Ugh, ugh and ugh
by digby
Now this stuff really makes me mad. From Dave Neiwert:
[Racist prick Steve Sailor] cites the execrable Shelby Steele, who loves to pretend that "racism is dead" and that white guilt is a much bigger problem:
Many whites assume that the mixed-race and Hawaiian-born Mr. Obama is, in Mr. Steele's words, "indifferent to the whole business of race and identity." According to Mr. Steele, the author of 1990s acclaimed "The Content of Our Character," they see voting for Mr. Obama as proving that they personally aren't guilty of racism.
Mr. Steele suggests that many whites hope electing Mr. Obama president will show blacks that white racism isn't what's holding them back anymore. Numerous white Democrats, I would add, view backing Mr. Obama as confirming their moral and cultural superiority over other whites (those redneck racists). Whites strive for status mostly against other whites, and conceive of minorities primarily as handy props in these intra-racial struggles.
Right. The Democrats who support Barack Obama are only doing it to prove their moral and cultural superiority over other whites. I guess conservatives (both black and white) can't even conceive of the idea that there are liberals out there who don't spend their lives trying to prove their superiority to "redneck racists," as many of these narcissistic, paranoid conservatives seem to think they do. (Most people try to ignore the jackasses if they possibly can --- which is undoubtedly what drives them crazy.)
In case anyone wonders if the netroots or the party at large can come back together after the primaries, I can guarantee you that when the Republicans start in with this low down crap, no matter which Dem is nominated, every last one of us will be on board.
The right is fully prepared to run against either The Bitch, O-Bambi, or The Breck Girl (and in case he makes a sprint for the finish, Bill "Anchor Baby" Richardson) with the most hideous misogynist/racist/quasi-homophobic/xenophobic campaign in history. They know they are probably going to lose --- but they'll let the neanderthals on the bench have some fun in the second half to sharpen their skills.
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