Comments on: Welcome to Tennessee, Michelle, a state where we’re proud of our country. http://www.cassyfiano.com/2008/05/welcome-to-tennessee-michelle-a-state-where-were-proud-of-our-country Smokin' Hot Commentary Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: baz http://www.cassyfiano.com/2008/05/welcome-to-tennessee-michelle-a-state-where-were-proud-of-our-country/comment-page-1#comment-1810 baz Mon, 19 May 2008 16:51:37 +0000 http://www.cassyfiano.com/2008/05/welcome-to-tennessee-michelle-a-state-where-were-proud-of-our-country#comment-1810 Overtly racist? You gotta be kidding. Is it overtly racist to observe that the vast majority of our civic leaders are white men (in stark disproportion to the population that they represent)? Is it overtly racist to be pleasantly surprised by a lack of racism? A large percentage of WV voters in exit polling (I forget the actual number, in the 25-35% range) said that race was factor in their decision. Sean Hannity refuses to disavow his relationship to a vocal white supremacist. So I'm really disgusted by the phony indignation on Fox news any time someone suggests that there are still racist whites in America. I've heard a shocking number of racist jokes in the past few months, usually involving the word "c*on" and saw a local Obama campaign office vandalized with racial slurs. I went to a 50% African-American University that had students with the audacity to form a "white student union." I've also been the minority and have seen firsthand how it colors relationships with the majority group. Don't try to lecture me on racism, because I've watched it for years. Overtly racist? You gotta be kidding.

Is it overtly racist to observe that the vast majority of our civic leaders are white men (in stark disproportion to the population that they represent)?

Is it overtly racist to be pleasantly surprised by a lack of racism?

A large percentage of WV voters in exit polling (I forget the actual number, in the 25-35% range) said that race was factor in their decision.

Sean Hannity refuses to disavow his relationship to a vocal white supremacist. So I’m really disgusted by the phony indignation on Fox news any time someone suggests that there are still racist whites in America.

I’ve heard a shocking number of racist jokes in the past few months, usually involving the word “c*on” and saw a local Obama campaign office vandalized with racial slurs.

I went to a 50% African-American University that had students with the audacity to form a “white student union.”

I’ve also been the minority and have seen firsthand how it colors relationships with the majority group.

Don’t try to lecture me on racism, because I’ve watched it for years.

]]> By: Deuce Geary http://www.cassyfiano.com/2008/05/welcome-to-tennessee-michelle-a-state-where-were-proud-of-our-country/comment-page-1#comment-1806 Deuce Geary Sat, 17 May 2008 20:58:00 +0000 http://www.cassyfiano.com/2008/05/welcome-to-tennessee-michelle-a-state-where-were-proud-of-our-country#comment-1806 It would have been a better video if the makers had not edited out the "really" before "proud." Not that I think it makes a difference in the significance of her remarks, but it opens the film makers up (legitimately) to a charge of dishonesty.<br/><br/>Folks, the things liberals are saying today are outrageous enough on their own. We don't need to embellish them to make them look like idiots. It would have been a better video if the makers had not edited out the “really” before “proud.” Not that I think it makes a difference in the significance of her remarks, but it opens the film makers up (legitimately) to a charge of dishonesty.

Folks, the things liberals are saying today are outrageous enough on their own. We don’t need to embellish them to make them look like idiots.

]]> By: Sassy Poker http://www.cassyfiano.com/2008/05/welcome-to-tennessee-michelle-a-state-where-were-proud-of-our-country/comment-page-1#comment-1791 Sassy Poker Fri, 16 May 2008 12:59:00 +0000 http://www.cassyfiano.com/2008/05/welcome-to-tennessee-michelle-a-state-where-were-proud-of-our-country#comment-1791 Baz, the final comment is your post is overtly racist. She didn't think that America had it in them to vote for a black president and make him viable. The inference there is that "Racist white America would never vote for my husband"<br/>I won't vote for Mr. Obama, not because he's black, it's because he has not verbalized any of his policies. Baz, the final comment is your post is overtly racist. She didn’t think that America had it in them to vote for a black president and make him viable. The inference there is that “Racist white America would never vote for my husband”
I won’t vote for Mr. Obama, not because he’s black, it’s because he has not verbalized any of his policies.

]]> By: Baz http://www.cassyfiano.com/2008/05/welcome-to-tennessee-michelle-a-state-where-were-proud-of-our-country/comment-page-1#comment-1787 Baz Fri, 16 May 2008 01:25:00 +0000 http://www.cassyfiano.com/2008/05/welcome-to-tennessee-michelle-a-state-where-were-proud-of-our-country#comment-1787 People keep talking about this, and frankly I don't get what people are so upset about.<br/><br/>I'm proud of my son, but that general feeling has more to do with me than it does him.<br/><br/>However, as he gets older, he's going to do some remarkable or special things, things I may think "wow, I didn't know he had it in him" that will make me proud of him. That's all about him exceeding my expectations.<br/><br/>So I think there's two different aspects to pride, and Michelle was referring to the second. She's saying "wow, America, I didn't think you had it in you to vote for a black Presidential candidate and make him viable."<br/><br/>What's the big deal with that? People keep talking about this, and frankly I don’t get what people are so upset about.

I’m proud of my son, but that general feeling has more to do with me than it does him.

However, as he gets older, he’s going to do some remarkable or special things, things I may think “wow, I didn’t know he had it in him” that will make me proud of him. That’s all about him exceeding my expectations.

So I think there’s two different aspects to pride, and Michelle was referring to the second. She’s saying “wow, America, I didn’t think you had it in you to vote for a black Presidential candidate and make him viable.”

What’s the big deal with that?

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