| Sqrl said: I won't get into Kanye specifically since there is already a thread on that issue but I do find it interesting that some of the people who see racism in any libertarian or conservative objection to Obama cannot find racism in this. |
Kanye clearly has some race issues, "George Bush doesn't care about black people" anyone?
However given Kanye wests past record of being a jackass, its probable that he was still just being a jackass and the person he was a jackass to was entirely incidental.
With Obama however, given that elements of the far right have a strong record of racism it seems probable that some of the more extreme hate towards Obama is based on that.
Also note though that I don't really think the wankers who don't like Obama because he is black should take away from the entirely legitimate opinions of the many people who don't like Obama's policies. I just think people merely opposed to Obama's policies would be unlikely to make comparisons to the Nazi's or call for him to be overthrown.
