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Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam
Is it a dumb gene or a hate gene? That lady's not going to like Obama whether or not he's actually Arabic.
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This is the real issue behind all of the racial comments, and the candidates standing up against the people making them. Some people just hate others based on absolutely nothing. This woman could have read on the internet that Obama is actually a weird shade of purple, and she would have said, "He's the one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater!" Whatever she hears about him is just more information she can use to rationalize her pre-existing hatred for him.
Because of that, candidates should not be required or expected to say anything to these wacked out crazies. If John McCain, or anyone else, said something to this woman, or to anyone else who yelled out, "kill him," their efforts to change their opinion would have been futile.
And the reason that people associate being an arab with being evil is because of 9/11. Back in 2001, people would make this assumption because the twin towers fell, the pentagon was hit, and a plane full of good people were killed in PA trying to bring down some of the terrorists. And those people that made that assumption were just as ignorant as the people making that same assumption today. At least for the people who thought this 7 years ago, they were worked up, that event just occurred, and it caused them to fight back "in the heat of the moment." But now, as I said before, this has simply become a way of justifying harsh criticism and hatred concerning who Obama is and what he plans to do.
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