Showing posts with label dog whistles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dog whistles. Show all posts

Friday, January 27, 2012

I Just Can't Put My "Finger" On It (Jan Brewer)

 
Okay PTBPD Family, we all have seen the viral photo of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer pointing her finger in the POTUS face on the airport tarmac in Arizona shortly after the president arrived. Is this the same thing as Joe Wilson's "You Lie" comment or the notion that Newt Gingrich refuses to address President Obama as "President"? Or, was it just a photo op for Gov. Brewer to boost sells for her new book?

 
I'll be doing a blog soon solely dedicated to the divisive language coming from the GOP primaries, right-wing radio, and similar mediums that many have labeled: racial "dog whistling". The biggest problem that I have with Brewer pointing her finger in the president's face is the fact that this lady sometimes can't even articulate an appropriate thought and the fact that she doesn't even have a college degree (second paragraph)!
Dog whistling, white-skin-privilege, putting him in his place, book selling? What say you? Wth?...

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Saturday, January 21, 2012

What Should We Make of Gingrich Challenging Sharpton & the NAACP?

First Gingrich offered to speak at a NAACP gathering to discuss with their leadership black people and their apparent problem with being on food stamps. Now he's challenging Al to discuss the same issue. Are there dog whistles being blown here? Wth?...
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