The Off Topic Topic

[Admiral Yi]

They all have to do with his race, as his race is a major factor fueling the derangement syndrome that causes someone to write that up or eat it up.

Ah, meta-analysis.

[DGuller]

They all have to do with his race, as his race is a major factor fueling the derangement syndrome that causes someone to write that up or eat it up.

Ah, meta-analysis.

Occam's Razor.

[Razgovory]

All of that could be condensed to "first black president."

I've only skimmed the list but I didn't see a single one that has to do with his race.

They not like him because he black.  Black people get restless, conservatives alarmed.  Blame president for all bad things, renewed interest in how bad Obama is results in old chain emails making the rounds again.

[Admiral Yi]

They not like him because he black.  Black people get restless, conservatives alarmed.  Blame president for all bad things, renewed interest in how bad Obama is results in old chain emails making the rounds again.

Anyone who doesn't like Obama is racist.  I get it.

[Razgovory]

They not like him because he black.  Black people get restless, conservatives alarmed.  Blame president for all bad things, renewed interest in how bad Obama is results in old chain emails making the rounds again.

Anyone who doesn't like Obama is racist.  I get it.

All claims of distrust of black people are baseless in America.  Got it.

[Razgovory]

The real question is who is the victim here?  11B4V for being tricked into spreading nonsense, or us to whom the nonsense is spread to?

[Admiral Yi]

All claims of distrust of black people are baseless in America.  Got it.

From where?

[HVC]

They not like him because he black.  Black people get restless, conservatives alarmed.  Blame president for all bad things, renewed interest in how bad Obama is results in old chain emails making the rounds again.

Anyone who doesn't like Obama is racist.  I get it.

plenty if people dislike him just because he's a democrat, if that makes you feel better From an outsiders perspective the level of dislike appears to be amplified amongst many because he is black.

[11B4V]

The real question is who is the victim here?  11B4V for being tricked into spreading nonsense, or us to whom the nonsense is spread to?

I thought the whole thing humorous and only scanned it quickly. That's all the time it deserved. So where does that leave you? Mission accomplished.

[Jacob]

All of that could be condensed to "first black president."

I've only skimmed the list but I didn't see a single one that has to do with his race.

I was inferring the reason why people who believe the various untruths on that list are liable to do so.

[Razgovory]

The real question is who is the victim here?  11B4V for being tricked into spreading nonsense, or us to whom the nonsense is spread to?

I thought the whole thing humorous and only scanned it quickly. That's all the time it deserved. So where does that leave you? Mission accomplished.

I'm sure.

[Admiral Yi]

I was inferring the reason why people who believe the various untruths on that list are liable to do so.

Yet you said the whole thing--which includes some true statements, and some ambiguous statements--could be condensed as Obama is black.

[Jacob]

I was inferring the reason why people who believe the various untruths on that list are liable to do so.

Yet you said the whole thing--which includes some true statements, and some ambiguous statements--could be condensed as Obama is black.

It was a chain email containing 80% falsehoods and 20% misrepresentation of facts (percentages approximate) to paint Obama as an unamerican bumbling outsider. I am comfortable saying that people buying into that are trying to dress up their racist reactions, yes.

[Razgovory]

All claims of distrust of black people are baseless in America.  Got it.

From where?

Done.

[Admiral Yi]

It was a chain email containing 80% falsehoods and 20% misrepresentation of facts (percentages approximate) to paint Obama as an unamerican bumbling outsider. I am comfortable saying that people buying into that are trying to dress up their racist reactions, yes.

As Hillary pointed out, this is not the first time in American history that a president's political opponents have tried to disseminate untruths or mischaracterizations about him.  The only difference now is that we have a black president. 

Why do you choose to believe that the root cause now is dislike of blacks, rather than whatever wackiness motivated people in the past?