Friday, March 14, 2014

More than meets the eye?

Republicans, as you must know, love making comments that suggest that Obama is a Nazi. That is when they aren't suggesting that he's a Socialist, a Fascist, a Dictator, a Kenyan terrorist, and any number of other philosophical terms that they can't even define. And while I think drawing these parallels is idiotic, I am beginning to see one aspect of the Nazi party that is becoming more and more evident in Republican propaganda. They are trying to do with American Blacks what Germany did with the Jews. The Nazis constantly denigrated the Jews, tried to make the German people feel that they were responsible for all their problems. The Republicans are similarly tying to denigrate America's African Americans, suggesting they are are non-productive parasites. The GOP's constant references to slavery I believe are designed to create a resentment among the supposedly productive white population. It is no coincidence that racist Paul Ryan suggested that "inner city" people (read Black) have a culture of welfare and indolence. Add to that all the other Republicans who are constantly trying to equate Obamacare and similar programs with past slavery. A ridiculous comparison, of course, but so was the German assault on its country's Jews and we know where that led. The frequency of changed voting laws which mostly affect blacks are still more evidence of this attack strategy. The fact that Issa tried to belittle one of our most admirable Black congressmen is suspicious. Today's leading Republicans seem like ignorant and hypocritical boobs. But maybe there's more to their apparent stupidity than we think.

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