So I just got finished watching the second presidential debate on CSPAN. I missed the original broadcast and CSPAN was the only network that was rerunning it immediately after it had finished. Now the broadcast of the debate by CSPAN was no different than any other channel, it was what they said afterwards that got my attention.
The lady on CSPAN that was taking calls from viewers eventually asked the guy that was watching the internet chatter what the buzz was on “the net.” He said that most people were talking about the “that one” comment by McCain. I watched the whole debate and I was not sure exactly what they were talking about. Thankfully they played the clip in reference and I soon realized that I did not pick up on the “that one” comment because I was not watching the debate through a “racist” prism. Basically McCain was talking about a bill that Bush and Cheney supported. McCain said very simply that he voted against it and pointing at Obama he said, “Guess who voted for it?” “That one.”
Now come the fuck on people, is this what we’ve come to? If I referred to a Mexican man as “that one” by saying, “I don’t like ice cream but guess who does? That one.” does that mean that I hate Mexicans? No it simply means that I don’t like ice cream but this man who is Mexican does. He could be black, brown, green, yellow, white, whatever, it doesn’t matter. It’s the fact that he likes “ice cream” and I don’t!
I thought this word was buried,..... RIGHT?
These people who are getting all butt hurt over this are acting like McCain called Obama a nigger! That’s right I said it and that’s what people are implying when they say that McCain’s comment was racist. I am not going to tip toe around it and if people are going to cast aspersions upon his character then I will call them out.
I read several comments by people on other blogs saying that, “This proves McCain is a racist” or “If you don’t vote for Obama you are a racist.”
I am not voting for Obama just because he is black and I am white. I am not voting for him because I disagree with just about every single issue he supports. It has nothing to do with his skin color. If Obama was white I would still dislike him just as much. I hope I am making myself perfectly clear.
Now if you are upset because a white guy used the “N” word you should be just as upset with blacks that use that same word. How can the “N” word be a “term of endearment” when used by blacks in a conversation with each other and be racist if I white guy uses it? That is a MAJOR DOUBLE STANDARD! How can you determine someone’s intent with that word by their skin color? You can’t! What if a white guy wants to use it as a “term of endearment” towards a black guy. How are YOU able to determine his intent as being sincere or racist? So if you wanna help to end racism then you’ve got to get rid of this double standard. To eliminate any confusion in the future over the “N” word it should be dropped from the vocabulary of ALL races.
