Comments on: Vote! http://blog.alastairdawson.com/2008/02/05/vote/ Development with Flex, Ruby, Java, and More... Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:15:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ann Arbor Michigan Website Promotion http://blog.alastairdawson.com/2008/02/05/vote/comment-page-1/#comment-640 Ann Arbor Michigan Website Promotion Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:49:12 +0000 http://blog.vixiom.com/2008/02/05/vote/#comment-640 Hey, that's old news. How about a follow up now that Obama has won? Hey, that’s old news. How about a follow up now that Obama has won?

]]> By: Alastair http://blog.alastairdawson.com/2008/02/05/vote/comment-page-1/#comment-638 Alastair Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:27:45 +0000 http://blog.vixiom.com/2008/02/05/vote/#comment-638 I think the appeal of Obama is that he's not playing that game, or any game. Identity politics is getting very tired. What is it to "take on racism in a REAL way"? It's a state of mind if someone is racist or not, a group of others or the community can't give racism a beat down or cast it out like a demon. I could care less what Obama is, I like his ideas. I think the appeal of Obama is that he’s not playing that game, or any game. Identity politics is getting very tired.

What is it to “take on racism in a REAL way”? It’s a state of mind if someone is racist or not, a group of others or the community can’t give racism a beat down or cast it out like a demon.

I could care less what Obama is, I like his ideas.

]]> By: Eric http://blog.alastairdawson.com/2008/02/05/vote/comment-page-1/#comment-639 Eric Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:31:49 +0000 http://blog.vixiom.com/2008/02/05/vote/#comment-639 "It is a war about war—and about culture and about religion and about race. And in that war, Obama—and Obama alone—offers the possibility of a truce." Me and every white person in America wishes that was true! If only it were that easy! I don't want to take on racism in a REAL way, just a superficial way. I'm lazy. I don't want to go out there and work to unite people. I don't want to go help my fellow men & women heal create a community. I just want to vote for a black guy so that I can pat myself on the back and go "Now everybody can just shut up about race, I mean, we elected a black guy to be president!" http://www.posttraumaticslavesyndrome.com/ http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/07/6230/ “It is a war about war—and about culture and about religion and about race. And in that war, Obama—and Obama alone—offers the possibility of a truce.”
Me and every white person in America wishes that was true! If only it were that easy! I don’t want to take on racism in a REAL way, just a superficial way. I’m lazy. I don’t want to go out there and work to unite people. I don’t want to go help my fellow men & women heal create a community. I just want to vote for a black guy so that I can pat myself on the back and go “Now everybody can just shut up about race, I mean, we elected a black guy to be president!”

http://www.posttraumaticslavesyndrome.com/

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/07/6230/

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