Sheet For Brains

I wasn’t going to write about this, but alas I must.  First many GOP (Gang of Prevaricators) boneheads immediately jumped into defending Republican Majority Whip Steve (If You Are White, You’re Alright) Scalise after finding out he spoke at a White Supremacy meeting. You remember little Stevie claimed he didn’t know it was a Klan gathering, he thought it was a convention for sheet salesmen.

So everybody from John (Its My Party And I’ll Cry If I Want To) Boehner to Sarah (Half Assed Governor, Full Time Moron) Palin said what a great guy Steve was. Then this week Bill (America’s Biggest Bully) O’Reily had head Klan Butthead David (I’m Not A Racist, I Just Hate Black People) Duke on his TV show to blather on how he wasn’t a racist.

Anyway I found this article on Democrats Organizing for America.  I couldn't find who wrote it, but it says exactly what I think.

"I'm not a racist but..."
Sure you are. You just changed your clothes.

In 2015, racists with white hoods and swastikas- while they're still out there- are marginalized and shunned; relics of a bygone era. Today's modern racist wears a suit and a Tea Party hat and talks about "urban thugs' instead of ni**ers.

Instead of burning crosses in yards they cut funding for schools in poor neighborhoods and advocate mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients.
Instead of demanding separate drinking fountains they warn of immigrant children carrying Ebola and sent by Muslims to infect and destroy America.

They don't scream and curse at black children attending white schools any more- they just try to take away their school lunch and any chance for a college scholarship.
They don't make folks sit in the back of the bus, they just refuse to pay them a living wage and call that 'freedom' and 'liberty'.

They don't refuse to sit in the same restaurant as black people- they just wonder about the President's birth certificate, say that he 'doesn't have American values' and accuse him of flashing gang signs.

They don't keep black people as slaves any more... they just compare everything from health insurance to food stamps to slavery and remind us that after all slaves DID get free room and board.

They don't lynch them in the dark, they just cheer when the police shoot them down in broad daylight for 'resisting arrest' or 'making a threatening gesture' like holding a cell phone.

So please- keep your "I'm not a racist" excuses to yourself. You can dress yourself up any way you like- call yourself a "conservative Christian pro-life trickle-down flat-tax tough-love Republican" or whatever other disguise you choose, but a racist by any name has the same disgusting smell. It's the smell of hate and entitlement, and it gives you away every time.

Stay tuned for future adventures.