The Racism Card...Why So Quick to Use It?

I haven't posted anything in a while due to the agony of the administration. It's all a beating!! They don't get us, listen to us, or ever want to!! All they want is more, more, and MORE Government control. When did we throw out the Constitution? So, I'm back in the blog game. It is my obligation (as is every other American, Liberal or Conservative) to help people understand what is going on both sides in America.

On this post, I want to talk about a very sensitive issue. First and foremost, I want to let this be known, I'M NOT A RACISTS AND NOWHERE CLOSE TO ONE!!

First a little about the situation. The other day while at work, I was listening to a conversation over the CB about our President. It was known that the conversation was between an African American and a White man. Everyone on the CB new this because both of them let it be known of their race. The African American was "for" the president's policies and the White guy was "against" his policies. About 3 minutes into the conversation, the White man said, and I quote, "The President is an idiot! All he wants to do is have the government with more control over our lives." The African American responded with, and I quote, "Oh, all of you crackers are racists!"

Now that the situation is known, I have a couple of questions. Where in that statement by the White guy did he ever say anything that even resembled a racists remark? Why did the African American feel he needed to dub a White man a racists during the heated political conversation? Is it so hard to have an intellectual conversation about different opinions and leave the race card out?

I didn't hear anything remotely racists by the White guy. He called another man an idiot. Just like I called Bill Clinton and idiot.....I'm White and he's White, does that make me a racists? I didn't agree with everything Bush did and I let those disagreements be known. Race never became an issue. As far as I'm concerned, the African American can be called a racists with his usage of the word "crackers". Even after being called a "Cracker", the White guy never fell to the African Americans racists level. What this conversation meant is that the African American felt defeated because he could not intellectually have a conversation with the White guy about politics, so, he threw-in the race card. I've got the solution though. How about everyone (white or black) go learn the facts about today's politics and then jump in on these conversations when you feel comfortable! When you can do this, maybe an intellectual conversation about politics can occur, and the race card can be left tucked in the sleeve.