different game
In a way, it’s worse than Jim Crow. Back in the day, they would whip your butt for looking them in the eye or literally take your property right out from under you. In your face. In this era, you are subjected to innuendo and insults that never directly address the fact that you are being treated differently because of your culture, as defined by the good ole USA. Obama would know. What other presidential candidates have been pressured to repudiate people whose views most obviously differ from his? How many other candidates are sweated for not wearing a flag pin? Especially when others don’t wear them either? (I noticed) How many others repeatedly are told that they can’t get a certain segment of the vote, when they happen to have the most votes out of all others? After watching CNN and Tom Russert take objectivity to new lows, the message is clear. Instead of a national ID card, we all need flag pins.
