Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Racism, really?

I'm frustrated right now that so many people are being called racists because they happen to disagree with the president who happens to be black. Are we seriously racist for not having the same ideas and opinions of people of other races?

Read this article and see what you think.

Former President Carter is saying that Rep. Joe Wilson's remarks come out of some sort of racism. Why does it have to be from racism and not something else entirely? I'm wondering if the outburst had more to do with being heard than anything else.

I will agree that some situations, rallies, tea parties, etc. have gotten out of hand at times. People have been less than polite in their anger. Perhaps though they're sick of not being listened to.

As quickly as someone says something bad about healthcare; the whitehouse, media, or whoever is turning it into just a racist response or a lunatic's bellowing.

People should be able to dissent and the president should at the very least listen to what the people are telling him. He needs to stop assuming that he knows best for this country and that it's okay to ignore the populace. This is the same thing that President Bush did and it didn't make us too happy then either.

Let's stop calling people racist and really discuss these issues going on.

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