Bigotry these days is getting, like, really really complicated.
But my goal is to simplify, and yes, I think I can.
Today I marveled over Janeane Garofalo’s very serious claim that “Racist Republicans Support Herman Cain,” because it reminded me of my superciliously convoluted explanation of why Cain can’t win:
He can’t win. That’s because the Republicans don’t want to be seen as being influenced by race no matter how much they are.
The real racists are those (like me) who don’t consider race an issue.
I need to elaborate a bit, because with regard to Herman Cain, it is now apparent that all the following are absolute liberal truths:
- Republicans who support Cain because he is black are racist.
- Republicans who oppose Cain because he is black are racist.
- Republicans who support Cain and do not care whether he is black are racist.
- Republicans who oppose Cain and do not care whether he is black are racist.
- Republicans who are neutral or have no position on Cain are racist.
Got that? It’s easily reduced to a very simple equation.
All Republicans are racist, no matter who or what they oppose or support.
Similarly, as Zombie explained, not making fun of people constitutes making fun of people.
…a (presumably) gay student was greatly offended that the discriminatory price list didn’t also insult and degrade queers. No fair! If you Republicans aren’t sufficiently bigoted against us, then we’ll lose relevance! By leaving any mention of us out of your bake sale, you discriminated against us by not discriminating against us!
Got that?
Now go out and try not being bigoted, you bigoted Republicans!
You will only prove how bigoted you are!
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This is the same argument used by Human Rights Watch against the Israelis:
When HRW did a report about how many Palestinian women prisoners were raped by guards in Israeli jails, and discovered that the answer was ZERO, the conclusion was: This proves that Israeli men are racists because they obviously feel that Palestinian women are “beneath” them; Jews are so repulsed by Arabs that they won’t even rape them!
You cant get much more racist than that.
I refer to this as SIDFSS: Self-Initiated Delusional Frustrated Stockholm Syndrome, a condition whereby you define yourself as the victim of an unwitting stranger, and when that stranger fails to abuse you or even notice you, you take great offense that you are being ignored and not properly traumatized.
I put it as “All Republicans are racist until proven Hitler”
My brother and I are working on getting a class action suit against our Catholic school.
We were never molested by priests and it subsequently hurt our self-esteem.
Heck, we even went on retreats and to seminaries and did all manner of things with the various priests.
The bastids. What was wrong with us?
Just one more example of the diminishing returns of playing the race card. Over time the reaction to having the race card played has changed from an abject apology for having been exposed as a racist to anger at an unjust characterization to laughter at the twit who played the race card.
Obviously, no one on the Left is familiar with the story about the boy who cried “Wolf”.
To quote that eminent philosopher and general skullduggerist, Bart Simpson, “Boy cries wolf. Has some laughs. I forget how hit ends.”
I admit I’m prejudiced. I respect Mathematicians more than Lawyers.
Ok, my last post was somewhat disingenuous. I don’t have any respect for Lawyers.
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Thank you for posting this. I’m in the middle of researching stockholm syndrome for a blogpiece I’m writing and found this a WONDERFUL diversion.
I am PROUD to be Conservative of the colorful persuasion. lol
Peace & Love to each of you!