Barack Obama broke the white people

[coeur_de_lion]

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I said it once and I'll say it again; Barack Obama broke the white people. Once he got elected with a coalition that demanded that power be shared, they decided that democracy was overrated anyway and that they'd rather die for white supremacy that live with equality.

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To watch an attempt to delegitimize and overthrow a state government because of orders issued for the sake of public health is proof that this isn't about "freedom." It's all about not wanting to be told what to do by, or to protect the "others." These people are out of control.

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At this point, I can't tell where the intellectual line is to separate violent anti-maskers from suicide bombers. They're both willing to recklessly inflict personal harm on themselves if it also means hurting their ideological foes.

[Laelth]

1. Vanilla ISIS. Yep. n/t

-Laelth

[IowaGuy]

2. I'm white and I'm not broken.....

nor are my friends and family that are white. This tweet is racist and seeks to divide people. We gain nothing as a society by shoving each other into these contrived boxes and defining other peoples hearts and minds by the color of their skin.

[imanamerican63]

4. Me to!

This guy I’d certifiable crazy! They need too watch him closely!

[tarheelsunc]

5. This. Lumping all white people in together is no better than what Trumpers do with other races. Eom

[coeur_de_lion]

7. Oh FFS read the whole thread

Wait. First, get down off your high horse.

THEN read the thread.

He is saying the GOP is so afraid of having to share power with black or brown people they would rather destroy democracy instead.

Also I don't really think it is possible for a black man to be racist when he is a victim of racism.

I am white. So are my friends and family!

And I agree with this guy.

[Skittles]

15. we get his point

but it's not white folk who are broken, it's the racist assholes

[coeur_de_lion]

19. I am pretty sure that's who he meant

Stop insisting on taking it the wrong way.

[Skittles]

20. how about you stop insisting things cannot be worded better?

*done here*

[coeur_de_lion]

21. I never insisted it couldn't be worded better hon

Promise.

[dixiechiken1]

30. Ditto.

I couldn't agree more. I thought it was clear that he was referring to the power structure that's been in place since our country's inception - namely, white men running the show.

Seriously, does anyone doubt that the reason racism has reared its head with a vengeance is because a black man was elected President? And then a woman almost came in right behind him?

[Kind of Blue]

36. +1000!

[H2O Man]

9. It's tongue-in-cheek.

[hunter]

34. The irony is that certain white people lump together all black people...

... all "Mexicans," etc..

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Huh? NT

[LakeArenal]

6. Why?

[H2O Man]

8. Recommended.

Very good!

[VA_Jill]

10. Not the white people

Just the WYPIPO. Or Saltine-Americans, if you prefer to call them that.

[Dunnjen]

11. I watched it in real time

As a closet liberal in evangelical circles, I witnessed the moral collapse of "nice" white people. It was fear-induced by radicalizers like Glenn Beck and Dr James Dobson. By the time Trump came along, easily capturing the evangelicals, the "I want my country back" fear was starving for Strongman Trump. The anticipation of rescue from multicultural America was palpable. In their defense, they didn't know they were being racist. They just believed the story about their imminent persecution, not realizing they were equating Christianity with Whitism.

Fear is a strong motivation. It's the root of evil, such that even greed is rooted in fear.

[coeur_de_lion]

12. Thank you interesting observations.

Are you still friendly with your evangelical friends?

[Dunnjen]

13. Evangelical friends

No. I abandoned the groups, then 1 by 1 the pocket friends apart from group structure. My parents are the final frontier. I don't feel free to abandon them.

[coeur_de_lion]

16. Can't say I blame you

I couldn't abandon mine either. But I sure would feel free to give them a piece of my mind if they were trumpers.

[Skittles]

14. um

he broke the RACIST assholes; Obama certainly did not "break" those of us who voted for him twice

[coeur_de_lion]

17. Now why do you have to take it the wrong way?

[Skittles]

18. I didn't

I absolutely get his point but I don't appreciate being lumped in with racist, sexist Trump humping assholes.

[betsuni]

22. Yes, the result being Frankenstein monster Trump.

On the one hand, the perfect Republican president because he'll sign anything. From the book "Kochland": "the politics that Koch stoked in 2010 became the policies that Trump enacted in 2017." Koch in 2018: "we've made more progress in the last five years than I had in the previous fifty." Trump did everything the plutocrats wanted, while pretending to be a populist.

On the other hand, the monster is out of control, it is all rage, took the racism that gets Republican elected way too far and things have come to this.

[stillcool]

23. white people sure are sensitive..

apparently they don't like to be lumped together, based on the reaction here from just that first sentence. The audacity to suggest that white people do not want to give up their power, and status. One sentence...not even...just 'broke the white people', is too much to bear.

[coeur_de_lion]

27. I'm completely befuddled

I'm a white people and I took no offense at all. Just none.

I'm so white the only dark part of me is my freckles. Even my hair is pale. But I read that tweet and assumed when he said "white people" he meant the trump supporters who hoped he would save them from the caravans of brown people he said were coming for them.

I'm white and I don't need anyone to explain that many white people love Obama. Because I love him.

I am sad that I caused offense but even sadder that people want to take a tongue in cheek comment the wrong way.

[stillcool]

29. yeah...eye of the beholder

I'm white as well, but know exactly who he is talking about. For me, it's usually a tell when the term 'racist' is tossed around over the inability to appreciate context. It's sad. That one sentence, and it's off to the races...no pun intended.

[coeur_de_lion]

35. Thanks for being one of the few

who understood where this guy was coming from.

[Kind of Blue]

37. Yeah, reminds me of Muhammad Ali on the "not all white people are racist" reassurance.

[Crunchy Frog]

24. Not this white person. He's the best President that we've had in my living memory.

Trump is breaking me.

[The Magistrate]

25. I Tend To Agree, Sir

It certainly proved intolerable to a great many white people that a black man held the Presidency.

[tavernier]

26. I happen to know that he fixed many of them.

But it’s always interesting to hear a person who judges all people based on skin color.

[jcgoldie]

28. Trumpism in a nutshell

[Roc2020]

31. No not really. Obama didn't break White people

Racist White people who want to live their fantasy that they are somehow the master race, yes Obama did break "those" White people.

[dlk]

32. Richardson has a point

The intellectual line is a very short continuum.

[Pepsidog]

33. Spot on