WHAT! Thinking before he speaks! You are right, that is TRULY dangerous. Can’t have that.
After the chills, shame & sadness inpired by the first posts in this series,(and the admiration I felt for the responders) your message made
me laugh out loud. Thank you for that badly, badly needed chuckle!
I agree with you that the sight of Senator Obama actively THINKING during his speeches, exchanges, comments & and responses is more frightening & hate- provoking to some people than his color, his laid back Hawaiian manner, or his “exotic” name. And as to the exotic nature of his name - has any one been in a public school lately? The student roster in most schools & colleges these days contains names from all around the world.That could be why young people respond to Obama so frequently.
When I was young, we were taught in school to be proud of the US as “a melting pot”- because many of our or our friends parents or grandparents had immigrated and become citizens. And we were a richer nation for the contributions of all our citizens.
Now if we will just do a better job at
caring for and providing opportunity to citizens
below the top 1%. On to the election!
Did you know that BO is half white? So you won’t vote for half of him, regardless of what a great candidate he is?
Do you realize how foolish it is to base your support on the color of one’s skin? You would rather have how many years of war, how many lives lost, how many people lose their homes, how many people lose their jobs because BO is black???
I feel very sorry for you, and hope that someday people won’t be prejudiced against you becasue the don’t like bigots.
And before you write another blog airing your dirty laundry, check your grammar. The “fundamental differences in education” is showing.
Watch your thoughts…they become your words
Watch your words…they become your actions
Watch your actions…they become your character
I think this undermines your basic premise of simply not liking him based on a race category that you have assigned him. His mother is the same color as yours and you probably have a lot more in common with Barack Obama than many African-Americans or the people you have assigned as being “black.”
We don’t buy into fear here and we especially block racism from our minds.
You represent everything that is wrong with this country: insecurity, cynicism and intolerance.
I hope that this experience will open your mind to the fact that we are not easily swayed. Obama supporters are for the most part highly intelligen individuals, even those with a lower education.
We all have a lot in common. We believe in the Constitution, so does Barack, he taught it and defends it, we believe that the time has come to change the way Washington works so this country can get out of the ditch it’s in, and Barack Obama is the person to get that job done. We believe that Barack Obama will surround himself with the best people in Washington and will listen to all voices, therefore, we trust that his decisions will produce results.
I hope that you get something from this experience, because you definitely are at a deficit right now. Do not think however that anyone of Obama’s supporters will stop supporting him because of anything you have written here. We are much more intelligent than that. Thank you.
We don’t buy into fear here and we especially block racism from our minds.
You represent everything that is wrong with this country: insecurity, cynicism and intolerance.
I hope that this experience will open your mind to the fact that we are not easily swayed. Obama supporters are for the most part highly intelligen individuals, even those with a lower education.
We all have a lot in common. We believe in the Constitution, so does Barack, he taught it and defends it, we believe that the time has come to change the way Washington works so this country can get out of the ditch it’s in, and Barack Obama is the person to get that job done. We believe that Barack Obama will surround himself with the best people in Washington and will listen to all voices, therefore, we trust that his decisions will produce results.
I hope that you get something from this experience, because you definitely are at a deficit right now. Do not think however that anyone of Obama’s supporters will stop supporting him because of anything you have written here. We are much more intelligent than that. Thank you.
Different values??? Even if that were true, which it isn’t….His mother was WHITE and he was raised by his MOTHER and his WHITE grandparents.
His black father had NOTHING to do with his life.
You are an example of what is embarrassing about AMERICA.
Do you NOT understand that the WHOLE WORLD is rooting for Barack Obama?
If we elect this guy president our standing goes up in the world in an instant.
You are a racist and should be ashamed of yourself.
In our secret hearts and deepest souls, the vast majority of Americans do NOT agree with you. Your racist outlook is NOT normal. You don’t have to take my word for it: this nation will show you in November.
Cast your own vote as you see fit. That’s how democracy works.
Tags: don, don't trust barack obama, I don't want a black president, obama is a showman that's all
May 29, 2008 at 3:33 am
IT IS TIME FOR A BLACK PRESIDENT. THIS COUNTRY NEEDS TO HEAL, FROM THE DISEASED NOTION A BLACK PERSON CAN NEVER REACH A JIM CROW POLICY THOUGHT OUT AND CONSTRUCTED BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO IDEA OF GODS APPROACHED TO HUMANITY AND CONCLUSIVE SOUL SEARCHING. IF YOU ARE WILLING TO DEAL WITH OVERCOMING A SICK AND DISABLING DISEASE THAT EVENTUALLY DISTROYS THE PERSON FROM WITHIN AND YOU REALLY ARE HAPPY WITH YOURSELF AS A PERSON OF CONSCIOUS AND RELIGION. THAN OPEN YOUR MIND TO A TRUTH THAT SELF DENIAL HAS KEPT YOU TRAPPED; THIS IS SELF ABUSE AND GIVES SATAN AN EASY VESSEL TO INVADE. VOTE WITH WISDOM NOT HATRED.
May 31, 2008 at 5:03 am
Where will you be in January 2009?
June 7, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Fuckin’ racist… What do u have against black people? that’s all because your cock is too small and we have big tools? do u are superior to us? I shit and piss just like u, I stink at the mornings just like u, I have feelings just like you… what do u have against all races “white man”? what do u have against indians, latins, jews, blacks, arabs and brunettes? what’s your fuckin’ complex of superiority? why do u try to make the world a better place by hating people that is different to u? why white people is so damn racist? c’mon… this is the 21 century and you still hating people by them skin color… GROW UP YOU RETARD!!! You are white but you still being an idiot!!!