Obama is a Hooligan, Terrorist and a Socialist?Greg Sargent at Talking Points Memo has an interesting pieceup on how McCain is fanning the flames of anger and rage onthe campaign trail. He writes,Look, it's easy to dismiss the guy at this rally as a crank. But the larger context here is important. The McCain campaign -- with public statements and ads suggesting Obama is linked to terrorists and many other tactics -- is very deliberately trying to whip up mass fear and loathing about the prospect of an Obama presidency.When they stood up and started I was lightweight reminded of alynchmob. Before you dismiss me consider this. Black men were lynched under the auspices of protecting the sexual well beingof the southern bell, however there was an more stealth agendaoperating as well. Black men were also lynched as an act of votersuppression and as an act of economic oppression. According toWikipedia,There were often three motives for lynchings in the United States. The first was the social aspect: punishing some social wrong or perceived social wrong (such as a violation of Jim Crow) to restore social order. Another motive was the economic aspect. For example, upon successful lynching of an African American farmer or immigrant merchant, the land would be available and the market opened for white Americans. In much of the Deep South lynchings peaked in the late 19th century, as whites turned to terrorism to dissuade blacks from voting and to enforce Jim Crow laws. In the Mississippi Delta lynchings of blacks increased in the early 20th century as white planters tried to enforce control of labor when more blacks became sharecroppers and laborers. Lynchings occurred in frontier areas where legal recourse was distant. In the West cattle barons took the law into their own hands by hanging those they perceived as cattle thieves. Journalist and anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells wrote in the 1890s that black lynching victims were accused of rape or attempted rape only about one-third of the time. The most prevalent accusation was murder or attempted murder, followed by a list of infractions that included verbal and physical aggression, spirited business competition and independence of mind. White lynch mobs formed to restore the perceived social order.[3]How can working class whites identify with affluent whites overother working class Black folks, Latino folks and Asian folks?It goes back to our history. Irish indentured servants choseto identify with the affluent white owner class, rather than the Blackfolks they were working alongside. Many white folks choose toidentify with whiteness over class then, and many are choosingwhiteness over class now. It is important to note that many or not,which gives us Obama's multiracial, multiclass coalition.This choice is why some working class whites can blame theloss of their factory jobs on Affirmative Action, not on the factthat Clinton's NAFTA gave companies an incentive to movetheir jobs to China, Mexico and India.With the union jobs that have historically created the American middleclass are in China, we are a nation full of service workers (employedat restaurants and retail jobs as opposed to factories that makethings) earning low wages, and little to no health insurance andvery little job security. Blame Affirmative Action?Simply, whiteness is a currency. The fact that some white folks chooserace over class is indicative of this. Remember when Chris Rock said,I love Black people, but I can't stand N-ggas". There is somethingvery similar operating here. Didn't Chris stop performingthat joke because white folks were laughing too hard?Truth hurts.
Look, it's easy to dismiss the guy at this rally as a crank. But the larger context here is important. The McCain campaign -- with public statements and ads suggesting Obama is linked to terrorists and many other tactics -- is very deliberately trying to whip up mass fear and loathing about the prospect of an Obama presidency.
There were often three motives for lynchings in the United States. The first was the social aspect: punishing some social wrong or perceived social wrong (such as a violation of Jim Crow) to restore social order. Another motive was the economic aspect. For example, upon successful lynching of an African American farmer or immigrant merchant, the land would be available and the market opened for white Americans. In much of the Deep South lynchings peaked in the late 19th century, as whites turned to terrorism to dissuade blacks from voting and to enforce Jim Crow laws. In the Mississippi Delta lynchings of blacks increased in the early 20th century as white planters tried to enforce control of labor when more blacks became sharecroppers and laborers. Lynchings occurred in frontier areas where legal recourse was distant. In the West cattle barons took the law into their own hands by hanging those they perceived as cattle thieves. Journalist and anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells wrote in the 1890s that black lynching victims were accused of rape or attempted rape only about one-third of the time. The most prevalent accusation was murder or attempted murder, followed by a list of infractions that included verbal and physical aggression, spirited business competition and independence of mind. White lynch mobs formed to restore the perceived social order.[3]
There were often three motives for lynchings in the United States. The first was the social aspect: punishing some social wrong or perceived social wrong (such as a violation of Jim Crow) to restore social order.
Another motive was the economic aspect. For example, upon successful lynching of an African American farmer or immigrant merchant, the land would be available and the market opened for white Americans. In much of the Deep South lynchings peaked in the late 19th century, as whites turned to terrorism to dissuade blacks from voting and to enforce Jim Crow laws. In the Mississippi Delta lynchings of blacks increased in the early 20th century as white planters tried to enforce control of labor when more blacks became sharecroppers and laborers.
Lynchings occurred in frontier areas where legal recourse was distant. In the West cattle barons took the law into their own hands by hanging those they perceived as cattle thieves.
Journalist and anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells wrote in the 1890s that black lynching victims were accused of rape or attempted rape only about one-third of the time. The most prevalent accusation was murder or attempted murder, followed by a list of infractions that included verbal and physical aggression, spirited business competition and independence of mind. White lynch mobs formed to restore the perceived social order.[3]
Im a Obama cynic. I think its too early. I think he needs more experience.Here's a secret.I don't underestimate the history of violence within the context of politics.Meaning that. I am concerned with him getting shot.TL, The libertarian, aka The Leo, pointed out, shrewdly, what IF he got shot and survived?N*ggas AH BE OPEN!I guess he would "REALLY" be black then.Felons who lost their right to vote would be petitioning the states to get their voting rights back.That certainly would be deep.I also know that I change needs to occur in this country. The libertarian, aka The Leo (TL), has laid down why Obama has a chance:
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