Arab=Terrorist=Muslim=Nigger

Posted under General Musings, On Religion, Politics by khaalidah

Just when I want to believe (I have been accused of being an idealist before) that we, as a country, are making headway racially, socially, and economically (what a joke, yeah?), everything falls apart.  Okay, I am not silly enough to believe that all bad things happen just to thwart me, let me make this clear.  Istagh firullah.  It is just that when I am overwhelmingly disappointed, I am really disappointed.

Have you seen the news clip where the little old white lady says to McCain, “I just don’t trust Obama.  I’ve read about him.  He’s a, a, a, a Arab.”  WHERE DID SHE READ THAT?  You and I both know that Arab is code for Muslim.  And unfortunately in the case of bigoted white America, concerning Barack Obama, Arab is code for nigger. 

Arab=Terrorist=Muslim=Nigger. 

Well, when you put it that way, “He’s an Arab,” somehow this makes it easier and more PC to say  you could never vote for him to be your president.  Even I, who by the way is American born and raised, wouldn’t vote for someone who isn’t an American, regardless of their religious leanings, because that just wouldn’t seem right to me.  But this insistence that he is other than what he claims to be is getting old and tiresome.  Yes?

The blame lies on the head of McCain.  His very subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) rhetoric concerning Obama and supposed ties to terrorists was enough to fan the flames beneath those who already had a simmering hatred for the black man who dared to become president.  During the entire election campaign, even the media appears to have been attempting to take a hesitant approach to the issue of race. 

If thou protest too much, or make too much of a big deal…one gets labeled as a racist or hate-monger.

Unwittingly, this is what has happened to McCain.  After unleashing the provincial Alaskan governor Palin on the campaign circuit, McCain appears to be trying to clean up the mess a bit.  Now, at his rallies, he is telling people that no (and I paraphrase), Obama isn’t a bad guy.  He isn’t the boogie man.  He isn’t a crazy Muslim radical.  He is a good guy, a decent family man that I respect.  I just don’t want him to become president because oh yeah, I can’t trust him either, because he started his political campaign in the living room a domestic terrorist.

Am I the only one who sees the absolute contradiction to that statement?  Can McCain have it both ways?  Well, he can try.  But now his town hall meeting supporters are booing him because he won’t follow their line of thinking (at least not out loud) when they chant things like “Kill him!  Kill him!  Kill him!” and “Off with is head!” in reference to Obama at the political rallies.  Are these campaign rallies or KKK initiations?  See why I am disappointed yet?

1.  The media needs to absolutely crucify (like my play on words here?) McCain for getting this entire ugly situation going in the first place.  Even those in the media who support him should divorce themselves of his divisive rhetoric and anger mongering.  Some of them have, but certainly not enough.

2.  It scares me to think that there are still enough of these types of people, ie. angry, racist to the core, ignorant of a true world view and understanding, hillbilly people to actually fill a town hall.

3.  There is a presidential candidate ie. McCain/Palin, desperate enough to resort to and accept the public support of the above mentioned people. 

Well, Obama is ahead in most all polls.  But I am still unconvinced that he will win.  While there are plenty of people who say, I like Obama and what he stands for, I believe that many of them (white folks in particular) will vote for McCain instead when in the privacy of their voting booths because they can’t vote for a black man.

Obama is either very brave or very foolish.  Even if he makes it to the White House, now more than ever, I fear that his  presidency will be all too brief.  We may end up with Joe Biden for president.

Remember the people shouting, “Kill him!  Kill him!  Kill him!”?

It only takes one fool to pull the trigger.

KHAALIDAH

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