Black President = More involvement in hate groups for whites

[daleduke17]

You don't think it's wrong for white people to consider black people not good enough and too stupid to lead the country?

I don't think it is wrong for people to have an opinion. It may not be an opinion I agree with, but it is their opinion. Should they be mocked for it? No. Is it a pretty good opinion to have? No. But it is their opinion and they are entitled to it.

[Boozy]

But they have an opinion and it should be heard. Not silenced.

How exactly are these opinions being silenced? The 1st Amendment protects morons too, and I haven't seen any arguments presented here that says it shouldn't. I haven't seen anyone here say they should be forced to shut up. Rather, I'm seeing valid arguments being made showing that they are wrong, ignorant, short-sighted, and racist.

That's the danger of opening one's pie-hole. If these people say something stupid, they're going to be told so by people smarter than them. That's free speech.

Should they be mocked for it? No.

Why not?

[ArenaBoy]

I think a lot of this has to do with Political Correctness which, IMHO, has completely effed up this country for years past and years to come.

It has nothing to do with politcal correctness.

[AFPheonix]

Everyone has an opinion. Just because one doesn't agree with the sentiment "He's black so he's not good enough and he's not smart enough", doesn't mean everyone is going to disagree with it. Also, it doesn't mean these people are incorrect in their feelings/beliefs of it. It's obvious anriana that you don't agree with it. I don't agree with it. But they have an opinion and it should be heard. Not silenced.

Not all opinions are created equally. Some are straight up crap, like the one we're discussing. Sorry.

PC is not calling out racism when someone sees it, PC is trying to make the case that all "opinions" are of equal merit when to any rational person they are not.

[Flyndaran]

Not all opinions are created equally. Some are straight up crap, like the one we're discussing. Sorry.

PC is not calling out racism when someone sees it, PC is trying to make the case that all "opinions" are of equal merit when to any rational person they are not.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but they are not entitled to their own facts.
Racism is patently wrong, no ifs ands or buts about it.
What flavor of ice cream is the best is an opinon with no right or wrong answer... unless you say broccoli, then you are just sick and should be locked up.

[Evandril]

Is it really wrong for the whites who did not vote for Obama simply because he was black to feel disenfranchised because they don't believe a black man is "good enough", "smart enough", whatever to be President?

And are they any different from the people who voted for Obama simply because he is black?

Both are wrong, but the first example is more blatant. If they'd voted for someone else because their choice was white, and that was all there was to the statement, they would be equal. The rest of the statement shows the bigotry inherant in their stance, while the second leaves it open to question. Would the people who voted for Obama simply because he was black have felt 'disenfranchised' had he lost? Some would have, but others wouldn't have...the same as quite a few people who voted against Obama did not care about his skin color, or it was a minor point.

Everyone has a right to free speech in America, but that does not make their views or statements valid...Nor does it excuse them from the concequences of their speech. Your right to yell 'Fire!' in a crowded theater is a given...But you're still liable for the results of that action.

[powerboy]

It is wrong.

[wanderingjoe72]

This past election bothered me so much because race was always being brought up as an issue.

It took away from actual issues and policies.

As a conservative, it really ended up being a race between a Democrat and a Democrat lite. Both with lots of bad policies in my opinion.

Asking voters to be informed before dropping a ballot is a pipe dream.

We are forever going to be stuck with one issue voters.