DrPhil,
My comment re POSITIVITY is the thread directed to what President-Elect Obama should do first when he gets into office. Why don't you go over there instead of just nitpicking things in this thread?
I think that most folk don't want to contribute to anything re POSITIVITY.
ETA: Why don't ya'll ALL go over to my thread about CHANGE and POSITIVITY instead of nitpicking with DrPhil about this. Some energy is better spent ignoring some folk and taking an active approach for change. This argument is like the one in which women get together and commesurate about how there are no good men. Some will never believe otherwise and yet, you are spending the time that you could be going out and finding a mate (if it means that much too you, big whup) or you can spend your time disputing this issue with the women that are convinced and want to believe what they want to believe and are happier just nitpicking everything.
Threads on this message board go on for pages and pages about whether Michelle's dress was not attractive, how it's hard to find a man, and other tons of silly, petty and/or negative crap - take your pick. Positive threads hardly get any traction at all. This is one of the only substantive positive threads that has gotten any traction. Let's keep it that way and lend our energy to others like it. Focus on positivity. The other stuff is just draining and useless.
Now get over to my other thread!!
SC
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Originally Posted by DrPhil
So, in different ways, preciousjeni, HoneyKiss, and I believe the suspicion is unfounded. Agree or disagree, it's all just speculation that shouldn't be taken seriously.
But this isn't just about Billy Graham which is why I want us to "get over ourselves" and think "good grief, people" a lot of times when I hear (usually, black) people talk about the Obama presidency. 
If an Obama presidency is going to spark this type of unfounded paranoia and unfounded speculation then this is going to be a tiring presidency. There's nothing POSITIVE about conspiracy theorizing if POSITIVITY is what people are going for. There's a difference in tone when addressing the realities or possibilities (which is what discussions of race and racism are really about) versus being suspicious or expecting the worst. Unfounded paranoia and unfounded suspicion of intents and motives (i.e. Billy Graham's) is silly whether it's coming from disappointed McCain supporters or Obama supporters. Period.
Obama isn't going to be told "yes" everytime a decision needs to be made during this presidency. If that's going to be interpreted in a racially charged manner more often than not, even in the absence of some type of evidence, then we have a long and bumpy road ahead of us. |