tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677108722778516534.post8177716689296856041..comments2023-09-27T03:58:56.646-06:00Comments on Bessemer Opinions: A Shout Out to Bigots?Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10842576168520693461noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677108722778516534.post-23316663373098449722008-10-08T12:41:00.000-06:002008-10-08T12:41:00.000-06:00Race should not be an issue. But to keep it from ...Race should not be an issue. But to keep it from becoming one, people should avoid using terms that remind others of racial disparities. Or flying flags that are used as divisive symbols and thatpromote hatred.<BR/><BR/>As for my drumbeat for Obama, it is because I truly believe that this country, and possible civilization as we know it, will not survive with McCain as president. That has to do with wars, the environment and energy, and the economy. In 28 more days, maybe I will return to more varied topics. Believe me, there is a lot more I would like to address, along the lines of science and religion and Bessemer, but right now, changing the course of this country is most important.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10842576168520693461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677108722778516534.post-2809469240684826342008-10-08T12:32:00.000-06:002008-10-08T12:32:00.000-06:00Why must race become an issue in everything? As fo...Why must race become an issue in everything? As for the "that one" comment, when I heard it I thought nothing about race, more generational from McCain. And the "boy" comment is often directed at anyone younger than the speaker too. I think people see or hear what they want and Joe you are no different. I used to come here and read your take on things but it is just so tiresome to come here and hear your drumbeat for Obama every day. Oh my is that racial too. Take it however you want, by the way. <BR/><BR/><BR/>LAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677108722778516534.post-18911119733821254042008-10-08T09:58:00.000-06:002008-10-08T09:58:00.000-06:00You could make the same accusations of racism agai...You could make the same accusations of racism against Obama. You could tune to Tom Joyner in the morning or Michael Baisden in the afternoon and listen to the comments by the callers and the hosts. Many of the comments could be considered racist even if they are not blatantly so. Also consider some of the comments made by his former pastor.<BR/><BR/>So using the same logic that is used in the blog post you could connect these comments with Obama and say that it is not a big jump to think of Obama as racist and that he probably shares these same views.<BR/><BR/>But what is the point?<BR/><BR/>Neither candidate has said anything blatantly racist. Saying things that "could have had racial connotations" shouldn't count. Anyone can misconstrue something a politician says and take it out of context, especially when it come to race and class conflict. <BR/><BR/>Such insinuations do nothing but further divide the people and it sounds like the type of weak accusation that some of your more conservative posters would throw around (by the way, regarding John from Hoover's recent post, he needs to read up on the recent electoral history of France).<BR/><BR/>I grew up in a household of divided political loyalties. My father was democrat and a racist. His fellow union members (democrats)and family (democrats) were racist. My mother voted Republican. She held both her daughters hand and a young black girls hand and walked them into a local school the first day they integrated. She was shunned by many of her friends and family after that. To this day she continues to vote republican due to the fact that the racist democrats she knew then are the same racist democrats she knows now.<BR/><BR/>But she shouldn't vote that way. To connect people's bigotry (either perceived or real) with a candidate is just wrong.<BR/><BR/>Wow, sorry about the rant. I didn't know I went on so long.<BR/><BR/>Anywho, quickly: I thought Obama did really good in the town hall debate. I thought McCain would smoke him due to it being his preferred style, but Obama held his own. McCain shot himself in the foot by getting so aggressive during the debate. He should have stayed with the facts and with what he plans on doing.<BR/><BR/>Again, Factcheck.org has a good breakdown of how both candidates got a good bit of their facts wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com