No Robes, No Hoods

[IDemo]

But they have a dream, too

by Bill Cope

Dear reader, play along with me for a few minutes and pretend you are a right-winger. And by right-winger, I don't mean you're simply conservative in matters fiscal, or that you vote GOP because that party is supportive of your chamber of commerce sensibility, or that you oppose the Democrat vision of what America should be mostly because your husband or boss or preacher opposes it.

No, I mean a real, piss-and-vinegar, obsessed, unashamed right-winger. Pretend there is not the tiniest corner of your consciousness that is not firmly right wing. For instance, you think any government effort to assist its citizens is as unnatural as homosexuality and mixed marriages. You think any decision that might touch upon your life should be left to the states, unless your state is controlled by liberals, in which case it should be left to Justice Antonin Scalia's Supreme Court. You think it's your birthright to own any weapon you can get your hands on, and you have no doubt in your mind who you'll be needing it for.

And above all, you hate President Barack Obama. Hate 'im, hate 'im, hate 'im! At first, you thought you were fooling people when you said it's because he's... oh, pick a reason... a socialist, a fascist, a Muslim, a Kenyan, a dictator, a weak leader, too corrupt, too uncompromising, too compromising, the worst president of all time, the man who destroyed America as we know it. All those, and more, have been used to explain why the fringe hate Obama so intensely.

But of course, you know those are all just interchangeable epithets you pick from the babbling right-wing thought stream, which provide them mostly to give you cover for the real reason you hate him. You know none of those accusations are true, don't you? You know exactly why you hate him, and you're not fooling anyone anymore. You're not even trying to disguise it anymore, are you?

more -> http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/no-robes-no-hoods/Content?oid=2982867

[xfundy]

1. The comments are incredible.

[Mopar151]

2. Comments are appalling

And exactly as you would expect.

[IDemo]

3. Cope knows full well the Righties read his column

for no other reason than to display their bile in the comments.

[adirondacker]

4. Pretty brave of Mr. Cope to call out all the racists in Idaho. K&R! nt

[IDemo]

5. He's not targeting Idaho

At least not specifically. He mentions George Zimmerman, the "Supremes' nullifying of that damned Civil Rights Act" and "The move by your favorite states to stem the vote". Cope is a long-time writer for the Boise Weekly and does often address local and state politics, but that doesn't mean he's averse to national issues as well. The racism behind a great deal of the far right's loathing of Obama is hardly contained to Idaho and the South alone.

The Bush Brigade took frequent severe beatings by Bill Cope back in the day.

[adirondacker]

6. You should meet some of my neighbors!

"The racism behind a great deal of the far right's loathing of Obama is hardly contained to Idaho and the South alone."

Thanks for the info on Bill Cope. You can tell by the comment section he knows how to strike a right nutter's nerve.