Reply #62: That depends on how it is presented. [View All]

[ThomCat]

If people are racist they won't support Obama because of their racism.

but if people don't support Obama, that doesn't necessarily make them racist.

There has been an effort made to imply that people on the left who don't support Obama aren't supporting Obama because of racism that is present in people on the left.

i.e. If people are racist, the won't support Obama,
AND, if people don't support Obama, it is because they are racist.

This was posted in a way that clearly seemed to be meant to intimidate people. "Support Obama or you get smeared/outed as a racist. You can't object to anything he does for any other possible reason."

Throwing around the accusation of racism as a way of demanding loyalty within the party is a new and ugly way to demand support.