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My only concern with pointing this out as being white privledge (ignoring the obvious satire) is that in some ways its lets the Democrats off the hook for being spineless. Grow a backbone and fight back against the rediculous logic. The republican's have been wielding an insulting double standard since Clinton's second term.. I don't understand why the Dems haven't said (to take from your journal) "That's batshit insane. Sit down and shut the fuck up."

I'm writing from Canada, so I don't get a vibe of what people have been saying over the water coolers in the States, but the media I'm seeing up here DO seem to be saying a lot these things about Palin, which I've found heartening.

Although I admit I was dismayed to see some poll results that suggest that her selection has improved the Republican performance with women - I mean, sure, you want a woman in the highest office, but not ANY woman, surely!

The divisiveness that this article espouses is the reason I hate politics. My husband is a Republican. My daughter is a Republican. They aren't evil, stupid, or bigoted. But this article makes it seem like they are.

I went back and forth about whether to comment on this, but ultimately decided to make a plea for unity.

I don't really like to talk politics, seems to me like walking from dead-end to dead-end and I admit that US politics are foreign to me.
It is however people like this Sarah Palin that make the rest of the world look at americans as ignorant, prejudiced and bullying people.
It is unfortunate since I know many americans are not like that but as long as you allow people like her to be the face that the rest of the planet sees as your representatives, I'm sorry to say our opinion of you will probably not improve.

Actually I haven't watched TV in over 4 years so that is not it.
And I don't read up on elections because everything written is taken to extremes (as this text I think also was and now I almost regret having clicked). It's like people lose all common sense and only see things skewed.
All I know of her is speeches and interviews I saw on Youtube and that I think is how she is unless they have edited her words. Other than that I know almost nothing of her.
What she said so far seemed very unreflected and antagonizing.
Also, I was horrified that she took a months old baby into the middle of a roaring crowd. That alone would have convinced me that she has no notion of common sense whatsoever.

Hi, I'm a bit late to the party here. I came here because I discovered your fic. And then I saw this post. I just want you to know that I've passed it on to everyone I know. Somehow it ended up with some people in Southwest Missouri working on Obama's campaign. Don't worry, I just sent the text of the essay in an email, so you won't be getting a whole bunch of activists here or anything! I really appreciate you sharing.

I grew up in Southwestern Missouri, and it's a place in which overtly racist comments are often tolerated and white privilege is an issue very rarely discussed. There are a lot of people there who have let me know that this article helps them articulate an issue that hadn't previously been defined to them. This article does a good job of showing that we (all of us) put on a different lens depending on the subject matter. It also shows how politics exploits that in this very moment. There's an article on Salon right now discussing something very close to this, but they never mention the phrase. It responds to calls (from Arianna Huffington and other liberals) for Obama to seem more angry. This line caught my attention:
"When you are a black man, many people (even other black men, and especially strangers) tend to react to your physical presence as if you are "a black man," whatever that happens to mean to them at the time."
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/09/18/angry_obama/index.html
I think the article shows that even people who are on your side do this, as Ms. Huffington goes on to compare him to every black hero who gets righteously angry in a movie.

Anyway, if you hadn't seen the article, thought I'd share. And once again, thanks for sharing this one

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A bit late to the party