Standing up Against Hate
My friend Janice, smofbabe.livejournal.com/ forwarded this to me. www.thepetitionsite.com/1/obamapin This is a campaign pin being handed out by the Texas GOP. I went and signed the petition, and I think I had a pretty good zinger for these ignorant pukes. I wrote to them that I was the CEO of an natural gas and oil company, a lawyer, and I ought to be a Republican. Then I added — “This is precisely why I’m not.”
Combine this with the couple in Utah who are selling sock puppets of Obama which cast him as the monkey Curious George. To quote Daniel Abraham /bram452.livejournal.com/“I hate people.” For those of you not familiar with American racism it has been a century old tradition to compare African-American men to apes or monkeys.
I expect such filth from white supremacist sites or neo-Nazi sites, but this is beyond offensive.
June 18th, 2008 at 9:42 am
I agree. This kind of garbage has been going on for months and it’s getting worse. I heard an old acquaintance repeat the comment from the button a few weeks ago and was beyond shocked. I left telling them that what they said was shameful & embarassing and that I didn’t want to be around people who would say crap like that. I’ve cheerfully signed the petition you linked to. Thanks for making it available.
June 18th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Janice has found a factual error regarding the offensive button. It was not being sold by the GOP, but by an independent vendor working the convention, not by the GOP itself.
That makes it marginally better, but one wonders if the GOP requested that this vendor not pedal this piece of trash.
June 21st, 2008 at 12:52 pm
One could hope they have. That said, the GOP and affilliates have shown over the last three elections (if not more) that they’re willing and able to participate in multiple levels of character assassination because it’s convenient and obviates the requirement for actual discussion. Also, if an associate or contributing group/individual is involved, then the GOP has their little deniability ticket ready. Remember “swift-boating” John Kerry? Its all of a piece.