I must say - I still recall with clarity the feeling I and so many other Americans had when Obama was first elected. That America had finally transcended institutional racism and was on its way toward a much more inclusive society. How could I have known the reaction from the right. The opposite happened, and loudly. Now we know, and we …
I must say - I still recall with clarity the feeling I and so many other Americans had when Obama was first elected. That America had finally transcended institutional racism and was on its way toward a much more inclusive society. How could I have known the reaction from the right. The opposite happened, and loudly. Now we know, and we are all so much smarter. Better, I think, to know thine enemy. We have a large segment of our populace that has no business participating in our democracy. Their ideas and attutudes and beliefs are toxic and dangerous, and are unmoored from reality.
I must say - I still recall with clarity the feeling I and so many other Americans had when Obama was first elected. That America had finally transcended institutional racism and was on its way toward a much more inclusive society. How could I have known the reaction from the right. The opposite happened, and loudly. Now we know, and we are all so much smarter. Better, I think, to know thine enemy. We have a large segment of our populace that has no business participating in our democracy. Their ideas and attutudes and beliefs are toxic and dangerous, and are unmoored from reality.