This will be my final entry about the protests that has shaken our country. I want to be clear, in NO way, shape, or form, do I think that ALL of the protesters are racist, that would be the the height of absurdity. My comments are directed specifically at the individuals who created and hoisted the signs that did depict racist images. My point was to question the intent of the individual wielders. Those who did have those signs were detracting from legitimate protesters, who actually have real concerns and questions.
We as Americans have the Constitutional right to question our leaders and voice our concerns. This only becomes toxic when instead of the issue being attacked, the person is being attacked, or rather their personhood. The ethnicity of an individual has nothing to do with the issues we are facing, so there is no reason for such negative and derogatory images. When you have cardboard cutout of the President hanging with a noose around his neck, I question whether you really have a serious concern about the issue of health care, or are you using the situation as a opportunity to express perhaps, a deep seated resentment of an African-American Commander and Chief and those who look like him? That's it, 10-4, roger, over and out.
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