No, White Friend - You Weren't "Embarrassed" by Barack Obama

[ribrepin]

Last edited Sun Jun 25, 2017, 03:56 PM - Edit history (1)

From an article on yahoo.

"I remember the day after the Election, a friend of mine who happens to be white, remarked on social media that he "finally wasn't embarrassed of America and our President."

I sprained my eyes rolling them and they have never fully recovered.

Since then I've heard this sentiment echoed by more white folks than I can count, especially in recent months; supposed relief at once again having a leader who instills pride.

Since I don't have the time to ask each of the individually, I'll ask here:

So, you were embarrassed for the past 8 years, huh?"
https://www.yahoo.com/style/no-white-friend-weren-apos-182007087.html

This article sums it up for me.

[Cha]

1. If you're a brainwashed racist moron and let

Fake"news"fox do your thinking for you.. of course you were "embarrASSed". They made sure of it.

[Stellar]

6. Don't get Cha started!

Gotta love Cha!

[Cha]

9. Ain't that the truth!

Mahalo, Stellar

[mia]

2. "blacksplaining" ?

A divisive thread, if I've ever seen one. The right, pretending to be black, is very busy trying to think of ways to divide Democrats. We support all races.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. This is not about Democrats. It's about a minority of white Republicans who now support Trump

and who make idiotic remarks about Obama not being 'presidential' - because they're racists.

[madokie]

8. Its racism pure and simple

I really had thought that we as a country were beyond all the racism of the early years but fuck no I was as wrong as the Vietnam war or Iraq invasion was.

I'm blown away with the racist assholes who inhabit this earth with the rest of us. I know I have them in my own family. Not my wife or kids but brothers, nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles. It sucks to be them is all I know for sure.

[ribrepin]

10. The article is about the idiots that said they were

they were so happy to have Trump in office because they were embarrassed by Obama - a man who had married to the same woman for many years, was a good father, well educated, had no scandals in office, etc.

[RhodeIslandOne]

4. Why are you asking here?

Do you actually believe anyone reading this site other than an agent provocateur/troll was embarrassed by President Obama?

On edit: I didn't realize your opening part was cut and pasted from the article. It wasn't in quotes.

[BlueStater]

5. Anyone who was "embarrassed" by Obama and not the infantile asshole we have now is a moron.

Maybe they can't actually recognize what's embarrassing because they themselves are an embarrassment.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. This Was Posted In The Past

And it still doesn't apply to DU readers. But I do recall liking the piece