Acting Stupidly
By Dan Scott
Here we have the demonstrated epitome of liberal stereotypes and jurisprudence, you are presumed guilty of all negative stereotypes unless you provide concrete proof to the contrary. The Archie Bunker of liberalism has spoken his truth but what truth was it? Was it race? Here’s something to consider, a Hispanic cop and a Black cop back up the actions of a White cop, however the common element between all three is BLUE. The Great Divider tossed the ethereal version of the race card. Perhaps we have all misunderstood his statement, because he said he was sorry that we misunderstood, but he did not say he was sorry for what he said. We were supposed to get the US VERSUS THEM against the police, but being the dolts we are, we thought he was alluding to race, i.e. the color of his skin because the arresting officer was white. Clearly the professor saw the other two cops of different races, so like Obama, he was claiming Blue racism against Blacks. Interestingly, the police union didn’t misunderstand Obama’s the message, hence their demand for an apology. Both Obama and the police are operating on the same wavelength.
Barack Obama operates on an absurdly stereotypical liberal worldview to the point he is blind to the facts even if those facts were handed to him on a platter. Is it any wonder that he behaves like a liberal demagogue spouting assertions that are easily proved false? As Mark Twain said, “all generalizations are false, including this one.” Generalizations are based upon one’s worldview, we all operate on a set of generalizations, however what separates a normal person from a narrow minded demagogue and bigot is a normal person will adjust their view in response to the facts on the ground. Demagogues and bigots are not normal; they view reality through the prism of their obsessive ideology. Circular reasoning is the hallmark of obsessive ideology, all conclusions are based upon the initial assumptions; facts are only relevant if they support the assumptions (beliefs). All generalities have exceptions; it’s how we handle the exceptions that determine our grip on reality. This is where Obama stands with his ideologically based axiomatic beliefs, belief trumps facts, no matter what reality demonstrates Obama and his cohort will only say and accept what they believe in their circular view of the world. This comes as no surprise to conservatives about Obama specifically and liberals in general, however, to independents who gave President Obama the benefit of the doubt, they are beginning to realize they were misled by his charm, they realize they were sold.
Hence, Obama during his recent speech deflected criticism of the healthcare “reform” by not dealing with the specifics, the reality, but by changing the debate to a personal attack on him. The idea of healthcare as his Waterloo is literally true to him personally since he views any attack on the idea as an attack upon him. Obama in bringing this up in an attempt to change the debate has revealed his worst fear by personalizing it. To a person who is a demagogue, any facts that are contrary to the accepted worldview are a threat to them personally. Any idea that the belief is in error is interpreted as a diminishment of themselves. A person with a weak self worth compensates by forming a rigid belief system, this is why self-righteous people are as extreme as they are. For the country to reject healthcare reform as he sells it is to reject Obama. Obama is the message and the message is Obama.
These ideas are disturbing enough but I will leave you who gave President Obama the benefit of the doubt with something else to ponder. Why did Professor Gates claim this was all about him being black as though he had prior negative experiences with the police? Did he? I assume it would have been brought up immediately if he did as his defense for the over the top behavior, so I conclude this was not the case. If he didn’t, was Professor Gates pulling the victim card on the police as a means to leverage power over them? What was it he said? “Gates continued to yell at me, accusing me of racial bias and continued to tell me that I had not heard the last of him,” the officer wrote in the police report. “Had not heard the last of him“? Would that be because President Obama is his friend and would punish him for daring to intrude upon his personal world? Did not President Obama promptly take up Professor Gates’ side very publicly on national TV of all places? Here we see a person who believes they have the privilege of being above the Law by virtue of whom they know. It would indicate Professor Gates certainly seemed to believe his friendship with President Obama trumps the claim of “I know the police chief so leave me alone or you will be sorry.” Does this give us any indication regarding Obama’s idea of equal treatment under the Law? As a conservative it certainly does but you as independents or moderates need to make up your own minds. I can only pose the questions; you as normal people need to come up with your own answers based upon the facts in this reality drama.
Cross-posted at www.publiusforum.com


From my ancestry, I might be tempted to brand whites and blacks both as anti-Indian (rather than Native American as that was what I dealt with as a lad.) The history would be on my side.
However, in the years since the multiple genocides inflicted on my race by people both white and black, I have learned that the children are not guilty of the sins of their ancestors.
It is amazing to me that most Americans do not know the story of the Indian slave trade in the US. It is even more amazing that almost all do not know that many white servants coming to America were servants for life and were sold in slave markets like Indians and blacks. These people did not even own their children. These omissions in American history lessons are glaring.
Since the beginning of recorded history slavery existed. Some Indians captured other Indians and sold them for slaves as some blacks did the same for other blacks. Whites were not exempt either. No race or color is innocent. This has taught me a great lesson. The lesson is to evaluate people on the basis of their behavior and no other criterion applies.
James,
Thank you for your comment!
Indeed, vices and sins are not exclusive to a race, ethnicity, gender, or people. Human nature is universal — and it is a fallen nature. In fact, blacks are enslaving other blacks now in Africa.
What some African-Ams, such as BHO and his buddy “Skipp” Gates, are doing is to claim special and eternal victimhood, on the basis of which African-Ams claim special virtues. Ergo, they can NEVER be criticized, can NEVER be found to be wrong on ANYTHING. And if anyone so much as look at an African-Am, one is automatically accused of racism.
More and more, the Left’s favorite scapegoat of racism is wearing thin.
Ewoyn,
As you know, the left’s favorite scapegoat has worn off as far as I’m concerned. If they spend their lives acting like victims, they will go through life as victims. And it’s quite possible that they spend an entire lifetime playing the victim without ever once being held down or held back by a racist.
Gio-