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In reply to the discussion: Has anyone found this to be true since President Obama was elected? [View all]nruthie
(466 posts)The racists all crawled out from the woodwork with the election of Obama. Before that they had sort of bit their tongues enough that they weren't that noticeable. But, Fox news and the Republicans made it socially acceptable for them to start spewing their garbage wherever they please. They opened Pandora' s Box with the likes of Sarah Palin and the tea party loons. Instead of being ignored they were being treated with respect and were being actually listened to and encouraged to bring out the worst in people. Suddenly these people were being treated as respectable citizens; not the ignorant yahoos they are. Their hatred is now out in the open for us all to see. I don't see the situation improving, and the idea of another civil war is not that difficult to imagine. I've been around for over 70 years and watched things go from bad to worse.
It's like some repulsive disease.