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He didn't say "in my opinion", and even if he did, he's still constructing a straw man. He is constructing an argument no one has made, and it's an easy target to take down (which is why no one is making it).
He doesn't need to say "in my opinion" to make his argument about the facts, and obviously no one is
saying "every cricticism of Obama is racist". Vindi is observing that every cricticism of Obama is met with a charge of racism. He's not attacking an argument at all.
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It's quite true.
It's true that *every* criticism of the president is being called racism? Every single one, without exception?
Every cricticism worthy of mention has been, in my observation. I'm not talking about cricticism of minor things like his hairstyle or poor choice of gifts to the Queen of England. I don't know if Vindi is or not.
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They invented a potential loophole, and then called his statement a lie. Had he been Bush, people on the right would have been screaming up and down about how such a thing was slander.
Which is precisely what's being done now, a lot of jumping up and down and screaming. The cricticism of a potential loophole and failure to close existing ones is perfectly valid.
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It's born of racism. He is clearly the Other, not Native, born in Kenya. How can he be a real American? He's black, and president. he must be foreign. I mean, look at his skin! He can't possibly be from this country!!
Look at all the "go back to Kenya" signs. It's no different than shouting that a black man should go back to Africa.
That's completely absurd. It has to do with the fact that his father is Kenyan and that the Kenyan government
claims to have a birth certificate for him. It has nothing to do with him being an "other" or even being black. Your argument indicates that you think people are claiming he's not from this country just because he is black even though even the most virulent KKK member obviosuly understands that being black is unrelated to birth in this country.
This is a strawman. You're saying it's born of racism based on claims that no one has made because they're patently absurd. The only one with even a grain of truth is about Kenya, and you fail to mention the alledgd birth certificate.
Don't waste your time hijacking the thread over the Birth Certificate either. No one has claimed its necessarily a valid one. I don't think anyone here trusts the government of Kenya.
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No, it doesn't. Racism is just a tired tactic to avoid talking about the details the President and the left are glossing over.
Perhaps not to you. Racism is not a tired tactic to avoid talking about the details the President is "glossing over". Racism is placards depicting a black man as a monkey. Racism is accusing him of being all "uppity" and not knowing his place. Racism is shouting that he's a liar when that man *never* would have treated a white man that way. Racism was *all over* the tea party protests.
No one has called him "uppity" on the national political stage nor called or depicted him as a monkey. You continue to take fringe lunatics an try to use them as a basis for racism in the cricticism by the mainstream of politics. You have no basis whatsoever to think Joe Wilson would not have shouted at a white President either except your own assumption of racism. It's simply circular argument.
It's just a political tactic to avoid addressing the issues.
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No it isn't.
I'm totally convinced.
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You convinced me again. Well done.
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Maybe now you understand how convincing I find your positions.