In essence, Klein argues that, by and large, the protesters are indeed racist, but not solely based on Obama’s color. Rather, they (and the “they” in this case are high school educated Middle Americans of a certain race and type) are worried about “furriners” (Klein’s word, not mine) and thus are out protesting. The “furriners” that we’re all afraid of, apparently, run the gamut from Hispanics, Asians, homosexuals and, of course, educated, “uppity” (again, Klein’s word) blacks.
So, in one fell swoop, Klein addresses: Obama as representative of “the other”, the ignorance and lack of upper education of the protesters (implying that we’d all be so better able to understand Obama’ brilliance if we were all possessed of a secondary education), and the inherent racism/bigotry of ANY and ALL opposition to the President and his policies.
You see that same infantile arrogance in posters like Brian, when he talks about the “missing teeth” of the protesters and opines vacuously about American “weakness” as a function of the Bush presidency. One only has to look to today’s news of Obama’s abandonment of the missile defense shield and Putin’s evident glee to see American weakness.
Nope, what we’re treated to these days from the American Left, the MSM and the indoctrinated like Brian and Pat, is the product of a co-opted educational system, the death and dearth of critical thinking and analysis and the purblindness that comes from a misplaced sense of one’s superiority over those that dissent or disagree. It’s funny, but the very people that are accusing others of acting like Nazis are in fact behaving more like them.
“Never teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and it annoys the pig”.[/quote]
Wow. That is a terrific post.
I could agree with you more.
Too many on the left seem to believe that anybody that doesn’t agree with them is not smart enough to know what is best for this country or even for oneself.
