Question: When is it permissible in the United States to call a distinguished African-American an "Uncle Tom?"
Answer: When he's a Republican and you're a Democrat.
This is in response to a recent post by Soj at The Daily Kos where he makes blatantly racist remarks about Secretary of State Colin Powell. It reminds me of the statements made a while back by Harry Belafonte about Powell where he "compared the secretary of state to a plantation slave who moves into the slave owner's house and says only things that will please his master."
He then goes on to tell why he's going to vote for George W. Bush this coming November. I found this to be a particularly chilling paragraph:
Bush-Hate, racism, calls for the death of Republican cabinet members, snide innuendo, joy at the death of Americans in Iraq, the endless political thumbsucking of the 911 Commission, and there's more on the way, much more. It's a tired, sick and crazed political party that is so greedy and hungry for power that it will do anything, including selling this country down the drain, to get it back. I'll have no more to do with it. I'm not the only one.
I know that there are a lot of Democrats/liberals out there that are perfectly sane, reasonable people. They have strongly-held opinions and, if they disagree with the current president and his administration, will be able to tell you why using calm words and well-structured arguments. I count several of them among my friends. Sadly, these people aren't the ones running the party. The party that is in power needs a loyal opposition to keep it on its toes and to call bullshit when necessary. The problem is that the Democrats, at least the ones calling the shots, aren't calling bullshit; they're flinging it and piling it on deep.
Hat tip to Mike at Cold Fury.
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