Damn

[trinityvixen]

Awesomesauce.

I ::heart:: Jay Smooth. There's something to be said about boiling down complex issues to analogies reducing our ability to hold meaningful dialogues, but that's usually because the analogies in question are faulty. In this case, he's absolutely right.

Comments

[kent-allard-jr.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's absolutely true, but I think that's because people can easily fill in the blanks. "As a black man I find that offensive" > "that statement was racist" > "you are a racist." I suspect that's unavoidable, though.

As for Michelle Obama and the supposed Whitey! speech, I'd say that's a different set of issues (with "Republicans lying" on the top of the list).

[edgehopper.livejournal.com]

Well, since the person who "broke" the "story" on the Whitey! speech (by which I mean "spread the false rumor") was firmly in the Clinton camp, you'll have a hard time blaming lying Republicans. But hey, whatever works. We all know that most of the hate and bigotry in America comes from right-wingers anyway, so why let facts get in the way?

[kent-allard-jr.livejournal.com]

Well since Larry Johnson's story was "confirmed" by three "senior Republican" sources, I'm sure they deserve their share of the blame.

[kent-allard-jr.livejournal.com]

Plus, this is just an updated conservative rumor that gets resurrected every election cycle.