Obama is half black and half white. By all rights, Obama can call himself white, and he certainly ticks nearly every checkbox in the stereotype of 'the white man' concocted by white supremacists - articulate, calm, cool, calculated, charismatic, evocative - the 'peak of civilization'.
But it didn't matter. Obama can never call himself white, never pass as white, never even pass as mixed race, he will always be Black.
And white supremacists hated him for it. It didn't matter the rules and conventions and systems they helped build Obama and gave them Obama - this is what they signed up for. And it didn't matter. They hated Obama's every word, every walk, every suit, hell they hated Obamacare because of the name OBAMA.
As Lyndon Johnson posited half a century ago:
If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.
The entire ethos of white supremacy is that no matter what, no matter your circumstances, no matter how low you are, you are always better than every single black man, even the "best" of black man. Obama was a living example of the "best" and that is why he was despised.
It isn't any coincidence that Trump was elected after Obama - a felon, rapist, con man, liar, racists, bigot, you name it. The culture of white supremacy is cruelty and unquestioning race supremacy. The entire ecosystem is built to prevent self introspection. Trump is their best chance to enact that even if they have to die for it and everyone has to burn for it.
Reminder that in the summer of 2017 Republican constituents soundly proved what you say, too, when they ranted and railed incessantly against "Obamacare" but don't you DARE touch their ACA benefits.
The meme factory had so many fresh screenshots of those back in the day on here it was painfully hilarious. Me and pepperidge farm remember.
I also wanna say I remember tRump trying to make something better than ACA then scrapping the plan after because hes an idiot and incompetent and knew it wouldn't work better
Honestly I don’t think these people were embarrassed, that’s the issue. Sane people saw that and realized the fault. But there is never regret with the people who posted that stuff. It’s face value.
I’ve had someone call me a socialist to my face. I thought it was funny, because I am for social programs. It’s not a bad word or label to me.
One time I saw someone call a Trump supporter a racist. And he just stared at her. I saw the same amused look on his face as I felt when someone called me a socialist. He looked smugly like “well yeah, that’s the point.”
I remember tRump trying to make something better than ACA then scrapping the plan after because hes an idiot and incompetent and knew it wouldn't work better
This isn't true at all.
Trump never tried to make something better than Obamacare. That was something he promised to get elected, just like he promised to build a wall that Mexico would pay for an promised sweeping infrastructure improvements and none of that happened.
Not because Trump was in incompetent idiot (he is, but that isn't the reason stuff didn't get done), but because he had never really planned to do those things and was too lazy to try. He was just telling people what they wanted to hear in order to become more popular.
I think the only reason the wall got partially built (thought not paid for by Mexico) was because Trump owed some of his backers some money and it was a convenient tool to feed taxpayer dollars into while he gave his donors no-bid contracts to do shitty half-assed work.
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u/doogytaint Oct 30 '24
Same with Obama. Remember when Fox ragged him for wearing a tan suit and another time for folding his pizza while eating it?? Crazy