Racist Racism
Ξ September 18th, 2009 | → Comments Off | ∇ Politics |
For a long time, one of my major pet peeves in politics has been the “racism” canard used to rhetorically bludgeon Republicans. For someone who thinks of themselves as liberal, consider it analogous to Republicans using patriotism as cover.
A particularly egregious example is the ever insufferable Maureen Dowd of the New York Times in her column on Congressman Joe Wilson. Apparently Jonah Goldberg thought so as well:
Maureen Dowd of the New York Times hears Rep. Joe Wilson shout, “You lie!” And her instinctive response is: “Fair or not, what I heard was an unspoken word in the air: You lie, boy!”
It’s the “fair or not” that gives Dowd away. She admits to hearing racism whether or not it’s warranted. That’s called prejudice. And unlike Wilson’s foolish outburst, Dowd’s was carefully considered. Dowd, Carter and Sharpton can’t grasp that conservatives are less hung up on race than they are and that we can get past Obama’s skin color. “Some people just can’t believe a black man is president and will never accept it,” writes Dowd. She’s right. She’s one of them.
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