Is Joe Wilson A Racist

[DemocratSinceBirth]

[ThatsMyBarack]

1. He hates brown people.

NT

[mix]

2. "Joe" Wilson and his his ilk ARE the enemy. nt

[Maru Kitteh]

3. Clearly.

[bigwillq]

4. Yes, I believe he is (nt)

[Quantess]

5. I don't know. I'm not familiar with him.

What else has he done?

[virgogal]

9. Thank heaven's I'm not alone----I couldn't participate in the poll

because there was no place for "Don't know/Undecided"

[me b zola]

27. He is a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans

with a few other not-so-subtle clues on this thread by DUer Barack_America:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6517086

[el_bryanto]

6. Based on what?

I mean he's certainly a douche; but it's entirely possible to disagree with the president and even yell at him in a flagrently inappropriate manner without it being racial.

Bryant

[Journeyman]

10. Gotta agree with el_bryanto -- based on what I know at the moment about Joe Wilson. . .

it's impossible to characterize him as a racist.

It's one of those disconcerting dualities: all racists are ignorant asswipes, but not every ignorant asswipe is a racist.

[joeybee12]

13. Read what he had to say about Thurmond's biracial daughter...

...then vote again.

[el_bryanto]

31. and where might one read this damning evidence? n/t

[eleny]

7. Yes and he was pandering to other racists

[ShortnFiery]

8. One thing I know for sure, Joe Wilson, albeit unactivated, is a Colonel in the Army Reserve.

At the very least, the General Officers in his immediate chain of command should consider this behavior when preparing his next Officer Evaluation Report (OER).

Joe Wilson, Col, Army Reserves, having shown profound CONTEMPT for his Commander in Chief, isn't fit to lead Soldiers on active duty. It goes to good order and discipline albeit I've been convinced that we can't use the UCMJ, his superiors have a responsibility to DEMAND good order within the military commands. :grr:

[ngant17]

18. he should be decommissioned out of service

He can't be fired right away like Major Cook was, for questioning Obama's birth certificate (Cook lost his security clearance which was part of his job).

Hopefully there will be momentum in South Carolina to keep him from holding office and being re-elected.

[Pangolin2]

11. I have no idea...it is possible but can't tell from what he did last night.

:shrug:

[sellitman]

12. He is a Republican.

I don't need to answer the question further.

[Pangolin2]

15. So all black Republicans are racists, too?

It's awfully hard to keep up without a scorecard...

[sellitman]

42. My broadstroke works

That doesn't mean there aren't exceptions.

But you knew that.

[TygrBright]

14. Hey-- I've been meaning to ask... Is the Pope Catholic? n/t

[XanaDUer]

16. Yes

and playing to the other racists who support him, aka his base.

[Luminous Animal]

17. Wison is a member of the neo-confederate Sons of Confederate Veterans.

http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/obama-heckler-joe-wilson-member-neo

This is an organization that, as the SPLC has detailed assiduously, has been taken over in the past decade by radical neo-Confederates who favor secession and defend slavery as a benign institution. Leading the takeover is a radical racist named Kirk Lyons, who's been an important legal figure on the far right for some years.*

[Uzybone]

19. I have no idea, I dont know enough about the asshole

[Tx4obama]

22. Here ya go...

Here ya go...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6516418

[Uzybone]

23. Thanks...that tells me a lot

I vote yes.

[sakabatou]

20. I don't know.

But he's definitely and asshole.

[BuyingThyme]

21. I don't know.

He shows a lot of the symptoms.

[Raine]

24. If he isn't, than he should be careful about giving that impression.

Cause he sure comes across that way.

[kskiska]

25. Flashback: Rep. Wilson Also Had To Apologize After Attacking Strom Thurmond's Illegitimate Daughter

Last night, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) issued an apology -- "I let my emotions get the best of me when listening to the President's remarks" -- and called the White House after heckling Obama during his nationally televised health care speech.

That's the first time most Americans heard of Congressman Wilson, but it's not, it turns out, the first time Wilson's emotions got the best of him and he was forced to apologize.

Flashback to mid-December 2003, when Essie Mae Washington-Williams came forward with the bombshell that she was the illegitimate daughter of the recently-deceased patriarch of South Carolina politics, Sen. Strom Thurmond.

Rep. Wilson, a former page of Thurmond's, immediately told The State newspaper that he didn't believe Williams. He deemed the revelation "unseemly." And he added that even if she was telling the truth, she should have kept the inconvenient facts to herself:

"It's a smear on the image that has as a person of high integrity who has been so loyal to the people of South Carolina," Wilson said.

more…
http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/09/you-lie-not-the-first-time-rep-wilsons-emotions-got-the-best-of-him.php?ref=fpb

[Old Hob]

26. or does he just represent racists?

[bbinacan]

28. No

What has he done that would make him a racist? Any facts? I hate shit like this. Is everyone one in the whole god damned world a racist if they say something you don't like?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

32. Did I Strike A Nerve

A member of the Sons Of Confederate Veterans and a former aide to arch segregationist, Strom Thurmond, openly disrespects the first African American president.


Nah, he's a prince.

[bbinacan]

33. Yes a nerve was struck

but my nerve has been struck by many today from bullshit cnn polls to hand selected data about viewership of the speech by network. On top of that, I'll admit I had a shitty day and am in an ill mood. FYI, my mother and grandmother were in the United Daughters of the Confederacy and if you call them racist because of that, then we'll have words. I'm 45 and yet I have a great grandfather who fought for the Confederacy. Timeline: He was born in 1842, his daughter, my grandmother, was born in 1903. Mom was born in 1943 and I in 1964. And no he didn't own slaves. My cousin is in the SCV and if he were accused of racism, he'd probably kick that person's ass.

Oh, and Claude Allen (a black man) was an aide to Jesse Helms.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

35. Don't Know About Your Family's Service To The Confederacy

I do know my dad was blinded in one eye and contacted malaria while he was battling the Axis in North Africa.

[bbinacan]

37. Sorry to hear that.

What caused him to be blinded.

My great grandfather was captured at Malvern Hill and imprisoned in NY.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

38. Shrapnel

He was at Walter Reed Hospital for six months. He had several operations. They were able to cosmetically save the eye but not the sight.

[bbinacan]

39. I wonder if with today's

advancements in medicine could they have saved his sight.

I need to log off now. Long day tomorrow.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

40. Thank God He Still Had Sight In One Eye

And he still cosmetically had an eye that appeared normal. He would probably say others came home worse.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

41. Thank God He Still Had Sight In One Eye

And he still cosmetically had an eye that appeared normal. He would probably say others came home worse.

[brucefan]

29. Republican?

So yes,he is

[Luminous Animal]

30. Why does this have negative recs?

Joe Wilson's ties with racist organizations are front page documented on both DKos and Crooks & Liars.

[WeDidIt]

34. Is Joe Wilson a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans?

Same question.

[Canuckistanian]

36. If he spent time with Strom Thurmond and didn't run away screaming

Then yes, I'd say he was pretty much as racist as your average KKK member.