"FEAR ITSELF" (Race-Based)

"F.D.R.'s Warning" - Revisited

The Romneys (both) and Repoob talking heads, are all over the media now speaking of "fear".

In addition to using the word "fear" itself;  they also use euphemisms, many of them race-toned, like "birther", and "socialist".  By stoking fear, the Repoob 2012 campaign is displaying how the use of "the race card" by whites is much more powerful than when non-whites use it.

One wag cited as an example: Bill Clinton could successfully claim to be "the first black president", and Obama cannot.  The entire affair is a testimony to the primative view of "race" that works in the United States at this point in the 21st century.  What really is in play here are caste, class, race, and color.  These practices in human interaction date back past the Egyptian Civilization.

Each of these is different (they intersect each other, however).  The Americas' version of all of these has developed over the past 500 years to a highly complex pattern of human interaction; one that works to the advantage of whites and to the disadvantage of non-whites.  In many ways, President Obama's hands are tied by these factors and give tremendous advantage to people like Rove, Limbaugh, the Romneys, media figures, and to the large contributors that fund their activities.

F.D.R. was right in warning us against the uses of "fear" by public figures seeking power.  After seriously disabling our national economy, the Repoobs are doubling down to make sure the economy does not recover before they get a chance to regain power.  Note the barely disguised joy shown by the likes of Romney, McConnell, Boehner, and their fellows when last week"s employment numbers and the stock market plunge were announced.

Over the weekend The McLachlin Report  http://www.mclaughlin.com/  (Demography rules), spent a large portion of their show decrying the "minority" status of white births in the United States.  They seem to wring their hands over how to regard "mixed-race" births.  The eternal questions still prevail: who is white?; who is not?; who decides.  According to census practices, even those "mixed race" people who self-declare, need not be respected in their choice.  Insanity!  This crap could destroy the country.

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