07-25-2015, 12:33 PM
I'm not back pedaling on anything user, and I'm certainly not speaking with a forked tongue. I didn't say anywhere he was responsible for any increase in gun violence - because gun violence overall has been on the decrease for years.
However, if you want to be blind to the fact that there are more people below the poverty line now, more people on public assistance, higher unemployment in minority communities, etc. then I can't help you. These numbers have all worsened under Obama, and I'm not just blaming him because I have a hard on for him or because he is black. I am blaming him because it's happened on his watch, and he's in charge.
If you don't want to recognize the fact that those things above are the socioeconomic and cultural factors that are a root cause of gun violence, then you don't agree with my argument. Fine by me.
If you want to conflate those two things and make an inference that wasn't there, so be it. It wasn't an inference I was making.
Sidenote: my 'Thanks Obama' was supposed to be a funny reference to the meme.
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As to the racial bullshit you threw into your post, that's nonsense and very aussie-like. It's no secret that I don't like Obama's policies. In my opinion, he's a terrible leader and a bad President.
But it's not because he is black. Or because he has the middle name Hussein.
It's because to me, his policies are shit. Oh wait, shit is brown so that is racist. Hmmm... his policies are garbage. Uh oh, I'm saying a black man is like garbage, that's racist too. Let me try again. I generally oppose the policies he puts forward. Crap! Oppose is sort of like oppression, and I'm using racist code words now! Ack!
How's this: I don't like the President's policies because I disagree with the majority of his political and social agenda, irrespective of his gender, race, or political affiliation.
However, if you want to be blind to the fact that there are more people below the poverty line now, more people on public assistance, higher unemployment in minority communities, etc. then I can't help you. These numbers have all worsened under Obama, and I'm not just blaming him because I have a hard on for him or because he is black. I am blaming him because it's happened on his watch, and he's in charge.
If you don't want to recognize the fact that those things above are the socioeconomic and cultural factors that are a root cause of gun violence, then you don't agree with my argument. Fine by me.
If you want to conflate those two things and make an inference that wasn't there, so be it. It wasn't an inference I was making.
Sidenote: my 'Thanks Obama' was supposed to be a funny reference to the meme.
*****
As to the racial bullshit you threw into your post, that's nonsense and very aussie-like. It's no secret that I don't like Obama's policies. In my opinion, he's a terrible leader and a bad President.
But it's not because he is black. Or because he has the middle name Hussein.
It's because to me, his policies are shit. Oh wait, shit is brown so that is racist. Hmmm... his policies are garbage. Uh oh, I'm saying a black man is like garbage, that's racist too. Let me try again. I generally oppose the policies he puts forward. Crap! Oppose is sort of like oppression, and I'm using racist code words now! Ack!
How's this: I don't like the President's policies because I disagree with the majority of his political and social agenda, irrespective of his gender, race, or political affiliation.