Mar 5, 2010 -- 11:42AM, Yankee1954 wrote:

Either are pictures of Obama as Hitler, the Joker or a Muslim. 

Dave this is a slow fought battle.  When Obama was elected many of us were naive in thinking the nation had turned a corner on race.  Now we find it will take at least the present generation of boomers to die off before there's a chance that "the melting pot" will become color blind.  No biggie the end of bigotry is inevitable but maybe not in our lifetime.

Black folks vote for white people all the time.

Mar 5, 2010 -- 11:52AM, yankeedoodle wrote:

Mar 5, 2010 -- 11:42AM, Yankee1954 wrote:

Either are pictures of Obama as Hitler, the Joker or a Muslim. 

Dave this is a slow fought battle.  When Obama was elected many of us were naive in thinking the nation had turned a corner on race.  Now we find it will take at least the present generation of boomers to die off before there's a chance that "the melting pot" will become color blind.  No biggie the end of bigotry is inevitable but maybe not in our lifetime.

Sometimes I think that this is a battle that will never be won! As long as the media won't follow through with some of these nuts and their comments it will be always there. Perfect example, the guy on Ratigan's show! There has been no follow-up about the guy, only that he was off the show.  Second, you are right about this young generation. These young people, 18-30, having gone to school and interacted with other races, have the greatest attitude toward race. They do because they get to know the person and not the "cartoon" put on by the media and Tea Baggers.

Mar 5, 2010 -- 11:59AM, Yankee1954 wrote:

Mar 5, 2010 -- 11:52AM, yankeedoodle wrote:

Mar 5, 2010 -- 11:42AM, Yankee1954 wrote:

Either are pictures of Obama as Hitler, the Joker or a Muslim. 

Dave this is a slow fought battle.  When Obama was elected many of us were naive in thinking the nation had turned a corner on race.  Now we find it will take at least the present generation of boomers to die off before there's a chance that "the melting pot" will become color blind.  No biggie the end of bigotry is inevitable but maybe not in our lifetime.

Sometimes I think that this is a battle that will never be won! As long as the media won't follow through with some of these nuts and their comments it will be always there. Perfect example, the guy on Ratigan's show! There has been no follow-up about the guy, only that he was off the show.  Second, you are right about this young generation. These young people, 18-30, having gone to school and interacted with other races, have the greatest attitude toward race. They do because they get to know the person and not the "cartoon" put on by the media and Tea Baggers.

yes or no - have these two guys contributed to keeping bigotry alive?

Mar 5, 2010 -- 12:03PM, ArtVandelay wrote:

Mar 5, 2010 -- 11:59AM, Yankee1954 wrote:

Mar 5, 2010 -- 11:52AM, yankeedoodle wrote:

Mar 5, 2010 -- 11:42AM, Yankee1954 wrote:

Either are pictures of Obama as Hitler, the Joker or a Muslim. 

Dave this is a slow fought battle.  When Obama was elected many of us were naive in thinking the nation had turned a corner on race.  Now we find it will take at least the present generation of boomers to die off before there's a chance that "the melting pot" will become color blind.  No biggie the end of bigotry is inevitable but maybe not in our lifetime.

Sometimes I think that this is a battle that will never be won! As long as the media won't follow through with some of these nuts and their comments it will be always there. Perfect example, the guy on Ratigan's show! There has been no follow-up about the guy, only that he was off the show.  Second, you are right about this young generation. These young people, 18-30, having gone to school and interacted with other races, have the greatest attitude toward race. They do because they get to know the person and not the "cartoon" put on by the media and Tea Baggers.

yes or no - have these two guys contributed to keeping bigotry alive?

 

 Yes sometimes they do more harm than good. And yes, they stir things up where there is nothing there.

Now my question. Do these guys vote and have they been elected by the people?