re: #85 nonic

Well, I’ll tell you —- and I know this will put me on dangerous ground —- I think if we continually focus on Obama’s racial heritage, we will never get to the “post racial” society that he himself says he wants.

I saw a youtube interview with Samuel L. Jackson and somebody, and the somebody asked him how we get past race. Jackson answered (paraphrased), if you want to get past race, stop calling me a black man, stop calling yourself a white man, just accept us all as people.

Maybe I need to apologize for it, but I agree with that philosophy. And you know, I think Obama does, too.

No. You don’t agree with that philosophy. You are using that philosophy, which is about being color blind, as an excuse for blatant racism. You are basically trying to hide behind Samuel L Jackson (something I think Mr Jackson would not like very much at all) while defending a picture which has EVERYTHING to do with race.

Why not portray the president as a mad scientist in the classic sense. You know, that would have worked much better since it wouldn’t have been so full of signals of The Dangerous Black Man.

No. I refuse to discuss this further. You don’t have a leg to stand on. There is no point you could possibly make that could defend this. Ever.