RE: Why are Conservatives so disrespectful towards President Obama
July 9, 2016 at 2:09 pm
(This post was last modified: July 9, 2016 at 2:10 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(July 9, 2016 at 11:17 am)CapnAwesome Wrote: Your question is ridiculous, but no, nobody claimed George Bush was born in Kenya. Similarly outrageous and stupid attacks were made against him though.
You're still not answering the question.The crux of my question was not his birthplace per se, but the racism that was insinuated. I asked you: Was George Bush attacked on the basis of his race? Did he suffer insinuations of same?
Would you like a hint? Perhaps need to use a Lifeline call? The answer is no, of course. Do you see my point now? Grabbing the most divisive current issue in American society and slapping the President with it represents a major escalation in divisive political rhetoric.
As for the 9/11 allegations, as I said, they largely come from the far-right spectrum of idiocy. Chomsky and others on the far-left of that spectrum have said stupid shit, no doubt, but equating the two presidencies doesn't hold water. The polity is far more polarized nowadays than they were before the Iraq invasion.
