Liberal Racism: Who Cares?

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Saturday February 07, 2015 · 3:29 PM PST

2015/02/07 · 15:29

Honestly, who gives a shit? I've been around DK for a while now, and many lifers know me as an angry, black dyke. Some kossacks like that (I once got hit on in a PM by a particularly noxious kossack with a terminal case of liberal racism), and a lot of them don't. A lot of the people who don't are liberal racists, and a lot of the people who do are too.

I get it. The diary that inspired this one is right about these white folks. My question is, why do we care so much? One the one hand, when I read such posts, I can see that they're interventions. I can see that they represent a voice that is normally under-represented (or not represented at all), and in that sense, they're valuable. On the other hand, I can't help but think that such posts represent a constant need for white people to recognize their privilege, and I don't understand why people need that.

More below the croissant: the official pastry of white privilege.

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Saturday July 20, 2013 · 11:08 AM PDT

2013/07/20 · 11:08

There's currently a diary on the recommended list lamenting the fact that self-proclaimed "principled" progressives have no place ... somewhere. I'm completely baffled by this complaint, so I'm writing this piece to ask the community to help me understand what's going on here.

My work unfortunately prevents me from engaging here as often as I used to; however, I am certainly aware of NSA story and the gross miscarriage of justice in the Trayvon Martin case. Those topics seem to be the most dominant here lately. The aforementioned diary has been written in the context of both of these events, and I assume in response to both, though I'm not sure. In any case, though this latest lament is perhaps written in response to current events, this isn't the first time I've seen it. Variants of this argument have been written ever since some progressives first felt themselves alienated from the Obama administration.

More over the jump.

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Saturday July 13, 2013 · 11:24 AM PDT

2013/07/13 · 11:24

Russian officials maintain they have received no formal asylum request from Edward Snowden. This claim comes one day after a widely reported phone call between Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin. The two men were reported to have discussed a wide range of issues which included the recent events regarding Mr. Snowden.

According to the New York Times, Kremlin officials said Saturday they have received no formal asylum request, and that they learned of Mr. Snowden's desire to seek temporary asylum in Russia from news reports of Mr. Snowden's public statements from Sheremetyevo airport on Friday.

http://www.nytimes.com/...

More intrigue below the squiggle.

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Thursday May 16, 2013 · 7:55 AM PDT

2013/05/16 · 07:55

How's this for awesome?

Reportedly, Susan Rice is likely to be tapped for National Security Advisor when Tom Donilon steps down.

Per TPM:

Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is likely to be tapped as the next National Security Advisor, according to a report in Foreign Policy.
The report quotes a pair of sources who said that Rice will inevitably succeed current National Security Advisor Tom Donilon whenever he leaves the post.

"It's definitely happening," one source said.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/...

Plus après le croissant ...

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Sunday October 28, 2012 · 2:05 PM PDT

2012/10/28 · 14:05

Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney 49/47 in New Hampshire, a 3 point improvement from our poll last week when he was down 49/48.
— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) October 28, 2012

Okay, that's one of three that PPP is expected to release this afternoon. Hopefully the next two, OH and FL, will be good for us.

Encouraging news!

McCain: Obama's Ads Working

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Sunday August 12, 2012 · 1:50 PM PDT

2012/08/12 · 13:50

Great news from John McCain!

John McCain acknowledged today that Obama's rebuttals to Mitt Romney's hypocrisy are indeed taking a toll on Romney's poll numbers.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Sunday slammed President Obama’s reelection campaign as one of the most “disgraceful” and negative he’s ever seen, but conceded that the attacks have “succeeded to a certain degree” at disqualifying Mitt Romney with voters.

I'd certainly say that a statistically significant polling lead qualifies as a "certain degree." Read More

The New Republic: Ryan Worsens Romney's Tax Problem

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Sunday August 12, 2012 · 11:52 AM PDT

2012/08/12 · 11:52

Glad to see someone stating the obvious a day after ~~Ayn Rand~~ Paul Ryan has been tapped to be Romney's running mate.

Alec MacGillis over at The New Republic makes a cogent case that the Ryan pick worsens Romney's tax liabilities.

More over le croissant.

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Friday February 17, 2012 · 5:01 PM PST

2012/02/17 · 17:01

This is fucking hilarious.

On Friday, a Google search for Romney's name was delivering a site called "Spreading Romney" as one of its top results. The spoof site (which, as will soon become apparent, is in no way associated with the Republican candidate or his campaign) is a twist on a site that caused Santorum to ask Google to bury it.

Well, it seems that Willard's "Google problem" has percolated all the way up to CNN! Read More

I don't understand Juan Williams (A Rant)

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Monday January 16, 2012 · 10:48 PM PST

2012/01/16 · 22:48

So, I caught the first half of Big Eddie tonight. They were talking about who "won" the debate, blah, blah. By now it's pretty obvious that Brill Cream is going to win the nomination which to my mind means the Republicans are more interested in getting rid of the first African American President then they are in having a person that they agree with in the White House. As long as the person is white, that's fine.

But one of the moments that struck me was the exchange between Gingrich and Juan Williams. I don't have the text of it in front of me, but the jist is that Williams "confronted" Gingrich about his constant race-baiting allusions to Obama as the "food stamp President", etc. Williams pointedly asked Gingrich whether or not he understood that this race baiting was "insulting" to the poor and racial minorities.

The crowd booed Williams, and Gingrich seized the moment, declaring that the five Republicans running for President believed work is "good" unlike the "lazy blacks" that this President is giving all of their money to. I mean, of course Gingrich didn't say that literally, right? Obviously. He blew the dog whistle, and all the bigots starting howling. It was a disgusting display of Southern racism, and it was even more appalling because this is Martin Luther King's birthday, and because Gingrich is a desperate narcissist who actually believes he has a shot of winning the nomination and the White House by throwing red meat to a bunch of fucking inbred racists (although who knows? Maybe if he put on a Mitt-strel show, that would put him over the top in South Carolina).

More over the croissant.

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Saturday November 12, 2011 · 9:57 AM PST

2011/11/12 · 09:57

Okay, maybe I'm about to break several rules of the new moderation regime. I haven't been spending as much time around here lately, so I may not be up to speed on all the new rules yet. Or perhaps I've just made a complete fool of myself because this has happened already and I just don't realize it.

Thus far, I've confined my consternation to comments, but after reading Clarknt67's compelling piece this morning on the not-so-nice, no-so-polite right-wing hack Warren Olney's attempt to link the Penn State scandal to the LGBT community, I felt that I finally had to write the post I've been meaning to write about this.

Why isn't Clarknt67 a front-page diarist?

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Wednesday August 03, 2011 · 8:54 AM PDT

2011/08/03 · 08:54

First of all, let me say that I think there are many passionate and committed progressives in the community. I believe that no matter where we align ourselves with respect to any given debate, most here are actively engaged in making our world a better and more compassionate place. I also believe most of us know that while we may argue, even passionately, over the issues of the day; there are times and situations that require us to look beyond our partisan positions because of our shared humanity.

Recently, a well respected member of this community wrote a diary in which she summarized an exchange she had with me in which she talked about the very difficult choices she is faced with due to cancer. She said that the new paradigm of austerity in Washington, and the potential new cuts to entitlement programs she relies on to pay for her medical treatments would make her situation even more dire.

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Saturday July 30, 2011 · 8:10 PM PDT

2011/07/30 · 20:10

Yes, yes. Short post. I know, I know. But here it is (I figured the particulars would nauseate people more than the brevity of this post). According to Johnathan Karl ...
http://blogs.abcnews.com/...

Debt ceiling increase of up to $2.8 trillion
Spending cuts of roughly $1 trillion

Special committee to recommend cuts of $1.8 trillion (or whatever it takes to add up to the total of the debt ceiling increase)

Committee must make recommendations before Thanksgiving recess

If Congress does not approve those cuts by late December, automatic across-the-board cuts go into effect, including cuts to Defense and Medicare.

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