The Republican politics of hate

[juliandrago]

Anger is crowd's overarching emotion at McCain rally

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Barack Obama called terrorist at Republican rallies as US election campaign turns nasty
Republican rallies have adopted an increasingly incendiary tone towards Barack Obama, with shouts of "kill him", "treason" and "terrorist" interrupting speeches by John McCain and Sarah Palin.

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[glazomaniac]

interestingly, when mccain did defend obama, he got booed.

they've awakened an ancient behemoth

[juliandrago]

mccain (and palin) only said something after a week's worth of press coverage and editorials lambasting them for not saying something. too little, too late. this kind of thing should have been dealt with firmly at the first sign.

they are the tools of an unpleasant metaconsciousness

[glazomaniac]

i don't disagree, but i don't think he's quite as sinister as all that. i think he simply didn't know how to handle that before (and palin couldn't write her name without a script at this point). i think they've courted this ugly aspect of america, and now they're getting a good look at it.

Re: some laffs to be had (sorta)

[juliandrago]

yea, i laughed at the "commie fags" bit. it's amazing how people can manage to become metacaricatures.

[sommy]

My aunt is firmly in the "Obama is a terrorist because he's a Muslim" camp.

It kind of makes me wonder how she's lived in Dearborn for three or four decades now.