Funny.The minute you call somebody a racist, the debate is over. You don't continue….Accusations of racism are the last refuge of the liberal scoundrel. As for Maureen Dowd, imagining a word [“boy”] that wasn't said: Well, in my previous profession, I saw a lot of people who heard words that weren't said. They were called patients. Many of them were actually helped with medication.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
How to Change the Subject in Two Syllables
Charles Krauthammer commenting in his blog on the latest attempt by Democrats to change the subject by calling Joe Wilson "racist":
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The whole racist thing that I heard from Mr. Carter (with others apparently chiming in) seems silly to me. When can a disagreement (albeit a cantankerous one) become just a disagreement and not racism just because one of the parties happens to be black? It seems to me that playing the race card every time someone vehemently opposes a person of color is, well, racist. Rude, perhaps. Arguably disrespectful of the office of President. But calling it racism is rushing back to a world that most Americans would rather get beyond.
ReplyDeleteIt's getting to the point where now it's almost a joke. For instance, I'm hearing lots of sarcastic comments following the Olympic Committee turning down Chicago's bid for the Olympics ("What, so the IOC is racist?"...that sort of thing.)
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