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A Gussied Up Bigot is Still a Bigot!

There is a forum, hosted by NJ.com, where readers can find the cowardly rants of bigots and racist who hide under the cloak of a screen name. An example of one such individuals, with a screen name of ‘whtmn1” follows:

“IMPEACH THE HALF WHITE MUSLIM”

The message title above was on a large sign being held up outside the school where President Obama was speaking in Arizona yesterday. And the supreme court says we are in a "post racial" era making laws overseeing voting rights for minorities, not necessary. The protestors were also singing "bye bye black sheep". And the supreme court says we are in a "post racial" society.

The Tea Party has brought out the bigots and racists for everyone to see. Right here on this forum we have Tom Maras, who in one post derides someone for being a racist when they speak out against the Indian community, yet in another post, he refers to the president as Barack Hussain Obama, which can only mean one thing..... and everyone knows what that is.

Post racial? Not by a long shot! Not in America. Not in New Jersey. And not in Woodbridge. Shame. Ignorance abounds! Ignorance is alive and well. Witness the imbecile who will delete this post. He is you and you are him.

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My Response to whtmn1:

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“whtmn1” (a synonym for a ‘cracker’, Walt Whitman or something else?) opines about my occasionally referring to President Obama as Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.  Based on those occasional references, whtmn1 conjectures that such references are, in some way, racially motivated.  They are not!  They are merely a reminder that Barack Obama, in the early, formative stages of his life, lived and was educated in Indonesia (see: http://www.biography.com/people/barack-obama-12782369?page=1)  Readers might also note Indonesia’s (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Indonesia) population is 87% Muslim.  Readers should also note Obama has family ties to Kenya (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya), a country with a 83% Christian population.  What does any of that mean, perhaps, most notably, that the man has been exposed to cultures and religions on a much broader and more personal level than most of his fellow Americans.  That is why I occasionally refer to Obama’s full name; it serves as a reminder of his life experiences.  Experiences that may influence his thinking.  It does not define him.

Certainly, I recognize that fact that Obama is a mulatto.  So what.  There are millions of American that can claim that status as well.  America is a melting pot of races, religions, and cultures.  While that fact makes us stronger, it also provides fodder for the racist and bigots.

Perhaps, whtmn1 is ignorant of the fact that Muslims are not an ethnic group, they are, however, a religious group.  As such, like Christians, for example, they are interwoven into the fabric of many societies.  Absent of the radical Islamists, the Islamic religion is a peaceful religion, filled with people that want peace, love and God in their lives.  I say that as one who has lived and worked in Islamic countries.  I have also lived and worked among followers Buddhism, Shintoism, Judaism and Christianity.   I hold no religion superior to another. 

Apparently, whtmn1 also ascribes to the notion that all Tea Party members are racists and bigots, and that I am a member of that Party. Neither assertion is true.  In fact, if whtmn1 needs to find a racist or bigot on this forum, I suggest he/she only need look at the reflection on monitor behind the keyboard he or she used to type their tripe!

If there is anything of truth in whtmn1’s commentary, it is that some “imbecile”  will delete this post.

Note: A "cracker", until the racists started spinning the meaning of the expression, meant one who cracked a whip to motivate plow horses.

 






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