Mar 11, 2008
Am I Sexist Because I Support Obama?
One of the ads that’s been showing up in the Google AdSense ads lately is one for “Men for Hillary Clinton,” and it encourages me to “Ditch your sexism. Elect qualified women now.”
By that standard, are white women who support Clinton are both sexist AND racist?
I’m not saying I’m better than anyone else because I support the black guy and I happen to be white, and I reject the assumption that I don’t support Hillary simply because she’s a woman. Her gender makes no difference to me. I’m a child of a single mother, I have NO problem with strong women.
I just don’t think she’s the best candidate.
“Ditch your sexism, elect qualified women now”
That’s halarious!! I like it!! Then you ask “Are white women who vote Clinton sexist and racist?” My answer would be: possibly but not neccessarily. What about the 99% of Black men and women who are voting Black Bama? What are they or should you even ask?
Of course you should ask! I’m aware that there is and can be reverse racism. (It should be called just “racism” because that’s what it is, no matter who’s doing it.)
I guess I’m hampered by my constant urge to use reason when choosing something, even a presidential candidate. Considerations like gender or skin color don’t even factor into the equation for me. I’m not saying that I’m any kind of perfect post-race American, just that I’m MUCH more concerned about a candidate’s stated policy position and judgment than I am about those superficial things.
BTW, “Black Bama” is pretty tacky. Borderline offensive, actually. I expect better from you, Suzette. You’ve proven that you can make excellent arguments without resorting to that sort of thing.
Evidently, we have “differences of opinion” on several levels and several issues here. On a side note, now we can understand WHY politicians don’t say how they “really” feel about people and things because if they did they would always offend somebody, somewhere. That’s why they all talk in that “politically correct” carefully thought out lingo. I have called Obama “Bama Rama” and all sort of, what I think, are funny names. To me it’s deserving. I suppose I coulda shoulda have put the “O” before “Bama” but I have such little respect for the dude that…….I can’t bring myself to do that. I didn’t think my comments were “tacky” and as far as them being “offensive,” that’s sort of like beauty…it all depends on the individual who’s looking, reading and/or hearing. Like I said Pete, on the Presidential Candidates, I think it’s fair to say, “we see and hear things very differently.” However, I am glad we can express it here and hope I don’t wear out my welcome. I’ll understand though, if what I say, becomes “too much,” tacky, offensive or whatever. Life goes on.