I am wondering... Do racist know they are racist? Once again I have seen Facebook posts that seem to be overtly racist, and people agree with the post but add, "I am not racist", to their replies. If you say something overtly racist, and then deny your racism, are you trying to fool yourself or everyone else?
Now, I am not one who likes to call people racist. I think it is a serious allegation and shouldn't be used lightly. However, when people mention that minorities are destroying America, and lament that we are losing touch with our white, Christian values, then that makes them racists. When they claim that these Christian values were the values of the Founding Fathers, then they are also stupid. I use stupid rather than ignorant, because I believe they know better, but they like the lie better than the truth, so they stick with the lie. That makes them stupid. I guess most racists are stupid as well, but I like pointing them both out separately.
If you would allow me, I would like to take apart the quote that one of my racist friends put on his Facebook page...
"Written by a USMC Vet. (I can't argue with any of it. Passing it along as it was received.)"
Wow, Lee Harvey Oswald was also a USMC vet. Does that give his rantings credibility? By the way, I can and will argue with a lot of it.
"The American Dream ended (on November 6th, 2012) in Ohio. The second
term of Barack Obama will be the final nail in the coffin for the legacy
of the white Christian males who discovered, explored, pioneered,
settled and developed the greatest Republic in the history of mankind."
Really? The second term of Obama seems a lot like the first, which seemed a lot like the terms of the previous 5 presidents (That is covering my lifetime from 5 years old to now). Perhaps this guy feels that the coffin started being built during the Civil Rights Movement or maybe as far back as the Civil War? White Christian males only discovered America for other white Christian males, there were already people here, and they didn't need it discovered for them. Explored, pioneered, settled? Again, civilization was already here. The only thing white Christian males did was take the land away from those already here, and they also did their best to kill off those that were here. The development of the Republic often came on the backs of minorities. Slavery was a big part of the economy until the Civil War. The railroads were built with Chinese labor. I do like the way he combines white Christian males (I am pretty sure there should be commas in there, but I will leave it like the original). If you go back through the history of the United States, there was a hatred between the different white ethnic groups.
"A coalition of Blacks, Latinos, Feminists, Gays, Government Workers,
Union Members, Environmental Extremists, The Media, Hollywood,
uninformed young people, the "forever needy," the chronically
unemployed, illegal aliens and other "fellow travelers" have ended
Norman Rockwell's America."
Ok, racist, xenophobic, sexist, and homophobic. Also add hypocrite to the list. He rants against government workers, yet his claim to credibility is "USMC Vet"? Who does he think he worked for? Union members? This guy really thinks America fell apart a long time ago. Unions are very weak now. I guess he wants to go back to the 1800's when unions were outlawed. Environmental extremists? That is a term that needs defining. It could be someone that wants to eliminate everything that came after the beginning of the industrial revolution, or someone that advocates for anything other than laissez faire, or anything in between. The media? Where does this guy get his information? Are we to believe that he hangs out at his local university library and reads nothing but peer-reviewed articles? Hollywood? So he doesn't like TV or movies. Uninformed young people? I guess that is different than uninformed old people, which makes him feel better about himself. It seems like he is pretty needed if he has to talk about how bad America is getting. Chronically unemployed? Well, at least he has proven he isn't getting his information from peer-reviewed articles. I don't know what fellow travelers mean. Gypsies maybe? Also, blacks, unions, environmentalists, the needy and unemployed don't share the same government policy goals as illegal aliens so it is kind of hard for them to form a coalition.
"The Cocker Spaniel is off the front porch... The Pit Bull is in the
back yard. The American Constitution has been replaced with Saul
Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" and Chicago shyster, David Axelrod,
along with international Socialist George Soros will be pulling the
strings on their beige puppet to bring us Act 2 of the New World Order.
My side ran two candidates who couldn't even win their own home states,
and Chris Christie helped Obama over the top with a glowing "post
Sandy" tribute that elevated the "Commander-in-Chief" to Mother Teresa
status. (Aside: with the way the polls were run, he didn't need any
help!)"
Batshit nuts. I can't even tear this apart because it is nonsensical. He makes no point, but only cries about random shit.
"People like me are completely politically irrelevant, and I will
never again comment on or concern myself with the aforementioned
coalition which has surrendered our culture, our heritage and our
traditions without a shot being fired.
You will never again
out-vote these people. It will take individual acts of defiance and
massive displays of civil disobedience to get back the rights we have
allowed them to take away. It will take Zealots, not moderates &
shy not reach-across-the-aisle RINOs to right this ship and restore our
beloved country to its former status."
The first part is right. He is completely irrelevant. However, he is also scary. This guy has convinced himself that he is in the right, but that he is a minority and needs to disrupt the political system to succeed. He doesn't mention "peaceful" in his rant. That makes him dangerous, because he wants to be relevant and he isn't bright enough to convince intelligent people to come to his cause. That leaves him in the status of Lee Harvey Oswald. He was a USMC vet that wanted desperately to be relevant and believed that only through radical actions could he achieve that.
What makes this sad is so many people agreeing with him. I really thought racism was dead. It is only through social media that I find people proudly displaying their racist stupidity. I just can't figure out if I am in denial when I think that these people might not understand that they are racist. Perhaps it is just a sad reality that I am unwilling to accept. The one thing that I am sure about is that their ideas and attitudes are racist, and that makes me sad.