Since it seems charges of racism will continue to fly fast and furiously in the "post-racial" era of Obama, I figured this topic deserved its own thread so we can keep track of it all.

An Atlanta area congressman, speaking of the outburst by Joe Wilson, said this:

Wilson 'did not help the cause of diversity and tolerance with his remarks. If I were a betting man I would say that he instigated more racist sentiment, feeling that it’s okay. You don’t need to bury it now… I guess we’ll probably have folks putting on white hoods and white uniforms again riding through the countryside intimidating people. That’s the logical conclusion if this kind of attitude is not rebuked and Congressman Wilson represents…

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/09/16/2071015.aspx 

Still don't see how "You lie" is racist. Even a racist can tell someone who lies that they lie without racism being part of it. Too many assumptions about "intent" cloud this issue. And, Obama did lie so Wilson was speaking the truth, all racism aside.

WATERBOARD TRUTH!!!

Support universal healthcare, or else.

When a gorilla escaped from Columbia's Riverbanks Zoo:

"Longtime SCGOP activist and former state Senate candidate Rusty DePass responded with the comment, "I'm sure it's just one of Michelle's ancestors - probably harmless."

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10526195&nav=0RaPIYA8 

GOP operative Mike Green posted a racist joke about President Obama on his Twitter account over the weekend:

JUST HEARD OBAMA IS GOING TO IMPOSE A 40% TAX ON ASPIRIN BECAUSE IT'S WHITE AND IT WORKS.

Green has now admitted it in a new set of Tweets, and apologized.

I realize that my comments were hurtful, wrong and have no place in civil discourse.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/06/south-carolina-gop-operative-doesnt-deny-racist-tweet-against-obama.php?ref=fpblg 

Then there was the pic of the white house with a watermelon lawn, the pic of all the presidents with Obama as just a pair of white eyes, a spook, get it?

Rush calling him a halfrican american. Beck saying Obama hates the white culture and white people. Signs at the tea parties of Obama as an African witch doctor with a bone through his nose. Signs with a lion saying African lion, and Obama lying African.

But your right, racism isn't out there.

keep walking, nothing to see here.

hey! look at that bird over there!......

What color is the bird?

African or European?

Those are coconuts.

RACIST!

Allo, daffy English kaniggets and Monsieur Arthur-King, who is afraid of a duck, you know! So, we French fellows out-wit you a second time!

"JUST HEARD OBAMA IS GOING TO IMPOSE A 40% TAX ON ASPIRIN BECAUSE IT’S WHITE AND IT WORKS."

That's racist, but it's still funny.

Of course those are examples of racism Fuzz but how speicifically is calling out "You lie" racist?

13: It's the racism thread. Pointing out some racism that some here dismiss.

^ Who dismisses it?????

Not all jokes are racist - in poor taste and not funny, yes.

Still, that doesn't mean racism is out of control. It just means the news has reported some individual racist events. Let's not forget that a black was freely elected as POTUS. Racism will always exist in some form. But, it doesn't mean everyone who isn't liberal is a racist.

15: "But, it doesn’t mean everyone who isn’t liberal is a racist."

/sigh

Again. No one is saying that.

^ My mistake - I was making an assumption.

To satisfy my curiosity, who here dismisses it????? This will clears thing up for me.

I don't think anyone dismisses it. There are full bred bonafide racists in this world. A lot are white. But not all.

Jokes that make fun of physical differences between races are racist. Jokes that point out cultural differences are not racist. Our cultural differences is what makes this country so diverse and so great. So different but yet so common.

And there is also all kinds of racism. The liberals are as guilty of it as well.

Lets say a black teenager is walking through a predominantly white neighborhood and he gets jumped by a group of white teens just because he is black. Racism, yes. Hate crime, yes.

Now a white teenager is walking through a black neigborhood and the same thing happens. Liberals automatically assume two things. 1) That the white kid should have known better and 2)that is to be expected in a black neighborhood so not racist and not a hate crime.

Those two assumptions are very racist in and of themselves.

"hate crime"

As opposed to all the other "love crimes" that happen?

I guess if I'm mugged by a white guy, at least it's nice to know that he didn't hate me.

There is no way I can be racist since one of my friends is black.